Using LanguageⅡ国家获奖教案

Period 5

Listening The General Idea of This Period This period consists of listening in the Using Language part,listening and listening task in the Workbook.It intends the training of students’ listening skills—getting general idea and detailed information and grasping the key information to help the students to finish the relative exercises. The teacher should make sure the students read the questions to find out the requirements first.This is to sharpen their attention to get the gist of the text and specific information for questions.While doing the related exercises,the students can work together with their partners on their answers. Teaching Important & Difficult Points Help the students learn how to grasp the general idea and detailed information. How to help the students to improve their listening ability. Teaching Methods Task-based learning;cooperative learning. Teaching Aids A tape recorder,a multi-media computer and a blackboard Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills Help the students to improve the skills to listen for general idea and detailed information. Help the students to improve their listening approaches. Process and Strategies Individual work to finish each task. The teacher may play the tape a few more times to make the students hear clearly. Feelings and Value The listening material in this unit is a humourous story.It can bring the students quite a lot of pleasure.Above all,they can learn the common sense that are unfamiliar to others. Teaching Procedures Step 1 Checking homework T:Hello,everyone!Have you finished your homework?Let’s check your homework to see how well you have mastered what we learned in the last period.First check the answers to Exercise 1 on Page 56 with your partner,and then I will give you the suggested answers for you to see if you have got them all right. Suggested answers to Exercise 1 on Page 56: 1.badly off;well off 2.homeless;hopeless

3.astonishment;astonished;astonishing 4.failure;success 5.searching;search 6.bottom;top T:As Exercise 2,I’d like to ask six of you to come to the front and write down your answers on the blackboard. After the students do that,the teacher will correct the errors that may arise in the answers with the whole class. Suggested answers to Exercise 2 on Page 56:

1.The couple are content with their married life. 2.All the railway lines in this mountainous area have been cut off because of a snowstorm. 3.It was very fortunate that he was picked out for the final of the competition. 4.We must try to overcome all difficulties to solve this particular problem. 5.His failure astonished us,because he had always been an outstanding student. 6.There is a direct train from Germany to France,which can help you save a lot of time. T:Let’s move on to the Using structure part.Exercise 1 is not an easy job for most of you,because you need other knowledge and a good observation,besides what you learned in the last period,so you may have a discussion with your partners. S:Mr.Li,we’ve tried our best,but we are still not sure of some of the answers. T:Well,let’s check the answers together.

T:How will you correct the first sentence? S:I think the correct sentence should be I am looking forward to visiting Charlie Chaplin Museum in Switzerland next week.

T:Any errors in the second sentence? Ss:No.The sentence is correct. T:What about the third sentence?Anybody can correct it？

Ss:Sorry we can’t find the error in it.

T:The correct sentence should be That cartoon picture shows Charlie Chaplin watching himself watching in a movie. The next sentence? S:The correct sentence should be Charlie’s nonverbal humour often makes people burst with laughter. T:Quite right.Sentence 5? S:I will correct the sentence like this We are all fond of Charlie’s early films,which we think are more interesting. T:The sixth sentence? S:I’m not sure whether this sentence should be I missed seeing the beginning of the film City Lights the other day. T:You are right.The last two sentences are quite easy.Who would like to tell us the correct sentences? S:Let me try.The correct sentences should be I wouldn’t mind seeing the Gold Rush again with you tonight,and Charlie’s job was entertaining people,wasn’t he?

T:Good job. Step 2 Listening on Page 23

T:Let’s listen to a funny story.In the story Mary made some plum jam and left some in the pan.Five days later,her husband came home and poured the jam into the chicken yard.Later Mary came home and found all her chickens were behaving strangely.What do you suppose has happened to the chickens？

S:I guess the chickens were all drunken after eating the jam. T:Good guessing!We have two chances to listen to the story,and then you will know if your guessing is right or not.First,please go through Exercises I & 2 to know what are the things we’ll do when we are listening.After that I’ll play the tape

for you to finish Exercise l.The second listening is for you to check your answers.After that we will finish Exercise 2.Are you clear? Ss:Yes.

T:OK,here we go. After the first listening. T:Congratulations,Peter!Your guessing is right.Let’s check the answers to Exercise 1.The correct answers should be...? Ss:C;B;B. T:You’ve got them right.Let’s listen to the story again.After that we will finish Exercise 2.

After the second listening. T:Do you find this story funny? S:I think the story is very funny;because we often find people drunk,never found chicken will be drunk. S:It sounds interesting that jam can turn into wine within five days! S:I find that the last sentence is really funny.The writer even asked whether anyone knew what to do with drunk chickens. T:Good answers.I think all of you have sense of humour.Now let’s go to Question 2:What do you think of John’s behavior?

S:He was careless.He even didn’t think anything,when he poured the jam into the chicken’s garden. S:I think his behavior showed that he treasured food,and also he liked his chickens.And because of this,he let his chickens drunk. T:Your answers are very interesting. Step 3 Listening on Page 55

T:Now let turn to Page 55,and have another listening.This is another very interesting story about a thief and a man.First I’d like to ask you what you would do if you find a thief in your homes one day? S:I’ll try to frighten him away by making some sound. S:I’ll slide out of the house and call for a policeman.

T:It seems that you know what you will do to deal with such incidents. But what will the man do when he finds that a thief in his home? After listening,you will know that.But first let’s read the questions to make sure that you know what should do in this listening.Next,I’ll play the tape for the first time to help you finish Exercise 1.Then play the tape again and help you finish the questions in Exercise 2.After that,we’ll check the answers together.Clear? Ss:Yes. T:OK,let’s start.

After the first listening. T:Now you know what the man did when he found a thief in his home!Who would like to tell us the word you hear? Ss:The words we heard are “thief;potatoes;midnight;shirt;spread;and quiet”.

T:Are your answers the same with his?Let’s listen to the story once again.After that we will finish the questions in Exercise 2. After the second listening. T:Now you will be given a few minutes to write down your answers,and check them with your partners. T:1.Where did Peter get the potatoes?

S:He got the potatoes from his friend. T:2.Why didn’t Peter want to get up when the thief was in his house?

S:He thought the thief might have a knife and he did not want to make him angry. T:3.Why couldn’t the thief take away the potatoes? S:He didn’t have a bag to carry the potatoes in.

T:4.How did Peter stop the man stealing the potatoes? S:He removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes in. T:5.Why was the thief angry? S:He thought the husband had stolen his shirt so he could no longer steal the potatoes. T:6.What do you think Peter did next? Ss:I think he gave the shirt back to the thief as he thought,perhaps,he was also very poor.If not he would not have come to steal potatoes. T:You have really have done a good job in listening!How time flies!It is almost time for a break.We have to leave out the listening task. Step 4 Homework

T:It’s really a pity to leave out the listening task.But you can do it yourselves after class.As for homework,please get ready for the speaking and writing on Page 23.