SEFC Book1BUnit21 Listening

SEFC Book1B Unit21 Listening

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I’m glad to interpret my lesson here. The lesson plan I’m g oing to talk about is from SEFC book1B, the 1st lesson of Unit 21, Body Language.

The emphasis of this period should be placed on developing students’ listening ability. Listening and speaking on Page 57 in the textbook. While they are listening, the teacher should pause and repeat the key sentences to help students understand. When checking the answers, explain some difficult listening points if necessary.

As to the parts Listening on Page 57 and Listening task on Page 58 in the Workbook, the teaching procedure can be approximately the same as the above.

Perhaps some students will find it hard to listen and understand listening materials. Encourage them not to give up. The more they listen to English, the easier it becomes.

Teaching Keys: Develop the students’ listening ability.

Teaching Difficulty： Get the students to listen and understand different listening materials.

Teaching Methods：

1. Task-based listening

2. Cooperative learning

Studying Ways: A tape recorder and other normal teaching tools

Teaching Procedure:

Period 1 Warming up & Listening

Step 1 Warming up

1. Brainstorm: the words of emotions/feelings of human beings

As we know, sorrow and happiness make a life. We, human beings, have all kinds of emotions. Let’s brainstorm emotions we’ve learned so far.

happy, sad, angry, confused, tired, puzzled, hateful, excited, frightened, embarrassed, depressed, uneasy, thrilled, easy, confident, delighted, kind, curious, etc.

2. Now let’s look at pictures with different emotions and match each picture with the correct emotion and the correct sentence. Meanwhile, ask students what makes he/she thinks that the person in the picture is feeling a certain way.

Possible answers:

Picture 1: Confused; I don’t know what to do.

Picture 2: Angry; I can’t believe she said that! That is so unfair!

Picture 3: Sad; I’ve lost my wallet!

Picture 4: Happy; I got an A in my exam!

Picture 5: Tired; It’s been a long day. I can’t keep my eyes open.

3. From one’s facial expression, we can know how he/she is feeling. Besides, we can know how he/she is feeling from his/her gesture, that is to say, the way he/she stands or sits can also tell us how he/she is feeling. Now look at your classmates and tell how they are feeling today by the way they sit or stand.

Step 2 Listening

1. Pre-listening

Just now we see we can learn how one is feeling from both his/her facial expressions and gestures. Look at me. Can you guess what these gestures mean?

1) shake the head

2) wave the arms

3) stand with arms folded

4) … …

(Students may not guess all the meanings of these gestures, and then t eachers can say “Let’s listen to two short passages and find out what one’s body movements/gestures can tell us.”)

2. Listening

1) Listen to Part 1 for the first time and get the students to do the first question of Part 1.

2) Listen to Part 1 again and do the rest two questions of Part 1.

3) Listen to Part 2 and do questions of Part 2. If students can’t follow it, listen again.

3. Post-listening

Based on what you heard just now and your own experience, discuss with your partner: How can you use your body language to communicate the following ideas?

Homework

1. Make a list of facial expressions and gestures and their meanings we’ve learned today.

2. Preview the following lesson.

During my teaching, I’ll try my best to get my class alive and encourage the s tudents to talk with each other in English. I think the general aim of English teaching is to improve the ability of using English. And I’ll use this to guide my teaching.

Thank you!