3rd week--Research, lecture or seminar and writing practice Teaching Objectives:
1. Listening--Make predictions about the content of a lecture
2. Speaking--Ask for information and clarification in a polite and effective way Learn to do interviews and report the findings in an oral presentation
3. Writing--Understand what kind of topic is suitable and manageable for a term paper Course Structure (6 periods/unit) 1. Lead-in & Text A (2 periods)
2. Text B&,Text C& exercises (2 periods)
3. Research, lecture or seminar and writing practice (2 periods) Teaching key points:
1. Get familiar with listening to lectures and learn how to make notes . 2. Guide Ss to do their researching task well.
3. Help Ss to know how to choose a topic and narrow the topic down. Teaching difficulties:
1. Give Ss advice on their researching tasks. 2. Guide Ss to choose a suitable topic. Teaching Methods:
Task-based language teaching, Audio-lingual method, situational language teaching, communicative teaching method, class discussions, classroom demonstration activities,Lecture Method Teaching Procedures: 1. Researching task
Ss are supposed to make presentation in group to introduce their researching. 2.Lecture --Prediction：
One important skill for listening comprehension is prediction. 对话预测
在听Short Conversation时，可以按照下例wh-问题进行预测： (1)Who are the two speakers?
(2)What is the possible relationship between them? (3)When did they have the conversation? (4)Where did the conversation take place? (5)Why do they have the conversation?
(6)What did they plan to do? 语篇预测
在Longer Conversation的听力过程中，可以按照按下列问题展开预测： (1)What is the topic of the passage? (2)Who is the speaker?
(3)What facts did the speaker offer?
(4)What facts did the speaker fail to offer? 依靠开篇句预测
听力的第一句话通常会透露整篇的主题，所以同学们要善于抓住听力材料的首句信息。
例如：Americans have a popular saying“Time is money。” 从这一句开篇句我们可以预测的信息范围： (1)这是一篇关于时间的话题。
(2)涉及的对象是美国人
例如：The role of women in today’s society is changing. 从这一句开篇句我们可以预测的信息范围： (1)这是一篇关于女性角色的话题。
(2)涉及的对象是女性角色和社会之间的关系。
（3）也有很大可能会谈到女性角色如何变化，为何变化等。
---You will listen to a lecture about comparative advantage. Before listening, writing down what you expect to hear.
--Task 2: listen to the lecture again and complete the following sentences according to what you have heard. 3. Seminar and presentation
Asking for information and clarification in a more polite way. 4. Writing
(1) learn how to choose a topic
--Choose a topic that really intrigues you. --Narrow it down.
--Avoid a topic that has very limited relevant source materials.
--Remember that an initial topic may not be the topic you end up writing. Or we can understand in this way: --what subjects are you interested in?
--What interests you most about a particular subject?
--Is there anything you wonder about or are puzzled about with regard to that subject? Is it significant?
Manageability– be manageable for you Avoid a too broad topic --Periodical index
--pick a broad subject, then to choose a second narrower topic within this broad topic --Availability of resources– the research materials should be available
--Where to find a topic research– mainly from scholar’s works(usually in the notes) 2. Finish task 1 and task 2 on page 19 . 5. Assignments: 1. Preview unit 2.
2. Decide the topic of their term paper. 6. Reflection： 7. Others：