Topic Type Content Unit3 Celebration Lesson2 Parties Listening and speaking Students will ·listen for gist, using important words and phrases to aid comprehension. ·practise using modals: must don’t have to should shouldn’t ·practise how to give congratulations. Learner outcomes Students will be able to use “ must don’t have to should shouldn’t ”and give congratulations. Important Expressions of giving advice and congratulations points Difficult points Students may confuse the meaning of “must should don’t have to shouldn’t ”. Cassette computer Resource used Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Teaching purpose Step1 Warming up Look at the photos, Lead into the Show 4 photos and ask “what kind of think and answer to the topic, arouse the parties are they? What is happening at questions.(group work) students’ these parties? interest. Step2 Pre-listening 1.Show some new words on the computer and let the students learn and remember them. 2.Use the key words to complete the sentences.(Ex2 on P38). 3.Show some listening strategies to the students. 1.learn and remember the new words. 2.Complete the sentences. 3.Learn some listening strategies. (individual) The students can use the words in the class. In the listening, the students can use the listening strategies. Step3 While-listening 1. Play the first listening materials to the students. Ask the students to do Ex3 on P38. 2. Elicit from the students the difference in meaning between must and should by using examples. Ask the students to complete the sentences.(Ex4 on P40). 3. Play the cassette for students to check their answers. Post-listening After the second listening materials, ask students how they think the speaker continued. 1.Listen to the cassette twice and decide why each person is celebrating. 2.Try to complete the sentences.(pair work) 3.Listen and check their answers. Think what the speaker will say as much as possible and speak them out . Make sure that the students understand the listening materials. Train the students’ listening abilities. Check the understanding of the students to the context . Step4 Step5 Pre-speaking Match the expressions Let the students Let the students match the in the Function File with know how to give expressions in the Function File with these situations. congratulations. these situations. (individual or pair work) (Ex7 on P39). While-speaking 1.Let the students think if a foreign visitor is invited to a celebration in China, what advice can you give him? Give the students some hints. 2. Show the four photos again to the students, let the students choose one and make a dialogue according to the given situations. 3. Ask several pairs to act out their dialogues. 1.Think and discuss it.(group work). 2.Make a dialogue according to the given situations. (pair work) 3.Act out their dialogues. Lead to the topic Train the students’ speaking abilities. Check how well the students do. Step6 Step7 Post-speaking Ask the students to evaluate the Evaluate the speaking. speaking. Self-evaluation, learn from each other. Homework Assigning homework. Ask the students to write a dialogue: Do the homework. Student A is a foreign friend who is invited to a celebration in China. Student B gives advice.
Consolidate what they have learned.