Skills: - Listening: choose True/ False statements, fill in the gaps - Speaking: Discuss the changes in sts' hometown/ home village II.. Anticipated problems: The town is strange to s[r]
(1)UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE LESSON LISTENING
I Objectives:
General knowledge: the changes in a small town on the South coast of England. Language:
- The past tense: used to
- The passive voice - Vocabulary on villages
Skills: - Listening: choose True/ False statements, fill in the gaps - Speaking: Discuss the changes in sts' hometown/ home village II Anticipated problems: The town is strange to sts
III Teaching aids: Textbook, tape IV Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1 Home work checking: (7 mins)
- One st talks about what people should to improve life in their village/ town
2 Before you listen: (10 mins)
Aims:to focus sts on the topic and review/ introduce the words and phrases used in the listening text.
a Focus sts on the two pictures in the textbook and asks sts to work in groups to compare them to see the changes of the town following the model in the book
E.g.: - There didn't use to be any hotel in the town - There used to be small houses
- Cows used to graze in the field . - Ask some sts to give their answer b Introduces some new words
- atmosphere (n): - resurface(v): - turn into (v): - Read the words and ask sts to repeat
- Ask sts to read the words in pairs - Ask some sts to read the words again While you listen: (17 mins)
+ Task 1:
Aims:Sts practise listening and marking True/ False statements.
- Ask sts to listen to the talk and tick the right column to indicate their answer and underline the false information T plays the tape twice
- Ask sts to compare their answer in pairs - Check sts’ answer
- Play the tape once again, stop the tape where necessary and conduct the correction
+ Task 2:
Aims:Sts practise listening for specific information by filling in the gaps with ONE word.
- Ask sts to have a look at the paragraph in the textbook and to read them in pairs and make sure they understand them
- One st presents
- Others listen and give remarks - Work in groups to ask and compare the two pictures
- Some sts stand up and give their answer
Sts copy the words and phrases - Listen and repeat
- Read the words in pairs and correct each other’s mistakes - Some individuals read the words aloud
- Listen to the T
- Work in pairs to guess if the statements are true or false
- Listen to the tape and the task - Compare their answer
- Give their answer
1 F It's on the south coast of England.
2 F It's used to be a small quiet town.
3 T
4 F The big trees have been cut down.
(2)T encourages sts guess the words to fill in the gaps
- Play the tape once again, stop the tape where necessary and conduct the correction
4 After you listen: (10 mins)
- Ask sts to work in pairs and tell each other about the changes in their village/ town
- Move round to check the activities and to make sure that sts are working effectively
- Ask two sts to present in front of the whole class - Check and gives remarks
5 Homework: (1min)
Write a short paragraph about the changes in their village/town
- Check their answer and then correct their work if they have the wrong answer
- Work in pairs to read the passages and try to fill in the gaps
- Listen and the task - Give their answer
1 houses hotel 3 widened cut 5 car shop 7 department expensive