Book 4 Unit 1 Women of achievement
collect what they have heard and write down them on the blackboard. teachers can let them discuss which are main ideas and which are details.
task 2 the second listening
there are two purposes in this task. one is to let students finish exercise 2; the other is to let students get some useful information to finish exercise 1 and 3. so after the discussion, teachers can let students look through the exercises on page 7 in order to catch the useful information to finish the exercises when they are listening. then play the tape again, and try to finish exercise 1&2. exercise 1 is about some details. exercise 2 is about the main ideas of each paragraph. teacher can make a pause, and repeat it where the main ideas appear to make sure students can catch it.
task 3 the third listening
this is a good chance for students to check their answers. after listening twice, most students can have a good understanding about the material, and can write down the answers mostly. so this time is for their checking and adding their answers.
if they still have some difficulties, play the tape for the fourth time to meet their needs.
step3 the listening material on page 41
teacher can ask students to guess the content of the material, according to the questions in exercises. and then have a listening and finish the exercises. the steps of the listening are the same with the above one.