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Module 6 Unit 5 The Power of Nature Listening & speaking

By 姚莉茹

General analysis：

The emphasis of this period will be places on listening and speaking. There are altogether three texts for the students to listen to. While listening to the experience for

the first time the students are asked to get to write their name under the pictures to understand the specific information. While listening to the experiences for a second time the students are asked to fill the chart to get the specific information by taking notes about key words. While listening to the experiences for a third time the students are asked to write the names of the person beside the emotional expressions they talk about. By finishing the tasks the students practice their various listening skills. The last part is speaking, the purpose is to put what they have learned into practice. Teaching goals: By the end of the class, the students will Learn some listening skills by experiencing various listening tasks. Learn to take notes by filling blanks while listening. Learn about some some expressions of showing fear. Talk about one of their unforgettable experience of fear Teaching focus: Train listening skills by finish various Listening tasks.

Enable students to talk about healthy eating and eating problems. Get students to learn how to write a letter of advice. Teaching difficulty: Let students learn to how use listening skills to get gist of the story and some specific information. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Pre-listening

Task 1: lead-in

Look at the PPTs, listen to the teacher and recall the words they have learned, then write down the meanings of the following words. Purpose: Get students to be familiar with the words related with the topic.

Task 2: Viewing and Speaking

View some pictures and sentences to guess the meanings of some new words. Purpose: Train students’ ability to view and speak.

Step 2: While-listening Task 1: Listen to part 1 to part 3 and match the pictures with the names of the three volcanologists.

Picture 1

Purpose: Help the Ss to get a general idea of the three stories. Make sure the Ss understand the stories. Task 2: Listen to part 1 and fill in the chart.

Questions How long has she been a volcanologist? Where was the volcano? How did she feel? Why did she feel so? Because it was her ____________ ____________ inside a ____________ . Part 1 Picture 2

Picture 3

Purpose: Get the basic information of the story. Task 3. Listen to part 1 again and please fill in the blanks Hi, I'm Jane Small. I've been a volcanologist for five years, but I can still remember my first visit inside a crater. We were on the top of an active volcano in Alaska . The experienced members of our group went immediately to the edge of the crater. I was so ____________ and ____________ ____________ at first. After a while I ____________ ____________ to join the others. Then I ____________ ____________ ____________ to bend over the boiling lava and collect a sample. I became so ____________ that I ____________ ____________ ____________. After that, I was never so ____________ again but I'm always careful. Purpose: This activity is designed to enhance students listening skill: how to take notes. Task 4. Listen to part 2 and Part 3 1. Please w rite down F (Frank Gore) or S (Sarah Tang) beside the sentences they talked about. 1) At first I was afraid that the volcano would erupt while I was still inside it. ( ) 2) I was trembling as much as the ground –

and was sweating too! ( ) 3) I felt very nervous and had to force myself not to panic. ( ) 4) After that I became excited by the experience and forgot to be frightened. ( ) 5) I had never felt so happy as I landed safely. ( ) Purpose: Enable the students to identify the different feelings. Step 2: After-listening Task: Speaking Think of a powerful natural disaster or one of your unforgettable experience which once made you frightened, surprised, anxious or delighted. You can use your imagination if you have not experienced any of these things. Tell your partner about your experience and how you felt.

Purpose: Talk about their own experience to consolidate what they have learned in this class.

Task 2: Homework Practice your listening skills by extensive and intensive listening!

Marking Ladders for Listening

Assessment Level Marks

1 1—5

Not Very well Standard I can’t overcome my anxiety when listening. I can only partially finish the listening tasks. I can’t master the listening strategy very well. I can only identify some of key words. I can’t take notes about the main idea very well. I can’t take notes about specific information very well. I can’t summarize my notes very well. I can’t always focus on my listening. In most cases, I can overcome my anxiety when listening. I can finish the listening tasks fairly well. I can master the listening strategy fairly well. I can identify some of key words fairly well. I can take notes about the main idea fairly well. I can take notes about specific information fairly well. I can summarize my notes fairly well. I can focus on my listening. I can overcome my anxiety when listening. I can finish the listening tasks very well. I can master the listening strategy very well. I can identify some of key words very well. I can take notes about the main idea very well. I can take notes about specific information very well. I can summarize my notes very well. I can always focus on my listening. Self-evaluation

2 6—10

Fairly well

3 11—15

Very well What could I do to improve my listening?