Great Buildings教案

lesson 2  great buildings
teaching aims:
to give opinions about buildings 
to listen and make notes
to listen and identify stressed words that give new information
to practise describing places
teaching difficulties:
to listen and identify stressed words that give new information
to practise describing places
teaching aids: computer and cassette
teaching procedures:
ⅰ. warming up
t: today we have a lesson about great buildings. what do you think we call great buildings?
s:
t: the teacher show some pictures of great buildings: such as taj mahal, india, pyramid, the great wall, notre dame de paris, eiffel tower and london bridge
can you say out these buildings’ names?
s:
t: these famous buildings have become symbols of these countries.
when we describe a building we often mention its period, materials, features and kinds of building. now we will listen to a radio program about buildings you pay attention to these aspects.
ⅱ listening
task 1  do the exercise 3
in order to help students to understand the listening materials better, before listening to the cassette the teacher show these words.
medieval           中世紀的
marble             陽臺
balcony            天使
ornament          大理石
angel              裝飾物
loch               瓷磚
tile                湖灣
match the buildings in the photos with the names.
show the pictures of these buildings
which of the buildings do you like best? why?
do you want to know more about these buildings? now listen to the cassette
do the exercsie3.
it is more likely that students can’t get right information after listening the materials twice. so if necessary listen once again to complete the table.
task 2  do the exercise 4
listen to someone describing her favorite building. which of the building in the photos does she choose?
eilean donan castle
she likes it because it is mysterious, like something from a fairytale. when you get inside it’s sort of strange and ghostly.
after giving students answers listen to the cassette again to check answers.
task 3  do the exercise 5
first give student enough time to read the function file and students listen to the description again and complete it.