The sounds of the world教案

step 4 demonstration
  after discussion, choose one of the students in their group to report the result of their discussion.
step 5 finding a place
 
  t shows the map of the world. while the student is reporting the result, others should listen carefully. ask a student to find the place in the map where the song comes from.
step 6 listening
  ask ss to listen to the music on the tape to find where the music comes from.
song 1 二泉映月 (folk music)
song 2 beat it by michael jackson from america (rock music)
song 2 take me home, country roads by john denver from europe (american country music)
step 7 listening and discussion
  listen to the music several times and then discuss the following questions with group members. (1) which piece of music do you like best? why? (2) what makes you think this music comes from… (3) what are the differences between the songs you have heard? (4) can you guess what the songs are about?
step 8 demonstration
after discussion, ss choose one of the students in their group to report the result of their discussion.
step 9 listening
  listen to the three songs on the tape and then fill out the form below.
 1 2 3
what would be a good title for the song?   
what is the song about?   
how does the song make you feel?   
do you like the song?
(1=not at all, 10=very much   
how would you describe the song?   
play the tape several times so that ss can fully understand them.
song 1: edelweiss
song 2: i’m right here waiting
song 3: love me tender
step 10 group-work
  when ss fill out the form above, they discuss each question and then report the result each other.
step 11 demonstration
choose one of the students in their group to report the result of their discussion.
step 12 listening
 if time permits, finish the workbook listening exercises in class. if there is no time left in class, leave them as homework.
homework:
2) finish off the workbook exercises.
3) find as many kinds of musical instrument as possible. (consult the website:)
period two
(speaking)
step 1 listening
 have ss listen to a piece of music and tell what kind of musical instrument the music is played with.
step 2 brainstorming
 have ss tell as many kinds of musical instrument as possible by asking the question: what other kinds of musical instrument do you know? t collects kinds of musical instrument: organ, harp, piano, maracas, violin, saxophone, gone, cymbals, castanets, flute, timpani, tambourine, triangle, drum, xylophone, etc.