Teaching Contents: It contains a dialogue about the best ways to learn English. It can help students to learn some important sentence patterns. Teaching Objectives :
(1) Knowledge objective
Students can master the sentence patterns: What about ... Have you ever studied with a group Yes, ! have.
I've learned a lot that way.
(2) Ability objective
Students can improve their listening and speaking abilities and communicative competence.
(3) Emotional objective
Students can cultivate the habit of joining English club in their school to improve their English skills.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
Communicate with others on the topic--"the best ways to learn English freely".
Teaching Methods :
1. Pair work
2. Teaching by explanation
Teaching Aid :
A tape recorder
Teaching Procedures :
Step I Revision (3 minutes)
Check homework. Invite different students to report their discovery of new ways of studying what haven't been introduced in the book or in class.
S1 : My friend Peter likes to listen to music while he studies.
S2: My father used to go to the library where it was very quiet.
S3 : ...
(Justification: The revision will examine students' learning effect and easily lead in the text.)
Step 2 Speaking Practice (12 minutes)
Activity 1 Question & Answer
Ask students some questions:
( 1 ) How do you usually learn English
(2) Have you ever studied with a group
(3) How do you learn English
Guide the students to say.(They are members of an English club that meet after school once a week. They are talking the ways to learn English. )
Activity 2 Pair work
Guide the students to use "What about ..." to make a dialogue, and do the pair work like this:
Boy 1 : What about watching English movies Do you learn English that way
Girl 2: Yes. I do that sometimes. I think it helps.
(Justification: This step can develop students' speaking ability and set a happy atmosphere for listening. )
Step 3 Listening (15 minutes)
Firstly, let them listen to the tape recorder and summarize the main idea. Then the teacher asks several students to summarize the main idea of the material.
Secondly, listen to the tape again. At this time, the students should do some exercises, and answer some detail
questions.
Thirdly, ask them to listen to the tape for one more time to check whether they can get the right answers.
(Justification: At this step, not only their ability of listening and speaking but also their skills of listening for specific information will be well developed. )
Step 4 Practice (10 minutes)
Show the tape scripts on the PPT.
Activity 1: Invite a pair of students to read the sample conversation to the class. Correct some of the pronunciation.
Stress out the key vocabulary and sentence structure and ask students to pay attention to those key points.
Activity 2: Divide the class into 5 groups, with each group 10 people. Ask each group to act as the members of English club and discuss the best ways of learning English.
Ask two groups to act in front of the whole class. Give comments, especially appraisals.
(Justification: This activity can make all students participate in the teaching and learning. Through this group work, students can consolidate the usage of the key words and sentence structure.)
Step 5 Summary and Homework (5 minutes)
Summary: Do the summary together with the students. Let them know what they have learned in this lesson.
Homework : Ask students to introduce one of the effective ways of learning English to their partners and to write two sentences with "What about ... " and two sentences with "verb + by with gerund".
(Justification: Homework is the extension of class and helps them to enhance what they have learned in this class. )
Blackboard Design :
aloud, pronunciation
What about ...
Have you ever studied with a group
Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way.
