Lesson 55 Some News about English
1. Class Opening and Review
* Greeting
* Drill
Review the content of last class.
Ask some students to read the text of Lesson 54
2. Key words and Expressions
* website: explain this word (It’s a place on the Internet. “Web” is another word for “Internet”. “Site” means “place.”)
* encourage v. encouragement n. encourage sb. to do sth.
* practise [`prAktiz] v. practice [pArktis] n.
* information
* opportunity
* opening a door: in English, it means “having opportunity” or “learning something new”
3. Teaching procedures
Step 1
1. Let the students watch the video about some foreign countries.
2. Ask: What do you know about foreign countries? And do you know sth. about the communication between our country and other countries? (Let the students talk about the questions)
Step 2
1. Listen to the radio about the text
2. Ask the students to read the text twice loudly
Step 3
Use the computer to search something about the text
Step 4
Grammar: The Past Participle
Past participles usually end with an –ed or a –d. For example:
talk – talked – talked, wait—waited –waited, turn – turned – turned, like – liked – liked
However, some verbs are different. For example:
speak – spoke – spoken, blow – blew – blown, wear – wore – worn, build – built – built, cut – cut – cut, have – had – had
Step 5
Do some exercises about phonetic symbol and pronunciation
4. Homework
Workbook, Page 102-103