Lesson 3 Experiment in folk

lesson 3 experiment in folk
teaching aims:
to practice the vocabulary relating to music
to read and understand a newspaper article
to practice using adverbial clauses of cause, result and purpose with because, as, since, so that and so/such…that.
to express opinions and give reasons for them
teaching difficulties:
to practice using adverbial clauses of cause, result and purpose with because, as, since, so that and so/such…that.
teaching aids: computer and cassette
teaching procedures:
ⅰ. warming up
first listen to a piece of music called “er qian ying yue”
t: then ask students “what do you think of the music you just listen to?”  “what kind of music is it?”
s:
t: chinese folk music sounds so wonderful and special. it is our cultural treasure. our nation is proud of chinese folk music. we have a lot of top musicians, can you name some famous musician?
s:
t: show some slides such as nie er, xian xinghai, hua yanjun. then give some information about musician and ask students to guess who it is.
1. he was born in guangdong province in 1905. he is called people’s musician.
 2. he wrote many songs such as on taihang mountain and the famous yellow river chorus.
3. he died in russia when he went there to study.
s:
answer : xian xinghai
 now let’s listen to another piece of music, guessing its instrument. (let students listen to piano.)
t: “what kind of music is it?”
s:
t: yes, piano. does piano belong to chinese folk music?
s: no, it belongs to western instrument. piano sounds so sweet that many people like listen to piece of piano. can you name some western musicians?
s: mozart, list, schubert and so on.
t: suppose if we combine our chinese folk music with western music, what will happen?
s:
t: does someone once try to do so?
s:
ⅱ reading
someone have already done so. he is kong xiangdong, and have you heard of the name?
now read the text and let’s see what’s the matter.
after reading the text, show a picture of kong xiangdong, give a brief profile:
 a famous chinese name in the music world, one of the most famous pianist in the world. he has performed in more than 40 countries and has scored numerous prize. he combine classical music and folk music well.
how much do you understand the text and answer the following questions
do the exercise 2
do the exercise correct errors
1. playing the same music in different cities of the world is very bored.
2. the concert last week was such success that he had to give another two concerts.
3. because kong’s talent and hard work, he become famous worldwide.