Using LanguageⅠ教学创新设计

Type: Listening and speaking

Aims: 1. To help students to master the listening strategy of taking notes. 2. To guide students to communicate through skills about asking information about tourist spots in pair work.

3. The Students will also be exposed to communicative practice. 4. The lesson is mainly designed to take an integrated approach to the teaching of listening and speaking. Objectives:

1. Language:

By the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to

i) learn and practice listening skill of taking notes;

ii) communicate with classmates about information about tourist spots. 2. Language Skills: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to

i)

improve students’ listening on catching key information from introductory recording;

ii)

express students’ ideas about tourist spots;

iii) learn to take notes and retell. 3. Emotion: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to

i) respect and share as well as teamwork with each other in pair work politely; ii) enforce teacher and students’ understanding and friendship;

iii)

attract students’ interest to lay the foundation for their lifelong learning.

4. Learning strategies: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to develop a better strategy of taking notes. 5. Cultural: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to

i) get extra information related to tourist spots; ii) show love and interest to beautiful scenery all over the world. Students’ Prior knowledge:

Students have learned

i) a basic knowledge of tourist spots in France; ii) reading sector of this units about France.

Anticipated Problems and Possible Solutions: Students may have problems with some of the grammatical terms (antecedent, relative pronouns e.t.), so the teacher will have a Chinese version to help comprehension. Teaching materials and aids: computer, projector and pictures Teaching approaches:

Situational approaches and communicative approaches Follow-up: In the following lesson, the teacher will revisit this language structures. The teacher will also prepare feedback on errors made in the consolidation practice on both language form and use as well as language skill. Teaching Procedures: Step 1．Lead-in: Guessing what it is. (2 mins) （Objective）After student gets the answer, teacher should provide students some pictures of the Eiffel Tower, in order to attract students’ attention and consolidate their understanding of this tourist spot.

（Preparation）Prepare 4~5 pieces of information about the Eiffel Tower and show them on the projector. （Introduction）Teacher should show students this information piece by piece to students, and see which student get guess what it is. i.

It is in Paris. ii.

It was built more than one hundred years ago. iii.

It was made of iron. iv.

It is the highest building in Paris. S: It is the Eiffel Tower. （Teacher talk）One of my friends Sally just gave me some information about a famous tourist spot because she knows I am very interested in travelling. I will show you this information, and you should try hard to guess which place it refers to.

Step 2. Listening: Completing notes about a famous building. (9 mins)

（Objective）The part is designed to help students learn and practice the listening skill of taking notes. Students can not only listen intensively and consolidate vocabulary, but also form a habit of taking notes while listening. Students can also practice their speaking ability after checking out the answers and retell the recording. （Preparation）Prepare listening material and introduce students the listening skill of taking notes. Everyone will get the following exercises of completing notes. Students should fill in the underlined parts. Demonstration: Talking about (1) two cats. Age: (2) 9 years old.

Listening scripts: (The highlight parts are what students expected to take down.) I’d like to talk about my two cats, who are called Misha and Masha, and they are nine years old.

Completing notes: The Eiffel Tower Built by Gustave Eiffel in (1) 1889. Made of (2) iron. About (3) 18,000 parts. Height: (4) 320 metres. (5) Highest building in Paris. People said it was (6) ugly at first, but later it became (7) popular. (8) Lifts take you to the top, or you can walk up (9) 1,665 steep. The tower is repainted every (10) seven years. Color: (11) bronze.

Listening scripts:

(The highlight parts are what students expected to take down.)

Welcome to the Eiffel Tower. It was built by Gustave Eiffel, a famous French engineer. The tower was finished in 1889. It is made of iron. There are about 18,000 different parts altogether. The height of the Tower is 320 meters. It is the highest building in Paris.

At first, some people did not like the Tower. They said that it was very ugly. But after a few years, it became very popular. The tower has lifts and they take you to the top. There is a very good view of Paris from there. On a clear day, you can see for more than 30 miles. If you don’t want to go by lift, you can walk up the steps, but remember that there are 1,665 steps up to the top. The Tower is repainted every seven years. It is bronze in color.

(Introduction）Based on the information students have got from step1, students have a general idea of the Eiffel Tower. Play the listening material and ask students to complete note.

（Teacher talk）There are many effective ways to improve listening ability. Today we are going to learn how to take notes. You should follow such rules: Read the notes carefully. They usually tell you the kinds of things to listen for. Note down the main points such as facts and figures. Use symbols to help you write quickly. I will let you see how to do this. OK? Do you have any questions about the rules? If not, we will begin. Now we are going to listen to a recording about the Eiffel Tower. Please complete the notes according to what you hear. Before we start, I’d like to tell you a hint: do the above I have shown help you fill right blanks. Let’s check out the answers. Every students read out you answer to each blanks one by one. Ok, after listening, would anyone like to give us an oral presentation on the Eiffel Tower?

Step 3. Speaking: Where have you been?

(7 mins) （Objective）Students play their roles and communicate with partner while taking notes, which can motivate students to get

information and enforce the application of taking notes.

（Preparation）Teacher should prepare various information about French tourist spots, including Louvre Museum, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and so on. Students can make up their conversation by using the following structures.

Structure: Where have you been? How did you go there? What have you seen there? Do you like there? （Introduction）Two students work together to talk by asking and answering. They try to introduce where they have travelled to each other and take notes of what the other has said. After that, two students will be picked out to show the whole class where they have visited. （Teacher talk）Sally suddenly came across her friend Cindy at the Eiffel Tower. Both of them love travelling and have visited France for a few days. They met and stopped to talk about the impressive place they have travelled. Please have pair work and one plays the role of Sally and the other Cindy. You two share the experiences and happiness with each other. You ask questions about others’ trips. You can use the following structures to help you: Where have you been? I have been to (a certain place). How did you go there? What have you seen there? I have seen (something) there. Do you like there? Ok. After 3 minutes, you can give an oral presentation about your trip.

Step 4. Summary and assignment: A trip

（Objective）Consolidate taking notes and interviewing skills.

（Introduction）Interview one of students’ relatives or friends and give an oral presentation of their trip to classmates.

（Teacher talk）Interview your relatives or friends about their trip and give an oral presentation on the information with the whole class. When interviewing, you should take notes and fill the following chart:

The place he How did he/she /she has go there? What did he/she see there? Does he/she like it?

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