Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES C- Listening I OBJECTIVE By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to: - Develop such listening micro-skills as listening for specific and detailed information - Use the acquired language and knowledge to talk about sports and sportsmen II PREPARATION - Teacher: Handouts, textbook, cassette tapes - Student: Textbook, notebook,… III ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - Ss may not have enough information to complete it, so T should be ready to assist them IV PROCEDURE Teacher and Students’ activities I.Warm up (7’) II.Before you listen(10’) -T introduces the topic and gets to study the pictures on p 141 - T writes these questions on the board and asks Ss to work in pairs to find the answers - T elicits answers from the class - If Ss not know the answer to question1,T gives them the correct answer - If Ss not know the answer to question 2, that is fine -T does not need to provide one but tells Ss they will know the answer after they listen to the tape Pre- teach vocabulary -T gets Ss to look at the new words on page 141: gymnasium, gymnast, bar, land, freestyle,… Board display *Question: - Can you name the sport in each picture? - Do you know who won the gold medal in these spots in the recent Asian Games? * Answer: - Swimming - High jump - Long jump - Gymnastics - T elicits the meanings of these words from Ss - T plays the tape once for Ss to listen to how these words are said and then repeat after the tape - T gets some Ss to read the words again and makes sure that they pronounce the words correctly III While you listen(15’) Introduction: You are going to hear a TV report of the Asian Games and the tasks after that Task1(8’) - T gets Ss to rad the question through and identify key words in each question - Ss identify the key words in each option and the differences between them - T explains new words if any - For the number, T gets Ss to read them aloud - This is remind to them how the numbers are pronounced so that they can catch the correct numbers later on - T gets Ss to guess the answer to each question and then tells them they need to listen attentively to check if their guesses are confirmed - T plays the tape once for Ss to listen and task - Then T gets Ss to find a partner to check their answers with - T checks the answers with the whole class *Answer: - If many Ss cannot answer the 1.C 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.D question T plays the tape one or two more times and pauses at the answers for them to catch Task2(7’) - T checks if Ss can answer the question in task without listening again - If they cannot, T plays the tape for them to listen again but before doing this T should encourages Ss to read through all the question, identify the information they need to look for in each question and if possible, predict the answers - T plays the tape again for Ss to listen and answer the questions - T gets Ss to check their answer with a partner - T checks with the whole class - T should play the tape again and pause at difficult points if many Ss cannot complete the task IV After you listen(10’) -T puts Ss into groups of 3-4 and explain the task: in their groups Ss are going to prepare a talk about a famous Vietnamese athlete - Ss will come to front and tell the class about this athlete But they should not tell the athlete’s name and let the class guess who this person is -T gives Ss some prompt questions to guide them in preparing their talk -T goes around to help and check -After 6-7 minutes T calls on the representative of each group to come front and present -The class should listen attentively and *Answer: 1.10.15 2.6 3.2 High jump 5.Disappointed guess the name of the athlete -Ss are allowed to ask the presenter up to yes–no question if they cannot immediately tell who the athlete is -If no one has the correct answer, the group wins V Wrap up (3’) * Summarises: - T summarises the main point of the lesson * Home work: - Ss write a paragraph about Vietnam’s performance and achievements in recent Asian Games - Prepare for the next lesson ...- T elicits the meanings of these words from Ss - T plays the tape once for Ss to listen to how these words are said and then repeat after the tape - T gets some Ss to read the words again... that they pronounce the words correctly III While you listen(15’) Introduction: You are going to hear a TV report of the Asian Games and the tasks after that Task1(8’) - T gets Ss to rad the question... Ss identify the key words in each option and the differences between them - T explains new words if any - For the number, T gets Ss to read them aloud - This is remind to them how the numbers