Unit 10 American literature
t:you did very well.now how about the last question?
s5:we all know that america is a country which contains people from different parts of the world.so american literature has a wide variety of styles.but from the history of america,we can guess the important themes in its literature are native americans,pioneers,slavery and the civil war,etc.
t:your answer sounds reasonable.
step ⅲ listening
t:next,let’s do some listening.before listening to the tape,i’d like you to answer some questions.please look at the screen.
1.are you a member of any club or taking part in activities that help you practise your english?
2.did you ever go to a speaking corner?what were your experiences?
3.what other clubs or activities could you think of to practise english in a way that makes fun?
(teacher gives students a while to prepare.)
t:wang lin,would you please answer the first question?
s6:yes.i’m a member of english corner,which is a club for us to practise english.i often take part in the activities in it.i think it is very helpful for my spoken english.
t:no wonder your spoken english is so good.now,li xiang,did you ever go to a speaking corner?what were your experiences?
s7:i’m sorry.i seldom go there.i only went there several times last week because i couldn’t understand others when they speak everything in english.
t:i advise you to go to speaking corner more often.there is a famous saying,“practice makes perfect.” if you often go there,i’m sure you can improve your listening ability and you can also speak fluent english.do you think so?
s7:i see.i’ll try to go there more often this term.
t:now,the third question.any volunteers to answer it?
s8:i think we can practise english in other activities such as english summer camp,english speech contest,english short play contest,english debate contest.
t:your ideas sound very good.now i’ll play the tape for you.after listening to the tape,you are asked to answer the questions on the screen.you’d better read them first.
(show the questions on the screen.)
1.what activity are ben,ann and lily organising?
2.why is this activity successful,while a speaking corner was not?give two reasons.
3.what are the advantages of their club activities according to ann,ben and lily?
(teacher plays the tape for the first time for students to get the general idea.then teacher plays the tape again so that students can get the detailed information.for some details,teacher may pause and play the tape more times until students can understand them well.after that,teacher asks some students to give their answers.meanwhile,teacher may correct the mistakes if there are any.)