The sounds of the world教案

step 3 creating a situation (textual authenticity)
 have ss work together with his\her partner. take turns asking for and giving advice.
student a student b
you want to buy a cd for your friend’s birthday, but you are not sure what to buy. ask your partner to give some suggestions. your partner needs your advice. please help him or her to make a decision.
step 4 listening
 listen to the sample dialogue and make sure what the dialogue is about.
step 5 practice
 practice reading the dialogue, using one of the names of musical instrument mentioned above to replace cd and paying attention to sentences of asking for and giving advice.
step 6 dialogue
 have ss choose one from the following situations to create their own dialogue.
student a student b
your partner needs your advice. please help him or her to decide what to do. you want to find a good song to dance to. you like dancing, but you are not sure what song you should play.
student a student b
your partner needs your advice. please help him or her to decide what to do. your classmates have asked you to pick a special song that will represent your class. it should be a song that everybody likes and that shows the spirit of your class. ask your partner to help you.
step 7 demonstration
 have several pairs to demonstrate their dialogues.
step 8 sum-up
 have ss think hard and summarize how to make suggestions and give advice and possible responses.(see slide)
step 9 consolidation
 work in pairs or groups. use one or more of the situations below to practise giving and asking for advice.
1. you want to learn to play the piano, but you don’t know how.
2. you would like to write a song about your mother, but you are not sure what you should write.
3. you want to learn an english song, but you don’t know which one.
homework:
1. finish off the workbook exercises.
2. try to memorize names of different kinds of musical instrument.
3. find as much information about music as possible.(consult the website: )

period three
(pre-reading \reading\post-reading)
step 1 pre-reading
1. checking homework
  1) t asks the question: do you play any musical instrument? what is your favourite instrument? in this way, ss review names of kinds of musical instrument.
4) t asks another question: has anybody got any information about musical styles? ss tell different kinds of music, such as blues\hip-hop\rap\latin music etc.
here is some information about music: