1、The Third Period Listening and SpeakingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言重点词汇及短语furniture, be optimistic / pessimistic about, switch, dishwasher2. Ability goals能力目标a. Train the students abilities to listen to the architect and the interview and do the listening exercises correctly.b. Encoura
2、ge the students to express themselves, imagine the life in the future and make predictions.3. Learning ability goals学能目标 a. Help Ss learn how to decide the important points about listening by reading the exercises based on the listening materials before reading.b. Inspire the students to be more cre
3、ative in thinking and encourage them to express themselves freely.Teaching important points 教学重点1. Listen to the two materials and do the exercises correctly.2. Get the students to predict the house of the future. Teaching difficult points 教学难点1. Let the students listen to the first material, do the
4、 relevant exercises and decide the predictions. 2. How to encourage the students to talk freely and actively in imagining the ideal house of the future. Teaching methods 教学方法1. Listening.2. Cooperative learning.3. Task-based activity.Teaching aids 教具准备1. A tape-recorder;2. A projector and some slide
5、s.Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式Step Revision1. Greetings.2. Revision.T: At the beginning of this class, lets check the homework. First lets check the answers to the exercises about the vocabulary. Id like three students to read out your answers and lets check the answers.Suggested answersExer
6、cise 5: 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. b Exercise 6: 1. c 2. e 3. b 4. f 5. d 6. aExercise 7: 1. c 2. e 3. a 4. b 5. f 6. dT: Now Id like you to do some exercises here.Show the slide.Choose the best answers:1. He is eating too much recently, so he _ weight.A. is to gain B. is going to gainC. will gain D. wi
7、ll be gaining2. At eight this Saturday I _ the party held in my close friend Toms home.A. would attend B. am to attend C. attends D. will be attending3. Have you cleaned the house now, Betty?Sorry, mother, but I _.A. am going to B. should C. will D. am to4. My train _ at 8 pm tomorrow.A. will leave
8、B. is going to leave C. leaves D. is leaving5. At this time next year he _ at the university. A. will be studying B. studiesC. is studying D. is to study6. Tom has arrived, _ he come in?Of course, lead him here please.A. will B. is going to C. shall D. would7. If it rains tomorrow, we _ the meeting.
9、A. will put off B. are going to put off C. are putting off D. put off8. It is years since we last saw my uncle. Hearing the news that he _ tonight, I jump with joy. A. comes B. will come C. is coming D. shall comeFor this exercise, teachers can ask the students to do it by themselves, and then check
10、 the answers together.Suggested answers1-8: BDCC ACACStep Listening and Speaking Task 1 Describing your home to your partnersT: Have you ever heard this saying: East or west, home is the best. Now Id like you to work in pairs and describe your home to your partners. Begin please!After several minute
11、s.T: I will ask three students to describe your home to all of us. Any volunteers?S: My home is in a tall building. It is middle size, with 3 bedrooms, a sitting room and a bathroom. Although there is not much furniture, my home is beautifully decorated. There are lots of electrical machines, such a
12、s electrical air conditioners, washing machine and 2 fridges. I think my home is very comfortable.S: My home is on the third floor in a tall building. Compared with other ordinary home, it is big, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a big sitting room. With many electrical machines, I feel my home is v
13、ery modern. There are 2 fridges, 3 air conditioners, a washing machine and 2 computers. Although there is not much furniture, it is very practical.S: My home is big with a large yard. It has 2 floors, with 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 kitchens and 2 sitting rooms. It is well furnished, but there are n
14、ot many electrical machines, with a fridge, a washing machine, a computer and a TV set. I feel my home is very comfortable to live in.Task 2 ListeningThis part is to train the students listening ability. Play the tape for the students to listen, and ask them to do Exercise 2. After that, ask the stu
15、dents to work in pairs and check the answers. At last, play the tape again.T: Now listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and do the exercise on Page 5. Choose the right answers. Play the tape again and then check the answers.Suggested answers (略)Task 3 DiscussionThis step is to
16、stimulate the students imagination. Ask them to recall the architects predictions about the dining room and the living room, how to switch on the lights, what the toilet will be able to do and what the dishwasher will be able to do.T: Do you still remember the architects predictions? What could happ
17、en to the dinning room and living room? How can we switch on lights? What will the toilet be able to do? What will the dishwasher be able to do? Now Id like you to discuss the questions above in pairs. Then Ill ask some students to express your opinions.Task 4 SpeakingThis step is to stimulate the s
18、tudents imagination and help them to use the ways they have learned to talk about the future events, making predictions. Teachers should encourage the students to try using their imagination.Help1. The whole class discuss in groups of 4.2. Show the students some key sentences as a clue.3. The studen
19、ts discuss their houses of the future in groups of four.4.Ask one representative of each group to report their work.Show the following on the screen.How big will it be?What will it be made of / from?How many rooms will it have?What rooms will be the most important?What new technology will it have?Ho
20、w environment-friendly will it be?What kind of furniture will it have?T: Have you ever imagined what your houses of the future will be like? Now Id like you to discuss your houses of the future in groups of four. You can refer to the information here.After 5 minutes.T: Now its time to report your wo
21、rk.S1: My future house will be bigger than it is now. It will be made of a kind of very light material that we dont have now. Living in it, we may feel cool in summer and warm in winter. There are several rooms in it, with each room having its own function. There will be 6 rooms in it. One is my par
22、ents bedroom, one is my bedroom, one is for my sister, one is for our study, one is my lab where Ill do my experiments, and the last one is used as our dining room. All the things in my house are run by remote control. At the touch of the remote control machine, the door will open itself. The robot
23、can do all the housework for us. My house is heated by solar in winter and cooled in summer. There will be many flowers in the house, so it is environment-friendly. There is not any slight pollution. It will be a modern and comfortable place to live in. S2: My house of the future will be big. It wil
24、l be made of rubber and glass, and furthermore it will be movable. It will have several rooms, and the most important one will be the control center where all the things in the house will be controlled by a computer. At the pressing of a button, robots will do the cooking and another button washing
25、machine will do the washing automatically. It will be heated and cooled by electricity that mostly comes from the sun, so it will be friendly to the environment.S3: My future house will be small in appearance, but it can become big enough if necessary. It will be made from nami building material. Al
26、l the things will be operated by a computer, and there will be a lab, where I can do some experiments and can observe the sky and the stars. Since the nami material can keep warm and scatter the heat well, it will be friendly to the environment.Step PronunciationThis step is to help the students to
27、pay attention to the stressed words in sentences. Teachers can ask them to underline the stressed words and then point out what kind of words belong to the stressed ones. Finally play the tape again, and ask them to pay attention to.T: Now turn to Page 7. Lets first underline the stressed words, and
28、 then listen and check.After listening.T: Who can tell me what kind of words belong to the stressed ones?S: Content words such as noun words, verbs and adjective words are stressed ones, while function words like conjunctive words are not stressed. Step Listening and Speaking (Workbook Page 70)In th
29、is part, get the students to listen to interviews with three people. And tell them to work in pairs, choose another profession except those in the interview, and role play their interviews. Task 1 Predicting This part is to prepare the students for the listening. Get them first to work in pairs and
30、write down words and expressions for each profession, and then ask them to match the statements with the professions. T: Now turn to Page 70 Listening and Speaking. Activity 11, you are going to listen to interviews about the future with 3 people from different professions. Work in pairs! Look at th
31、e professions and predictions and predict things the speakers may mention. Write down words and expressions for each profession. At last check the answers together.Suggested answers astronomer: space exploration surgeon: surgery architect: buildings economist: economics wildlife expert: animals, pla
32、nts and environment genetics scientist: geneT: Since youve finished Activity 11, lets go on with Activity 12. Now please match the statements with the professions in Activity 11. Do it by yourselves, and then lets check the answers together.Suggested answers1. genetics scientist: Parents will be abl
33、e to choose the sex of their children.2. astronomer: Im sure there will be a station on the moon and people will be living there.3. architect: Most people will be living in high-rise buildings.4. wildlife expert: Many animals will disappear because they wont have anywhere to live.5. surgeon: We will
34、 be able to perform operations at a distance.6. economist: The rich countries will be richer and the poor countries will be poorer.T: Now work in pairs and say if you agree or disagree with these statements.After several minutes.T: Id like some students to report your work.S1: I agree with the opini
35、on that most people will be living in high-rise buildings. Because there will be more people in the world. In order to save land people will be living in high-rise buildings.S2: I think surgeons will be able to perform operations at a distance with the development of science and technology.S3: I don
36、t think animals will disappear, as now we are trying to protect them.S4: I dont think that people will be able to live on the moon, because there is no water or air on the moon.S5: I think the rich countries will be richer and the poor countries will be poorer. Rich countries will have more money an
37、d science and technology, so they will be richer. While poor countries lack money, which will hold back their development. Task 2 ListeningT: Now listen to interviews with three people from Activity 11 and answer the two questions for each speaker. Listen carefully. After listening, I will ask some
38、of you to answer the questions.1. What is his / her professions?2. Is he or she optimistic or pessimistic about the future?Show the two questions on the screen.T: Listen again and lets do Exercise 14 on Page 71. Then Id like you to work in pairs and correct the false statements.Task 3 SpeakingThis s
39、tep is to help the students to have a further discussion to talk about the professions. Tell them to work in pairs and choose another profession listed in Activity 11. After that ask them to role play their interviews. And teachers can also assign this work as homework. Step Assignment1. ConsolidationT: Boys and girls, today we have listened to an architect and the interview with 3 people talking about their professions. Id like you to listen again after class. 2. Go over what you have learned in this module.3. Describing what you will be doing in 10 years time.