Around town教案
after that, ask students to work in pairs and do activity 2.
t: what can you find in our town? is there a park near our school? can you find a bank near your house? where is it? please talk about it in pairs.
ask students to present their conversations in front of the class.
step ii listening and reading (3-5: p64)
talk about the places in beijing.
t: beijing is the capital of china. it has many famous places. now look at the pictures. do you know their english names?
show the following and ask students read the names of the places after the teacher.
(tian’anmen square) the great hall of people the forbidden city
beihai park wangfujing dajie the chairman mao memorial hall
the museum of chinese history and the museum of chinese revolutionary
t: do you know where they are? now let’s listen to the tape between sally and lingling and find out.
listening
play the tape for the first time. students just listen. then ask students to listen again and do activity 4.
t: please look at the map in activity 4. listen again and try to match the numbers with the places.
check the answer in class.
reading
ask students to point to the map and role play the conversation in pairs.
show them the following words and expressions and ask them to try to retell the conversation:
here’s, on the left/right, go straight, between…and…,
go across, turn left/right (into), on the corner of, go along
then ask students to finish activity 5. check the answers with the class.
step iv speaking (6—9: p65)
ask students to listen to and repeat the sentences in activity 6.
t: when we speak english, we should pay attention to the intonation, especially of interrogative and imperative sentences. now listen to the recording and repeat these sentences.
then ask students to do the pair work as instructed in activities 7 and 8.
t: now you are in wangfujing dajie, and you’d like to go to the other places in beijing. please work in pairs and make conversations asking for and give directions. you can use the sentences in activity 6.
sample conversation 1:
- excuse me, how do i get to tian’anmen square?
- go down this street, and then turn right into chang’an jie. walk straight on. it is just on your right.
sample conversation 2:
- where’s the bank?
- it’s on the corner of the street.
step v homework
ask students to
1. finish activities 1-3 on page 140-141 in workbook.