Art and architecture（The First Period）

teaching difficult points:
1. how to help students to improve their listening ability.
2. how to help students to learn to express preferences.
teaching methods:
1. discussion to make the students talk about art and architecture.
2. individual or pair work to make the students practise their speaking ability.
3. listening practice to improve the students'  listening ability.
teaching aids:
1. a tape recorder
2. a projector
3. the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step i greetings and warming-up
greet the whole class as usual.
t: (walk to one student)wang jing,
    where do you live?
s: i live at no. 26 zhonghua street.
t: what kind of house do you live in? a traditional house or an apartment?
s: i live in an apartment.
t: do you like living in an apartment?
s: yes.
 t: can you tell us why?
s: it's clean and safe, and it's easy to keep warm in winter, since it has the
heating system.
 t: what's the disadvantage of living in an apartment?
s: it's not convenient for you to carry things home and it's not easy for you
to get sunlight.
t: ok. please sit down. (walk to another student.)li xiao, what kind of house
do you live in? do you live in an apartment, too?
s: no. i live in a traditional house.
t: do you like living in a traditional house?
s2: not very much. because it's not safe when there is nobody at home, and it gives you much trouble to keep warm in winter, but it has some advantages. it’s convenient for you to carry things home, and you can take exercise in the yard. if you like, you can keep some pets, such as a dog, a cat and so on. and you can grow some flowers, too.it's very interesting.
 t: good. i must pay a visit to your house one day. now, look at the questions on
   the screen and have a discussion in pairs.
   (show the following on the screen.)
 questions:
     if you were free to design your own dream house, what would your house look like? what materials would you use? explain why you made certain choices about your dream house.
(after the discussion, collect their answers.)
s3: lf i were free to design my own dream house, i would like it to look modern and comfortable. i would lay a wooden floor in the rooms. i would have a glass tea table placed in the kitchen. i would like some modern steel chairs        designed in special styles. i would have a set of leather sofa in the living              room.