Listening and vocabulary课堂实录

The First Period

Speaking Teaching goals

教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

audience, choir, classical, composer, conductor, jazz, musician, orchestra, saxophone, guitar, classical music, traditional Chinese music b. 重点句式

By the time we arrived ..., the band had ... P27 ... happened after the fans had left ... P27 Before he made ..., he had recorded ... P27 I love ... / I really like ... P25 ... is great! P25 ... is wonderful! P25 I hate ... / I can’t stand ... P25 ... is awful!/ ... is dreadful! P25

2. Ability goals

能力目标

Enable the Ss to talk about music and instruments. Enable the Ss to express likes and dislikes. 3. Learning ability goals

学能目标

Help the Ss learn how to talk about music and instruments. Help the Ss learn how to express likes and dislikes. Teaching important points教学重点

Talk about likes and dislikes. Teaching difficult points教学难点

Full discussion about music. Teaching methods教学方法

Asking-and-answering activity; pair or group work. Teaching aids教具准备

A recorder, a computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in

Bring a recording with a few short sections of different types of music and play them to the Ss. Then ask some questions about music. T: Morning，

boys and girls, what do you like doing in your spare time? S1: I like playing football, because it can make me relaxed. S2: I like reading. It can enlarge my knowledge in a lot of aspects. S3: When I am tired, I like listening to music to relax myself. T: Then what kind of music do you often listen to? S3: I often listen to pop music. T: Well. How many kinds of music do you know? S3: Pop music, classical music and country music. S4: Traditional Chinese music. ... T: Good. Now I’ll play several pieces of music for you. Please tell me their styles. Play the recording. S5: Is the first piece classical music? S6: No, I think it’s traditional Chinese music.

T: You are right. It’s traditional Chinese music. What about the second one? S7: Is it rock and roll? T: Correct. It’s just rock and roll. And what about the last one? S8: It sounds like classical music. T: Excellent! You did a good job. T: Could you tell me which instruments are used in the three pieces of music? Ss: Saxophone, drum, guitar, violin, jazz, etc. T: Which pieces do you like best and why? S9: In my opinion, rock and roll is the best, because it is fashionable and encouraging.

S10: I prefer traditional Chinese music, because it is beautiful and reflects our culture.

T: How about classical music? S11: To tell the truth, I’m not really interested in it. It’s too difficult to understand. T: Good! Trying to express your ideas is a good way to learn English. In this module, we are going to learn something about music. Now let’s come to the Introduction. Step II Introduction Task 1

T: Please open your books and turn to Page 21. The words in the box are all related to music more or less. Please read them, and at the same time, speak out their Chinese meanings. T: S1, could you read the first two words! S1: OK, audience（听众）, choir（唱诗班，合唱队）. T: S2, please read the next two. S2: Classical（古典音乐）, composer（作曲家）. T: S3, please go on. S3: Conductor（指挥）, drum（鼓）. T: S4, Next two? ... T: Good. Since you have known their meanings, please do the following exercise. Which word means someone who writes music? S: Composer. T: Which word means a group of people who sing together? S: Choir. T: Which instruments are used in pop and rock music? S: Drum, guitar, piano and saxophone. T: Which instruments are used in classical music? S: Drum, piano, violin and saxophone. T: Which instruments are used in jazz? S: Drum, violin, piano and saxophone. T: Which instruments are used in traditional Chinese music? S: Erhu and drum.

Task 2

Divide the class into groups of four to discuss different kinds of instruments.

T: In our daily life, we all like to listen to music. Now I’ll give you a chance to talk about your favorite instruments. Please work with your partners.

A sample version: S1: Which of the instruments do you like listening to? S2: I prefer erhu. S3: I think I’d like to enjoy piano. S4: I like listening to saxophone. S1: When we mention erhu, whom should we think of? S2: Let me think, oh, I know, Abing. S1: What’s his masterpiece? S3: Erquanyingyue. Do you know who plays the piano best in China? S4: I don’t know. Who? S3: Kongxiangdong. He is a world-class player.

Step III Function Let the Ss read through the questionnaire in FUNCTION on Page 25. Make sure they understand what they have to do. Then put the Ss into pairs to ask and answer the questions of the questionnaire. T: Now turn to Page 25. Please work in pairs to complete the questionnaire. While you are practicing, you must use the useful sentence structures on the screen. Show the structures on the screen. I love ...

I really like... ... is wonderful! I can’t understand... ... is dreadful! ... is great!

I hate ...

... is awful!

Sample versions: S1: I love rock music. Among the rock stars, I think Britney Spears is great. I like her because she has a beautiful voice. As for the band, I really like the Rolling Stones. By the time the Rolling Stones called themselves the greatest Rock and Roll band in the

world, they had already become stars. S2: I can’t understand why Dao Lang is so popular this year. The words of his songs are awful. At the same time, his style is so simple that I am not interested in him indeed. Step IV Pronunciation The aim of this part is to let the Ss read sentences using the correct intonation. Play the tape for the Ss to listen to and follow.

T: As we all know, reading English aloud is an important part in our English learning. If you want to read English sentences correctly, one thing that you must remember is the intonation. Now please look at the sentences on the screen. I will play its tape, for the first time, just listen carefully and pay attention to the speaker’s intonation. Show some sentences on the screen. 1. Unfortunately, he arrived at the show after I had left. 2. By the time we arrived at the stadium, the band had begun playing. 3. Fortunately, the power cut happened after the fans had left the stadium. 4. Before he made his latest album, he had recorded some songs with Paul McCartney. Play the tape. T: Let’s listen to the tape again, at the same time you must mark↗

when the speaker’s voice rises and↘

when it falls. Listen again and mark.

T: We’ll listen to the tape a third time, and check your answers while you are listening. Listen and check. T: Now let’s listen for the last time. Please read after the tape. ... Step V Homework 1. Finish exercises about vocabulary in the WORKBOOK on Page 80. 2. Prepare for the reading task on Page 22.