Listening and vocabulary教案3

Listening and Vocabulary

Step 1 Check the homework and the recitation Step 2 Introduce the new words

The teacher says," Usually, when we finish a module, we do some revision, then we start a new module. We also do some revision before the exam.

How much revision do you do before an exam?

There is some translation from English to Chinese in the book so that you can understand it more easily. But, while learning English, you needn’t always have word-to-word translation

from English to Chinese. Without translation, you can sometimes guess the meaning. Now can you guess the meaning of the word “translation”? Do you do a lot of translation in your language classes?

Every day we have an English class according to the timetable. Timetable means when to school and when to leave school. Do you have any free periods in your timetable? What does timetable mean? Period means a neither long nor too short time.

Do you know who the head of our school is? Yes, Mr. Zhang is a headmaster. If the head of our school is a woman, we call her headmistress.

The headmaster

or the headmistress is the person who is in charge of our school? Can you guess the meaning of headmaster and headmistress?

Our English books cover many kinds of topics, such as some topics about health and our new school. Also we can give our opinions about these topics. What does topic

mean? In this book it includes a topic

about vacation. Vacation means holiday. What does vacation mean?

During this time the teacher write down these new words on the blackboards. Read them after you. Step 3 Ask the students to answer these questions. They can work in pairs. Step 4 Do activity 2.

Answers as the following: 1) choice 2) revision, translation 3) timetables 4) period 5) headmaster, library. Step 5 Do activity 3 The key: 1) b 2) a 3) a 4) c 5) a

Tapescript (St=Student Mr S=Mr Stanton)

Mr S: Okay, kids, as you know, the exams are coming up soon, so we need to start work on revision. This afternoon I’m going to give you a choice. We can either do some revision or we can do some translation. It’s up to you.

St:

I’d rather do translation than revision, Mr Stanton.

Mr S:

How many people would like to do translation?

Chorus of voices: I would/Me/I’d like to do translation.

Mr S: That’s eight of you. So the rest of you would prefer to do revision, is that right?

Chorus of voices: Yes.

Mr S: That’s sixteen of you. So that’s settled. We’ll do revision. I’m going to give you a choice of topic, too. Do you want to revise Life in the future.

St: I’d prefer to do Travel

Mr S: Hands up for Life in the future. (Students raise their hands) Eighteen of you. The choice is made. But before we start, there are a couple of things I need to say to you. Firstly, have you all got your new timetables?

Chorus of voices: Yes.

Mr S: Good. Can you take a look at them? OK, Now, at present you have a free period on Tuesday afternoons. Well, that’s been changed and you’ve got French instead. Have you got that?

Chorus of voices: Yes.

Mr S: Excellent. And there’s one other thing. The headmaster wants to see everyone in the library at three this afternoon. OK?

Chorus of voices: Yes.

Mr S: Right. Let’s begin our revision of Life in the future. Step 6 Finish activity 4. Have the students do this individually. They can compare their answers. Step 7 Finish activity 5. The teacher sets an example: Usually we put textbooks in our schoolbags. We usually do revision before a test.

Possible answers:

2) Senior school is where you go after junior school; it is for older students.

3) At senior school you usually have a different teacher for each subject.

4) The students go into the playground at break and lunch time; it is where they can play games, talk and walk.

5) If you are very good at a subject, your teacher will say you are an excellent student.

6) When you have a teat, you need to do some revision to check whether you know everything.

7) When the teacher has marked your exam you will get the results—for example 75 out of 100.

8) When you take your textbooks home to do your homework, you put them into your schoolbag. Step 8 To activity 6 If time permits, finish this part.