UNIT 16: THE WONDER OF THE WORLD LISTENING Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to : * listen to a listening text about The Great Wall * listen for specific information [r]
(1)UNIT 16: THE WONDER OF THE WORLD LISTENING Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to : * listen to a listening text about The Great Wall * listen for specific information * listen for general ideas Teaching aids: handouts, colored chalk, pictures PROCEDURE Stages/ Activities Iteractions Timing Warm - up Quiz mins T divieds the class into two groups T tells them that there is a word in the T's mind T will give them pieces of information about the word, one by one, and menbers of each group can raise their hands at any time to guess what the word is Each groups has only two chances to make a guess This word is a noun and it is very well- known in the world You can see this from the moon It was enlisted in The world Heritage by UNESCO It is one of the wonders in the world and the syn\mbol of China Key: The great Wall T declares the winner Lead- in Have you ever seen the Great Wall on TV? (yes) How old you think it is ? (Ss make a guess) Would you like to visiy it some day ? (Yes) Now, you are going to listen to a passage about it First, I am (2) going to help you with some new words Pre- listening mins While listening mins 10 mins Vocabulary ancient adj) ~ very, very old ming Dynasty (n) ( translation) significance (n) (synonym) Can you tell me a synonym of inportance? Expected answer: significance Beijing( proper noun ) : the capital of China Checking T asks to coplete the following sentences with the words just learnt a Was this wonder built during Ming ? b Hoi An is an interesting town in Viet Nam c I went to China last moth and I stayed in for a week d He has realized the of learning computer science Suggested answers a Dynasty b ancient c Beijing d significance Activity 1: Instructions Now you are going listen about The Great Wall, one of the wonder Listen and work in pairs to fill in the missing information Remenber that the tape will be played twice T gives handouts of gap- fill test T plays the tape twice T calls on some Ss to give the answers T goes over the answers with the class (3) Suggested answers (1) the moon (2) 1987 (3) the Ming Dynasty (4) 200 (5) 200 BC (6) 6000 km (7) 11 m (8) stone Activity Gap - fill T gives Ss handouts of activity Instructions: Now listen to the listening text again and answer the questions in the handout You will listen to the tape twice T gives Ss minute to read the questions T plays the tape twice T calls on some students to give the answers T goes over answes with the class Suggested answers In 1368 Five provinces Thanks to its magnificence and significance The part in the northwest of Beijing is the best choice for visiy because it is still in its original state Poslistening 10 mins Work in groups of four One member play the role of a mandarin in the Ming Dynasty who was leader of a building group of the Great Wall, and tell his grandchildren how the Great Wall was built The other member paly the roles of his grandchirldren to act out the conversation Sentence building Build these sentences The Great Wall/ said / visible / the moon it/ believe/ The great Wall/ built /defense purpose (4) The Greta Wall/ symbol / the Chinese nation/ history A visit/ The Great wall/ bring tourists great excitement / each step / the wall Suggested answers The Greta Wall is said to be visible from the moon It is believed that The great Wall was built for defense purpose The Great Wall is a symbol of the Chinese nation throughout history A visiy to The greta wall will bring tourists great excitement in each step of the wall Write a short paragraph about this topic In your opinion, why people take interest in other planets in the solar system ? (5)