Listening and vocabulary评课稿

The First Period Speaking and Listening Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

forward, defend, guard, referee, hoop, court, slam dunk, association, league, top-class, talented, professional, complicated, popularity, live, half, overtime, coach, commentary 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Talk about basketball and listen to people talking about basketball. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标

By listening to and talking about basketball enable students to have a good knowledge of basketball and NBA. Teaching important points教学重点

Enable students to have a good knowledge of basketball and NBA. Teaching difficult points教学难点

How to improve their listening ability. Teaching methods教学方法

Listening and speaking. Teaching aids 教具准备

A multi-media computer. Teaching procedures & ways 过程与方式

Step I Lead- in T: Good morning / afternoon, class! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. /Ms …

T: Please look at the following words. You can find the most popular ball game in the world. What is the answer? Please check.

Show the following on the PowerPoint. 1. Ball 2. Attitude 3. Speed 4. Killer

5. Ed 6. Throw 7. Barcelona 8. Apple 9. Latvia or Lithuania 10. Latitude or Longitude = B - A - S - K - E - T - B - A - L - L

Ss: Basketball.

T:

Quite right. Now let’s do a quiz to learn about some general knowledge on basketball. It doesn’t matter if you aren’t sure about the answer. You may work in groups and a few minutes later we will check the answers together.

Step II Introduction In order to stimulate students’ interest, give them a quiz. Show the following on the PowerPoint. General knowledge on basketball

Multiple-choice exercise 1. What is a travel? a. Starting a fight

b. being kicked out of the game

c. running with the ball

d. shooting three times in a row 2. How many players can play at once? a. 5

b. 6

c. 4

d. 3 3. What is the maximum number of points can you get for one shot? a. 2

b. 1

c. 5

d. 3 4. What is the place you play at called? a. arena

b. rink

c. field

d. court 5. How long is a game, without timeouts or quarter breaks?

a. 20mins

b. 32mins

c. 1 hour

d. until 21 points are scored 6. What is an over and back? a. passing the ball back to the player who passed it to you. b. switching hands while dribbling. c. no such thing d. dribbling over the half court line and back 7. What is the normally the point guard? a. the best ball handler

b. the tallest person

c. the worst player

d. your mom 8. How many fouls are you allowed in a game? a. as many as you want

b. 5

c. 4

d. 3 9. Which is not a type of time out? a. 1 min

b. 2mins

c. 30 sec.

d. none 10. How high is the basketball hoop? a. 10 feet

b. 11 feet

c.12 feet

d. 15 feet Key: 1-5

c a d d b

6-10 d a b b a After dealing with the quiz, ask students to talk about basketball. Deal with Activity 1 first, then come to Activity 3. When dealing with Activity 3, ask students to describe basketball using the adjectives in the box on Page 1. After they describe it, students will be asked to compare basketball with other sports. Suggested answers: 1.1. They’re attacking. 1.2. They’re defending. 1.3. He is watching the players’ action carefully. Deal with Activity 3. T: Now let’s deal with Activity 3. Describe basketball using any of the words in the box. S1: I think basketball is exciting. It is my favourite ball game. I like watching basketball games. S2: Basketball is a fast game. Basketball players have to run very fast to play the

game well.

S3: I don’t think basketball is a fast game. In my opinion, it is slow and it is a team game. Football players have to run much faster. S4: Basketball is a very dangerous game. I broke my leg in the last school games. It took more than 4 months for me to recover. S5: Basketball is complicated, for there are many playing rules. …

T: Good. Thank you very much. I’ve learned a lot from you. Now I’d like you to tell the differences between basketball and the sports in the second question. S8: In baseball you use a bat to hit the ball. In basketball you pass the ball with your hands. Baseball is a game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score. Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players each, the object being to throw the ball through an elevated basket on the opponent's side of the rectangular court. S9: In tennis you hit the light ball with a racket. It is a game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court divided by a net. In basketball there is no net at all. It is a team game, so teammates must learn to cooperate.

S10: In volleyball you use up to three hits to ground the ball on the opposing team's side of the net. You must stay in your side in volleyball. In basketball you pass the ball with your hands and you

can run in both sides of the court. T: I’m glad you know a lot about basketball. As you know, whenever basketball is mentioned, an association is reminded. What is it? Ss: NBA. T: Good. Which NBA basketball players do you know? Ss: Yao Ming, Michael Jordan,

Shaq, Kobe, Carlos Boozer, Tim Duncan and Steve Nash. T: Good! I guess you are NBA fans. Please tell me what NBA stands for? If you are

not sure, you can find the answer in the passage in Activity 2. After reading the passage, deal with the questions. Suggested answers: 2.1. Yes, they are. 2.2. No, the 29 teams are in two different countries: the US and Canada. 2.3. An amateur team doesn’t participate in competition for money and its players are made up of university students. A professional team plays for money and its members are professional players. Step III Speaking After learning something about the NBA, ask students to work in groups and go on with SPEAKING

on Page 5. T: The NBA is being talked a lot. There is a statement about the NBA that everyone in China thinks the NBA is fantastic. Do you think the statement is true? What are the reasons for NBA’s popularity? Please discuss with your group members and give your reasons. You may refer to the reasons on Page 5. S: I think it is popular in China because Chinese people like playing basketball and basketball is more exciting than other sports.

S: I think it is popular because there are so many great players in it. They are so skillful and talented.

T: Look at the sports listed in Activity 1.3, are they as popular as basketball in China?

S: I think soccer is also popular in China.

Then let the students work in groups and answers the questions in Activity 3.

Suggested answers: 3.1. Yes, I do. I like watching basketball on TV because it is exciting. But I don’t have much time to watch TV. I often read magazines. 3.2. I prefer watching NBA teams on TV. NBA players have better skills. 3.3. Yes, I do. Sometimes I stay up to watch basketball “live”. 3.4. Yes, I do. I am on the school basketball team. I often play basketball with friend in my spare time. 3.5. Yes, I do. It is a team work. It helps us to learn to compete successfully and

cooperate with others. It also builds up our bodies. It helps me grow taller. 3.6. No, I wouldn’t. It is impossible for me to be a professional player because I am not tall enough. Another reason is that I am not a talented player. Or Yes, I’d like to. I have played in several games and have done very well. My coach thinks I am a promising player. Step IV Listening and vocabulary

Activity 1 is pre-listening exercise. This exercise will help students to learn more about basketball. And this exercise will make it easy for students to understand the listening materials.

T: Now we shall go on with the topic of Basketball. Please turn your books to Page 7 and look at Activity 1. Now I’ll ask you to answer the questions. Then check their answers to the four questions.

Listening After dealing with Activity 1, continue with Activity 2 on Page 7. Students are required to do this activity individually.

T: Now you will hear a conversation between two persons. Listen and judge which two people are speaking and when. Before you listen, look through the three choices below. What is a commentator? Find the meaning of this word in your dictionary. S: A commentator is someone on television or radio who describes an event as it is happening. For example, a sports commentator.

T: Can you name some famous commentator in China? S: Han Qiaosheng, Huang Jianxiang, Song Shixiong and Zhang Bin.

Teacher can ask students to say something about their favorite commentator.

Play the tape for the first time. Check the answer.

Activity 3 requires students to listen for specific words.

T: Now look at the words listed in Activity 3. We will listen to Part 2 of the passage. Check the words you hear. As you may have found, the words on the first line are all in –ed form, while those on the second line are all in –ing form. So pay attention to this while listening.

Play the tape. Check the answer.

Activity 4 requires students to listen and check the true sentences. Activity 5 requires students to explain the 5 sentences from the listening materials in their own words. This activity will help students to form the habit of thinking in English.

Step V Homework Deal with Activity 11-12 on workbook.