Period 6 Using Language（2）  Listening and writing

 

step1： Revision：

1.    Ask some groups to tell what ideas they put in the form.

 Suggested answer:

Items	Same as China	Different from China
Size	Large land	Six time areas
Weather	Weather is different from area to area, long and hard winter in the north	No places as hot as south China
Language	Different people speak different languages	Canada has two official languages, smaller population
Natural resources	Much coal, oil, gas and other resources	Much fresh water, a lot of forests
rivers	Many rivers and lakes	World famous rivers and lakes

 

Step2：   听力获取信息：       Listening  P69

建议把这部分的练习适当取舍, 并增加填空练习, 为写作做好句型的积累和铺垫。

1.    Ask students to listen to the whole listening material and then deal with True or False

    ①  China covers 5,500 kilometers from north to south.

②   The Gobi Desert is like the grasslands in Canada.

③   China has long rivers and many lakes as well as busy port cities on the Pacific Ocean.

    ④   China has the second longest river in the world。

2.    Listen to paragraphs2-3 again and complete the sentences according to what you hear.

                    China is a large country, ______ many provinces and regions. It is about 9,561,000 square kilometers______, and 5,000 kilometers ______ east to west. China ______ mountains and highlands in the west ______ many rivers have their sources.

Answer key:  1. T;  F;  T;  F;  2.  with;  in area;  from;  has;  where

 

step3： Writing ：

       假如你是王力，你的加拿大笔友Jack来信要你谈谈中国的基本情况， 请你根据图表所提供的信息写一封回信。

国别	地理位置	面积	人口	气候	民族和语言	自然资源
中华人民共和国	亚洲东部	960万平方公里；东西五千公里	13亿	各地不同	56个，不同民族语言不同	许多大江湖泊，煤，石油

 

One Possible Version:

Dear Jack,

I’m glad to hear from you. You wanted to know something about China in your letter and now I’m writing to tell you.

The full name of my country is the People’s Republic of China, which lies in the east of Asia. It is about 9,600,000 square kilometers in area, and 5,000 kilometers from east to west. It is so large a country that the weather is different from area to area.

China has the largest population in the world with 1.3billion. There are 56 nationalities all together and they all have their own languages. Like Canada, China also has many great rivers and lakes and it is rich in coal, natural gas, oil.

Would you please tell me something about the nationalities in your country next time?

I’ m looking forward to your letter.

 

Yours,

Wang Li

Step4： Homework

Get some pictures and information about Canada on the internet to know more about it.

 

【Reflection】

According to the style of the book and the  teaching practice , the teacher rearriage the procedures.

we should use the task-based teaching style and design different teaching activities, aiming at inspire the students to take part in the activities activly. in the teaching procedure:

1  we should make sure the teaching imprwtant points and teaching difficult points. for example, in the language usage part , the basic is the writing and writing, choosing the listening materials and styles all serve  the writing., and listening is only the warming --up activity. so we can't pay our attention to listening.

 2.As for the new words in each units, students can't digest it only in the classroom. so we can devide several period to learn the words and repet itin order to achieve the purpose.

3. In order to make the group activities effectively,the task should satisfy students' abilities.at the same time ,give the students enough time to make sure that each students can join in.

4.Using language is the most important part in task-based class.

5.Students are the leader. let them learn by themselves. and gain as much information as possible from Internet and newspapers.