Lesson 2 Great Buildings
Teaching aims:
To give opinions about buildings
To listen and make notes
To listen and identify stressed words that give new information
To practise describing places
Teaching difficulties:
To listen and identify stressed words that give new information
To practise describing places
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
T: Today we have a lesson about great buildings. What do you think we call great buildings?
S:
T: The teacher show some pictures of great buildings: such as Taj Mahal, India, pyramid, the Great Wall, Notre Dame de Paris, Eiffel Tower and London Bridge
Can you say out these buildings’ names?
S:
T: These famous buildings have become symbols of these countries.
When we describe a building we often mention its period, materials, features and kinds of building. Now we will listen to a radio program about buildings you pay attention to these aspects.
Ⅱ Listening
Task 1 Do the exercise 3
In order to help students to understand the listening materials better, before listening to the cassette the teacher show these words.
medieval 中世纪的
marble 阳台
balcony 天使
ornament 大理石
angel 装饰物
loch 瓷砖
tile 湖湾
Match the buildings in the photos with the names.
Show the pictures of these buildings
Which of the buildings do you like best? Why?
Do you want to know more about these buildings? Now listen to the cassette
Do the exercsie3.
It is more likely that students can’t get right information after listening the materials twice. So if necessary listen once again to complete the table.
Task 2 Do the exercise 4
Listen to someone describing her favorite building. Which of the building in the photos does she choose?
Eilean Donan Castle
She likes it because it is mysterious, like something from a fairytale. When you get inside it’s sort of strange and ghostly.
After giving students answers listen to the cassette again to check answers.
Task 3 Do the exercise 5
First give student enough time to read the Function File and Students listen to the description again and complete it.
The teacher guide students to know what expressions we should use when we don’t know the exact word by the exercise.
Task 4 Do the exercise 6
Study the Listening Strategies with the class,
Remind students of the use of stress to mark important words in a sentence. Ask them to listen for the stressed words which give some new information for the person listening.
Play the cassette, pausing after each sentence to give students time to write down the stressed words.
Ask the question: How many words do you write down?
Ask students to give answers then the teacher gives the right answers.
Listen to these sentences again. What are they?
The teacher gives the listening materials so that students understand what they didn’t catch.
Ⅲ Writing and Speaking
Do the exercise 7 to practise describing places
Choose a building you like (or hate) in your area. Make notes about it.
Do the exercise 8
Work in groups. Describe your school buildings to your classmates, but don’t say its name. See if they can guess which building it is. Use expressions from the Function file.
The purpose is that the exercise can make the class lively, at the same time practise oral English.

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