Unit 1 Festivals around the world (Period 4 Using language: Listening and speaking)
→step 3 listening
1. go through the directions and questions to make sure students know what to do. let them guess what the listening material they will hear may be about.
show the questions on the screen.
part 1:
1)what is wrong with li mei’s clothing and shoes?
2)what advice does carla give li mei?
part 2:
3)why is it important for them to have water?
4)why is it difficult for them to hear each other?
5)why do they plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 o’clock?
2. play the tape for them to listen to it and decide whether their guessing is right or not.
3. play the tape again. when listening, they work in pairs: one student writes down the answers to part 1; the other writes down the answers to part 2.
4. they exchange the information and listen to the tape again for checking. let them have the correct answers.
5. give 2 or 3 minutes to students to ask questions if they have any.
6. show students the listening text and let them read it aloud.
listening text: (omitted)
→step 4 speaking
1. show the following form on the screen. let students read the expressions aloud, and make sure they understand their chinese meanings.
making phone calls
may i speak to. . . ?
can i ring/call back later?
hold/hang on, please.
i’ll ring him/her up again.
just a moment, please.
sorry, he/she isn’t here right now.
invitations
i wonder if you are interested in. . . .
i’d like to invite you to. . . .
would you like. . . ?
could/would you please. . . ?
i’m looking forward to. . . .
i’d love to, but. . .
thanks
thank you so much.
thanks a lot.
that’s very kind of you.
you’re most welcome.
don’t mention it.
it’s a pleasure.
2. suppose the situation: imagine you have just visited your friends in trinidad and seen the carnival. make a phone call to invite your friends to a chinese festival.
3. give several minutes for students to prepare for their phone conversations in pairs.
4. ask as many pairs as possible to present their conversations to the class.
→step 5 listening on page 41
turn to page 41.
1. ask students to look at the 4 pictures, and in pairs tell as many things as they can from each picture. then ask them to say what festivals they think these pictures are about.
2. tell students they will listen to a conversation between chen bin and his american friend, joey. what is the main topic of their conversation?
3. play the tape for students to listen to and find out the main topic of their conversation.
4. ask students to look at the chart before they listen to the tape again.
show the chart on the screen.