Period 5 Using Language（1）listening and speaking

 

Step1： revision：

Ask one or two groups to talk about their plans for a trip in China. 

 

step2：  listening1  Listening  P37  （ 双人活动 ）

1. Lead-in：What may a culture of a country include?

Why do we say Canada is a multicultural country?   

2. Ask them to read the sentences fast to find out the listening point before they listen to the tape.

3. Listen to the tape to get the general idea.

4. Play the tape and let students fill in the blanks. The teacher can pause when necessary.

5. Have the students exchange the information in pairs.

6. Let students have the correct answers.

7. Play the tape again if needed.

 

Step3: Discussion   Speaking  P38   （ 小组活动 ）

Discuss the following questions with the partners.

1. Which official language in Canada do you think most people speak? Why do you think so?

  2. Why do you think the Chinese language is growing so fast in Canada?

  3. It is not easy to know what a Canadian is, is it? Why?

    建议把这部分由一问一答式的对话改为两人讨论的形式，更有利于学生发散思维，联想本单元所学相关知识。

 

STEP4：  Listening2   Listening Task  P72   （ 双人活动 ）

1. Predition：Look at the form and find out the listening points .

2.  Listen to the introduction to Oscar Peterson only once and fill in the blanks separately.

One student writes down the answers to “about hometown”, “about job” and “about plays with”; the other writes down the answers to “kind of music , “about number of recordings and CDs” and about “plays with”.

3. Exchange the answers in groups.

4. Let students have the correct answers.

5. Listen to the tape again.

其余两个表格也以相同方法操作：分解表格内容 分任务完成

 

Step5： Role-play    Talking  P69    （双人活动）

1.    Give students the following situation:

Suppose you want to take a trip to a distant place in China, ask your partner where it is and how to get there.

2.   Show them a map of China to make it easier for them to find a place to go to.

3.     Make up a conversation in pairs using some questions and useful expressions of Direction and Position listed on page 70.

4.     Exchange the roles to make sure both of them have chances to ask and answer.

5.  Share the conversation with the class.

 

Step6： Homework:              自我反思与小组合作

1.  Finish Checking Yourself on page 75.

 把Checking Yourself 中的第2个问题“Can you tell some differences between China and Canada? What are they?” 转换为小组合作填表格，使之条理化，也为写作服务。

Items	Same as China	Different from China
Size
Weather
Language
Natural resources
rivers