1、教学设计Using Language：Listening and speaking整体设计教材分析We will mainly deal with listening and speaking in this period.At the beginning，students listen to a conversation among young people.Carla and Hari are students in Trinidad.Their Chinese friends Li Mei and Wu Ping，are visiting for the Carnival holiday
2、 in February.They are joining in a parade for Carnival in Trinidad.This listening activity is not only to offer students knowledge about how to celebrate Carnival in Trinidad but to encourage students to listen and then use what they have heard to help them answer questions.It is an important exerci
3、se because it links skills together and uses them to produce a useful phone call.Make sure students read the questions before they listen to the tape.This is to sharpen their attention and listen for the answers.This will also help them get the gist of the listening text.The teaching procedures may
4、be as follows：First，let students go through the directions， pictures and the questions and guess what the listening text may be about.Play the tape for students to listen and decide whether their guessing is right.Second，ask them to listen again to answer the questions.Third，let them listen a third
5、time to check their answers.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.In the end，show them the listening text and let them read and retell it.This step can
6、help students understand and grasp the listening material far further.Perhaps some students will find it hard to listen to and understand listening materials.Encourage them not to give up.The more they listen to English，the easier it becomes.The speaking exercise is intended to give students the opp
7、ortunity to practice a phone conversation using the functional items.So they should learn some expressions on how to make phone calls and invitations and express thanks first.Then they are required to create such a phone conversation.During the course，let them know the polite forms of English are im
8、portant and should be practiced in a variety of situations.Also encourage them to use vocabulary from the reading and listening passages.This period places emphasis on developing students listening and speaking abilities.We should try our best to encourage students to say something.Dont always corre
9、ct the mistakes they have made while they are speaking.Otherwise，they would feel reluctant and not say anything more.教学重点1Develop students listening and speaking abilities.2Enable students to master different listening skills.3Let students learn how to make phone calls and invitations and express th
10、anks.教学难点1Get students to listen to and understand listening materials with various English accents.2Let students make a phone conversation using the functional items requests and thanks.三维目标知识目标1Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in the listening passage.2Let students learn
11、 the following expressions：1）Making phone callsMay I speak to.？ Can I ring/call back later?Hold/Hang on，please. Ill ring him/her up again.Just a moment，please. Sorry ，he/she isnt here right now.2）InvitationsI wonder if you are interested in. Id like to invite you to.Would you like.? Could/Would you
12、please.?Im looking forward to. Id love to，but.3）ThanksThank you so much. Thanks a lot.Thats very kind of you. Youre most welcome.Dont mention it. Its a pleasure.能力目标1Enable students to catch and understand the listening materials.2Develop students ability to get special information and take notes wh
13、ile listening.3Get students to learn and use the expressions of making phone calls，invitations and thanks.情感目标1Enable students to know more about festivals and love their life.2Develop students sense of group cooperation and teamwork.教学过程Step 1 Revision 1Check the homework exercises.2Ask some studen
14、ts to translate some sentences using modal verbs.1）我们中有些人现在会用电脑，但我们 10 年前不会用。2）我能借用你的自行车吗？3）他可能是加拿大人。4）机器一定出了故障。5）你应该信守诺言。Suggested answers：1）Some of us can use the computer now ，but we couldnt ten years ago.2）Can/Could/May/Might I borrow your bike?3）He may/might be from Canada.4）There must be somet
15、hing wrong with the machine.5）You should keep your promise.Step 2 Warming up1Tell students to turn to Page 6 and we are going to the part Listening and speaking.2Ask them to look at the pictures of the Trinidad Carnival and discuss in pairs what kind of activities the Carnival might have.3Let them f
16、ind Trinidad on the map and describe it.4Have them predict what kind of problems someone might have when going to such a carnival.Step 3 Listening1Go through the directions and questions to make sure students know what to do.Let them guess what the listening material they will hear may be about.Show
17、 the questions on the screen.Part 1：1）What is wrong with Li Meis clothing and shoes?2）What advice does Carla give Li Mei?Part 2：3）Why is it important for them to have water?4）Why is it difficult for them to hear each other?5）Why do they plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 oclock?2Play the tape for
18、them to listen and decide whether their guessing is right or not.3Play the tape again.When listening，they work in pairs：one student writes down the answers to Part 1；the other writes down the answers to Part 2.4They exchange the information and listen to the tape again for checking.Let them have the
19、 correct answers.5Give 2 or 3 minutes to students to ask questions if they have any.6Show students the listening text and let them read it aloud.Listening text：（Omitted）Step 4 Speaking1Show the following form on the screen.Let students read the expressions aloud，and make sure they understand their C
20、hinese meanings.MAKING PHONE CALLSMay I speak to?Can I ring/call back later?Hold/Hang on ,please.Ill ring him/her up again.Just o moment,please.Sory,he/she isnt here right now.INVITATIONSI wonder if you are interestes in.Id like to invite you to.Would you like?Could/Would you please?Im looking forwa
21、rd to.Id love to,but.THANKSThank you so much.Thanks a lot.Thatvery kind of you.Youre most welcome.Dont mention it.Its a pleasure.2Suppose the situation：Imagine you have just visited your friends in Trinidad and seen the Carnival.Make a phone call to invite your friends to a Chinese festival.3Give se
22、veral minutes for students to prepare for their phone conversations in pairs.4Ask as many pairs as possible to present their conversations to the class.Step 5 Listening on Page 41Turn to Page 41.1Ask students to look at the 4 pictures，and in pairs tell as many things as they can from each picture.Th
23、en ask them to say what festivals they think these pictures are about.2Tell students they will listen to a conversation between Chen Bin and his American friend，Joey.What is the main topic of their conversation?3Play the tape for students to listen and find out the main topic of their conversation.4
24、Ask students to look at the chart before they listen to the tape again.Show the chart on the screen.EASTERIn which season？Who celebrates？The reason for the festival？On which day of the week？What things represent Easter？5Play the tape again，and let students listen to it and then fill in the chart.6Le
25、t students share their information in pairs.7Play the tape a third time for students to check and have the correct answers.8Give 2 or 3 minutes for students to ask questions if they have any.9Show students the listening text and let them read it.Listening text：（Omitted）Step 6 Listening Task on Pages
26、 45461Talk with students about festivals such as Mothers Day，Valentines Day，Easter，the Cherry Blossom Festival，and so on.2Turn to Page 45.Ask them to look at the pictures and then discuss what festival for each picture is.3Have them listen to the tape.Then write the festival name for each picture.4T
27、urn to Page 46.Ask them to go through the questions and make sure they know what to do.5Play the tape again for them to listen and get their answers.6Two or three minutes for them to discuss and share their answers.7Play the tape a third time for them to check and have the correct answers.8Show them
28、 the listening text and let them read it.Listening text：（Omitted）Step 7 SummaryIn this period，we mainly focus on the listening and speaking abilities.They are very important.If your listening or speaking is poor，youd better practice more.The more you listen to or speak English，the better your listen
29、ing or speaking is.Remember：Practice makes perfect.Step 8 Homework1Finish off the Workbook exercises.2Preview the passages A Sad Love Story and Winter Carnival in Quebec.备课资料History of Mothers DayIn the US.，Mothers Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.It is a day when children hon
30、our their mothers with cards，gifts，and flowers.First observance in Philadelphia，Pa.in 1907，it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.Although it wasnt celebrated in the US.until 1907，there were days honouring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece.In those
31、days，however，it was Rhea，the Mother of the gods that was given honour.Later， in the 1600s，in England there was an annual observance called “Mothering Sunday”It was celebrated during June，on the fourth Sunday.On Mothering Sunday，the servants，who generally lived with their employers，were encouraged to
32、 return home and honour their mothers.It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.In the US.，in 1907 Ana Jarvis，from Philadelphia，began a campaign to establish a national Mothers Day.Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton，West Virginia to celebrate Mot
33、hers Day on the second anniversary of her mothers death，the 2nd Sunday of May.The next year Mothers Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.Jarvis and others began a letterwriting campaign to ministers，businessmen，and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day.They were successfu
34、l.President Woodrow Wilson，in 1914，made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year.Denmark，Finland，Italy，Turkey
35、， Australia，and Belgium celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May，as in the U S.Fathers DayThe Third Sunday in JuneThe United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children.On the third Sunday in June，fathers all acros
36、s the United States are given presents，treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.The origin of Fathers Day is not clear.Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908.Others say the first Fathers Day ceremony was held in Vancouver，Washington.The president of the Chic
37、ago branch （分部） of the Lions Club，Harry Meek，is said to have celebrated the first Fathers Day with his organization in 1915，and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June，the closest date to Meeks own birthday!Regardless of when the first true Fathers Day occurred，the strongest promoter of
38、 the holiday was Mrs.Bruce John Dodd of Spokane，Washington.Mrs.Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father.He was a veteran of the Civil War.His wife had died young，and he had raised six children without their mother.In 1909，Mrs.Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a
39、church service dedicated to fathers on June 5，her fathers birthday.That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service，so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th.From then on，the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day.Children made special desserts，or visit
40、ed their fathers if they lived apart.States and organizations began lobbying （游说） the Congress to declare an annual Fathers Day.In 1916，President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea，but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to “establish more intimate relatio
41、ns between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations”Since then，fathers had been honoured and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.When children cant visit their fathers or take them out to dinner，they send a greeting card.Traditionally，fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental.Most greeting cards are whimsical （奇形怪状的，异想天开的） so fathers laugh when they open them.
