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BOOK6 MODULE1 Small Talk

---By Lv Bingxin Teaching goals

1. Target language

a. Words and phrases small talk, informal, conversation, unimportant, topic, b. Sentences AAA is short for …

It is thought to be the most successful formula for small talk between people who are strangers or don’t know each other very well.

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to know what small talk is and how to make small talk. To rich students ‘s words and phrases ,what’s more, to improve students

‘s reading ability.

3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to talk about small talk. Teaching important points

Let the students learn to talk about small talk. Teaching difficult points

How to make small talk. Teaching methods

Cooperative learning and task’ based activities.

Teaching aids

A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways

Step 1 Lead-in and warm-up 1.

Greeting 2.

Have a small talk with a student.

3.

Definition of small talk Small talk is formal/informal, light/heavy, polite/rude, friendly conversation about important/unimportant things. 4.

Review about what we have learned about the social skills in the reading and vocabulary part. And do some practice to check their knowledge about the skills for small talk.

5. Group work

To ask two groups of students to act the dialogues.

to improve the reading skills;

Know about the reason why she has the wrong kind of small talk.

6. Pair work

Ask two students to act out the small talk given. After students’ acting, ask about one’s feeling.

Step 2 Reading Is there any formula for small talk? The AAA can help you to make small talk more effective.

skimming:

What does AAA stand for?

AAA is short for the three words: _______, _____and_____.

What does the AAA model do? It is thought to be the most successful formula for __________ between people who are __________ or don’t know each other very well.

scanning：

Activity 1 Read the passage again and put the sentences in the right order to answer the question: How does the AAA model work? (

)By using the AAA model, the conversation can continue in this way for a long time.

(

) The first person asks a question.

(

) However, something can happen that completely changes the atmosphere—

they find something they have in common and the AAA model stops. (

) The first person does the same.

(

) The second person answers the question, adds some extra information and then asks another question.

Activity2 Read and decide the statements are True (T) or False (F). 1. Small talk plays a great role in Englishmen’s daily life.

2. In small talk it’s OK to keep silent.

3. Two strangers make small talk because they want to break the silence. 4. In small talk, one person usually doesn’t ask the other person which city he lives in. Step3 Speaking Does it work? Let’s have a try!

Please choose one award for your group and act out small talk with the AAA model. Every award represents a situation. Gold

Silver

Bronze

Special

1.You met your friend’s friend at a party and talked about music.

2.You talked about your favorite star with a student at summer school while he/she liked another one. 3.You met Jeremy Lin at Shanghai Airport. You were excited and made a small talk with him. 4.An exchange student became your new desk mate. You two made a small talk.

Evaluation standard:

10 points in total The AAA model 3points

Safe topic 3points Think about other people’s feeling 3 points

Clear Voice 1point

Step 4 Conclusion

What have we learnt today? By reading the AAA and acting out small talk, we have learned how to make small talk more effective and pleasant. Step 5 Homework 1. Review the passage again and try to memorize the useful expressions. 2. Make another small talk with AAA model with your classmates. BLACKBOARD DESIGN

Small Talk

Formula

=rule

AAA