Unit 6 I love learning English單元教案

t: listen to the tape and answer these questions on the slides.
show students the following questions:
1. what does wang mei want li ming to do?
2. why does wang mei call jenny?
3. is it easy for wang mei to understand jenny? if not, what does she do?
play the tape recorder, ask the students to listen carefully and take some notes if necessary.
after that, ask some of them to answer the questions above.
t: who can answer these questions? boys and girls, be brave!
s1 wang mei wants li ming to help her to speak english with his friend. 
s2: wang mei wants to practice her english with an english-speaking friend.
s3: no, it is difficult for wang mei to understand jenny. she asked jenny to say the sentences again and slowly.
t: you did a good job! listen again and read after the tape. pay more attention to the pronunciation and intonation. after that, i will ask some of you to act out the conversation.
play the tape recorder, get the students to repeat after it, and then ask some pairs to act out the conversation.

step iii reading and discussing
ask the students to read the dialogue again and find the differences in making telephone calls in chinese and english.
t: please look through the text and discuss the following questions:
1. the differences in making telephone calls in chinese and english.
2. how to express language difficulties when you making phone calls?
ask the students to discuss in groups of four. after the discussion, ask the students to give their answers.
s1: in chinese, when we make phone calls, we always say: are you …? who are you? i am ….
s2: but in english, they always say: may i speak to ….? this is … speaking. who is it / this / that? is this / that … speaking?
t: wonderful! so when you make phone calls in english, you should follow the ways in this text. remember chinglish (中國式英語) is not encouraged. well, next question?
s: we can express those in the following ways:
1. i am sorry, i can’t follow you. please say that again.
2. pardon? please speak more slowly.
t: great! now suppose you want to call your friend, but he isn’t near the phone. his mother answers the phone. work in pairs and prepare for this conversation.
several minutes later, ask some pairs to act out their dialogues in class.
sample dialogue:
s1: hello, may i please speak to jack?
s2: hold on, please. (one minute later.) sorry he isn’t in now. can i take a message for you?
s1: yes, i’m his friend，tom. could you please tell him i have two tickets to a football match tonight? if he’d like to come, phone / call me back. my telephone number is 8963628.