1、选修八 Unit4 PygmalionPeriod4 Using languageListeningTeacher goals教学目标1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语pronunciation, criteria, ambassador, confused, impress, evidence, give awayb. 重点句子Does he concentrate on her pronunciation rather than her grammar?She speaks English so well that she must be a foreig
2、ner, probably a Hungarian.She is so beautiful that she must be a princess.2. Ability goals 能力目标 Enable the students to listen to and understand the play in the listening material.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to listen to and understand the play in the listening material.
3、Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点How to listen to and understand the play in the listening material.Teaching methods 教学方法Individual work and cooperative learning. Teaching aids 教学准备A recorder and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step RevisionCheck the homework. Then talk abou
4、t the characters in the play. T: In Shaws play, each character is depicted vividly especially the three main characters. What can you say about them? S1: Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become “a lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and P
5、ickering.S2: Henry Higgins is a British, upper class professional bachelor, a world-famous phonetics expert, teacher.S3: Colonel Pickering is a retired British officer with colonial experience and later a friend of Higgins. T: Now please look at Part 4 on page 31. Choose those adjectives in the list
6、 which best describe each character in the play. Place them in the right place in the box. Sample answers: Henry Higgins: impatient, emotional, superiorColonel Pickering: kind, polite, unsureEliza: anxious, eager, ambitiousStep ListeningAsk the students to work in pairs and discuss what they would d
7、o to change Eliza into a lady and how, and then fill in the table in Part 1. T: From the scene we learned last period, we know that the ambitious flower girl wants to lift herself to upper class society. According to the expert, Higgins, what she needs is some education. Now work in pairs and discus
8、s what you would have to do to change Eliza into a lady. Fill in the table in Part 1 on page 35. Things that needto be changedHow to make the change1. speech1. start with the alphabet and pronunciation, and learn to speak grammatically right sentences and try to speak clearly and fluently.2. clothin
9、g2. change the shabby clothes with beautiful ones and often take baths.3. behavior3. learn to behave politely and gracefully.After that, ask the students to listen to the recording and answer the questions in Part 3. T: Now go through the questions in Part 3. And then I will play the tape three time
10、s. For the first time, try to get the general idea of the material. While listening for the second time, try to put down the important information, and answer the questions. For the third time, I will pause where necessary, and you can check your answers.Play the tape three times. After that, check
11、the answers.Step Listening (Workbook: P70)First discuss the questions with the students. T: Next well listen to Act Three of the play, testing Eliza. Before listening, lets discuss some questions. Now look at the questions on page 70. How would you test Eliza?S1: I would take her to a grand party, w
12、here there area lot of rich people to see if she can get along well with other people or if people would like to talk with her. If so, Eliza has been taught well and has made great progress. If not, she will be taught again.T: Good idea! What criteria would you use to decide if the test was a succes
13、s or not?S2: I think we could use quantity and effect of her communication as criteria: how many people want to talk or dance with her? What do people feel about her? Then ask the students to listen to the recording three times and finish the exercises. T: Good! Now lets listen to the tape and finis
14、h the exercises 2-4. And then check the answers with the class. After that, ask the students to think of some new ideas to help Professor Higgins teach Eliza better.T: From the above, we know Eliza has made some progress in her speech and behavior. But after the test, Professor Higgins finds what he
15、 has done is not enough. In order to teach Eliza better, he decides to do something to improve her. Now work in groups and discuss what still needs to be done to turn Eliza into a lady. S1: In order to teach Eliza better, Higgins can have her sell flowers again but in the theater in the day. But she
16、 needs not to worry about how much she could earn. What she needs do is to pay more attention to what a lady or a gentleman is saying and how they behave themselves. And Higgins would ask her about what she has learned during the daytime. She must imitate what she has seen and heard. T: Good job.Ste
17、p Talking T: When Henry and Pickering get home, they will have to talk to Eliza about the tea party. What do you think they will say to her in order to improve her conversational skills but not spoil her confidence? Now work in pairs and work out the speech that Pickering and Henry will make to Eliz
18、a. Remember that Eliza is not sure that she convinced Freddy and Clara that she was a lady. So be kind to her as well as give her good advice.A sample speech：(E = Eliza; H = Higgins; P = Pickering)H: You did quite well in the party, really. But I think you need more practice. E: Thats enough. Im fed
19、 up with the drills and those pronunciation and politeness. Thats enough!H: Calm! Young lady! Just think what youre trying to accomplish. Just think what youre dealing with. The majesty and grandeur of the English language is the greatest possession we have. The noblest thoughts that ever flowed thr
20、ough the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds. And thats what youve set yourself out to conquer Eliza. And conquer it, you will. E: But Mrs Pearce says I sound like a French lady. I think Ive learned enough to.P: (interrupt her) Yeah, yeah. I t
21、hink you look perfect, but there needs some improvement. E: (become peaceful) OK. Let me try. P: I know you talked about the weather, but its not suitable to mention the weather at the party. H: Your speech has greatly improved. But you still need to learn how to take the chance to speak proper word
22、s at a proper time. P: I think you need more practice in grammar, too. H: Your use of grammar is much better, but it needs improving. When you dance with Freddy was over, you should say “Thank you” instead of “Thanks you.” P: I believe you will be much better next time. Step Listening (Workbook: P73
23、)There are three exercises in this part. The first one is for the students to decide whether the statements are true or false. The second one is to answer the three questions after listening. The last is to ask the students to enjoy the humor of the act and try to fill in the table. Play the tape and ask the students to listen and finish the activities. Step HomeworkAsk the students to do the following. 1. Listen to all the recordings once again and enjoy the play.2. Finish the WRTING TASK on page 76.
