Unit 16: The wonders of the world Listening Thai Thi Quynh Trang * Aims: By the end of Lesson Ss will be able to: - Listen to a listening text about the Great Wall - Listen for specific information - Listen for general ideas * Anticipated problem: - It’s possible to lack time, so teacher had better shorten the last activity - Ss may not complete all exercise or not know how to write the answer, so teacher should teach them some new words related to the topic * Teaching aids: books, handout, radio, and picture * Time required: 45 minutes Teaching procedures Procedures I) Warm – up (5 mins) - II) Prelistening (10 mins) Teacher’s activities Greeting Play the game: guessing • Divide class into groups • Give Ss four clues respectively to guess the name of one place It is very well-known in the world You can see this from the moon It is over 6000 kilometer long It is one of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China Key: Great Wall • The team can get the right name of place sooner will be the winner Lead Ss to the lesson Students’ activities - Greeting - Listen to the T attentively - Guess the name of place Activity 1: - Listen to the T Pre teach vocabulary attentively - Teach vocabulary using different techniques - magnificence /mæɡˈnɪf.ɪ.sənt/ (n): vẻ lộng lẫy (translate) - significance /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/ (n): ý nghĩa (translate) - world heritage /wɜːld/ /ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/ : di sản giới Aims - T creates a friendly atmosphere for Ss - Ss can get some information about Great Wall Materials Board, handout - Ss know the Handout, black board, chalk, picture meaning and structures of some key words - dynasty /ˈdɪn.ə.sti/ (n): triều đại (give example) - roadway /ˈrəʊd.weɪ/ (n): lòng đường (use picture) - visible /ˈvɪz.ɪ.bl̩/ (a) : thấy (translate) - ancient /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ (a): cổ, xưa (give example) - Ask students to repeat the words chorally - Get students to copy the words in their books Activity 2: Checking vocabulary: - Ask Ss to remember all the meaning of these words - Rub out all the meaning of these words on the board - Call some Ss to stand up and say the meaning of these words III) Whilespeaking (23 mins) - Read new words after the T - Write down new words and their meanings in the notebooks - Remember the meaning of these words Activity 3: Task 1: - Ask Ss to read all the sentences in - Listen to the T task page 183 and decide what kind of information and what part of speech of the word/ expression to fill in each blank - Check with the whole class - Listen to the radio - Play the tape twice time for Ss to and the task the task - Ask for Ss’ answers and write them - T check Ss’ Board understanding about the new words - Help Ss improve listening skill (listening for detail) Book, radio - on the board Play the tape the second times for Ss to check their answers Give the correct answers * Key: the moon 1987 the Ming Dynasty 200 200B.C 6,000km 11 meters stones - Work in group Activity 4: task 2: work in group - Listen to the radio - Divide class into groups and the task - Ask Ss to listen again the passage and write the answer of task into the white board and stick in the black board - The team has more right answer and faster will be the winner * Key: The ancient Chinese started to build the Great Wall in 1368 Five provinces Because it can be seen from the moon The part in the northwest of Beijing is the best choice for visit because it is still in its original state IV) Post- Activity 5: speaking - Help Ss improve listening skill (listening for general ideas and listening for detail) Book, radio, white boards and pens listening (5 mins) - Ask Ss to work in pair and tell about - Work in pairs V) Homewor k (2 mins) - the reason why Great Wall is considered one of the greatest wonders in the world and how it was built Call some Ss to present their talks to the whole class Give feedback and mark Ask Ss learn by heart the new words - Write down their homework in the Ask prepare for the next lesson: notebook writing - Help Ss improve Book speaking skill - Ss recall what they learnt and they are ready for the next lesson Board, chalk ... Post- Activity 5: speaking - Help Ss improve listening skill (listening for general ideas and listening for detail) Book, radio, white boards and pens listening (5 mins) - Ask Ss to work in pair... and write them - T check Ss’ Board understanding about the new words - Help Ss improve listening skill (listening for detail) Book, radio - on the board Play the tape the second times for Ss...Teaching procedures Procedures I) Warm – up (5 mins) - II) Prelistening (10 mins) Teacher’s activities Greeting Play the game: guessing • Divide class into groups