UNIT 14-LISTENING

< C-Listening > Instructor : Mrs. Đỗ Thị Xuân Candidate : Trịnh Thị Ngát Class : 11A2 Room: 21 Time : 45 minutes Date: March 30, 2010 * Aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - understand the information about how three students would like to spend their holiday. - listen for specific information and take notes while listening * Lexical items: waterfalls (n), trash (n), depressed (adj), wilderness (n), dirt bike (n), solitude (n) * Teaching aids: handouts, pictures, tape * Skills: Listening, reading, speaking, writing * Method and technique: individual, pairwork, groupwork, brainstorming PROCEDURE I. WARM-UP (4 mins) * Brainstorming - T: Show some pictures about activities relate to camping holiday and ask what they are doing. (See appendix) Expected answers: - putting up an umbrella tent - making a fire - swimming in a lake, river - taking shower - carrying a backpack * Lead in: T: When do you do these activities? Ss: go for a camping holiday, go for a picnic, . T: Where do you often spend your holiday? Ss: national parks, Da Lat, at home, . 1 T: Who do you usually go on holiday with? Ss: friends, relatives, … T: Now, today you are going to listen to someone talking about his / her holiday. Unit 14: Recreation, C- Listening II. PRE-LISTENING (7 mins) 1. Teaching vocabulary: - waterfall (n) : thác nước (Picture) T: (Point at the picture) what is this? - trash (n) = rubbish : rác rưởi (Synonym) T: What is the synonym of the word rubbish? - depressed (adj) = sad, disappointed : chán nản, tuyệt vọng (Synonym) T: Give me another word of sad or disappointed - wilderness (n) : vùng hoang dã (Translation) T: How can you say “vùng hoang dã” in English? - dirt bike (n) : xe mô tô địa hình (Picture) T: (Point at the picture) What is this? - solitude (n) = loneliness : cô độc (Translation) 2. Checking: Gap-filling 1. Cam Ly _______ is one of the most beautiful sights in Da Lat city. 2. She doesn’t like the ______ of the wildlife. 3. He feels very ______ because the weather is very hot and humid. 4. I don’t want to spend my summer holiday in nature because of the solitude of the ______. 5. We shouldn’t leave ______ in the forests. 6. ______ are very necessary for us to go in the desert. Expected answers: 1. waterfall 2. solitude 3. depressed 4. wilderness 5. trash 2 6. dirt bikes - T checks and corrects with the class III. WHILE-LISTENING *Task 1: True/False Statements (11 mins) Statements T/F 1. Anna doesn’t like summer weather 2. Anna usually spends two weeks in a national park every summer. 3. Terry has never been to the mountains or the desert in summer. 4. Terry is attracted to the beauty of nature. 5. Mary likes the solitude of the wilderness. 6. Mary enjoys the comfortable life in the cities. - T: Ask Ss to listen to the tape and decide if the statements are true or false - Play the tape twice - Get Ss to compare their answers with their partners. - Call on some Ss to read their answers - Play the tape again to check with the class Expected answers: 1. T (It’s hot and humid in New York city in the summer and I often feel depressed then.) 2. T (We spend about two weeks in a national park every year) 3. F (I used to go to the mountains, the desert…) 4. T (I’m still attracted to the beauty of nature) 5. F (She doesn’t want to live in nature and she doesn’t enjoy it because of the solitude of the wilderness. It’s for animals and plants, not for me) 6. T (I’d better stay in the cities and enjoy the comfort they offer) * Task2: Filling in the gaps. (8 mins) - Give handouts of the tapescript with some gaps for Ss to fill in it. Tapescript: Anna: In the summer, the hot and humid weather makes me feel depressed, so I often go to beautiful national parks and forests. I also usually spend two weeks with my friends in a national park every year. We might stay at campgrounds in the park. What we enjoy most is to ride (1) _____ in the desert, take showers in waterfalls and (2) ____ in lakes and rivers. And at night, we can sleep in our sleeping bags or (3) _____. 3 Terry: I used to go to the mountains, deserts and other places in summer. Although I’m still attracted to the beauty of nature, these natural places aren’t as beautiful as they used to be because people leave (4) ______ in forests, and take rocks and (5) _______with them. I believe not only people are important to the world, (6) ______ is important, too. - Marry: I spend most of my time in (7) _____. I don’t want to live in nature and enjoy it because of its solitude of wilderness. I also hate camping because I can’t put up an umbrella tent in the wind or make (8) _____ in the rain or carry heavy backpack. - Ask them have time to read the tapescript. - Play the tape once - Call some Ss to read their answers. - Play the tape again to check with the class. Expected answers: 1. our dirt bike 2. swim 3. tents 4. trash 5. plants 6. nature 7. cities 8. a fire * Task 3: Answering the question (7 mins) 1. What activities do Anna and her friends enjoy doing most in the national park? 2. According to Terry, why aren’t the natural places as beautiful as they used to be? 3. What does Terry think is also very important to the world? 4 Where does Marry spend most of her summer holiday? 5. Why doesn’t Marry like camping? - T: play the tape once and ask Ss to answer the question - Call some Ss to read aloud their answers - Play the tape again to check with the class - Give feedback and correct Expected answers: 1. Riding their dirt bike in the desert, taking showers in waterfalls and swimming in lakes and rivers. 2. Because more and more people are coming to these places and leave trash in the forests and take rocks and plants with them. 4 3. He thinks nature is also important in the world. 4. In cities 5. Because she can’t put up an umbrella tent in the wind or make a fire in the rain or carry a heavy backpack. IV. POST-LISTENING: Discussing (7 mins) Question: What are advantages and disadvantages of a camping holiday? - Get Ss to work in groups of 4 to discuss about advantages and disadvantages of a camping holiday - Call representatives of each group to report in front of the whole class - Give feedback Expected answers: Advantages Disadvantages - help us to learn more about the nature and how to survive - feel more confident - relax and release stress after hard working hours - learn how to make good planning for a camping trip - help us healthier - improve friendship and cooperation, - make our environment polluted - easy to cause forest fire - waste time and money, V. HOMEWORK (1 mins) - Learn the new words by heart - Write a short paragraph of 80 words about your camping holiday - Prepare the next lesson: Writing Hue, March 30, 2010 Teacher’s comments Student Đỗ Thị Xuân Trịnh Thị Ngát 5 APPENDIX swimming in the lake making a fire putting up an umbrella tent carrying a backpack taking shower in the waterfall 6 . Now, today you are going to listen to someone talking about his / her holiday. Unit 14: Recreation, C- Listening II. PRE-LISTENING (7 mins) 1. Teaching vocabulary: