The First Period Warming-up and Speaking
Teaching targets:
1. Target language
a. words and expressions:
stand for, because of, gold medal, would rather, continent, well-known, athlete
b. Comunications:
Asking about interests and hobbies:
Which do you like, ... or...? What’s your favorite sport? Which sports do you like best?
Which do you prefer，badminton or tennis ? What about baseball? Are you interested in …?
2. Ability goals
Enable the students to improve their speakingability by talking about sports, telling their partners what sports they like and why, with the target language.
3. Learning ability goals
Help the students learn how to describe their favorite sports.
Teaching important points
Let Ss learn to use the structures of expressing and supporting or opposing an opinion.
Teaching difficult points
How to express their ideas about different kinds of sports in a proper way.
Teaching methods : Discussing or cooperative learning.
Teaching Aids : a multi-media room
Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision
To review the sports words
Step II Warming up
※ Talk about the pictures on the screen. About interests and hobbies
Step III Speaking
T: Now, look at the pictures on Page 52. There is a variety of sports here: diving, badminton, shooting and weightlifting. Do you know the other names?
Ss: Table tennis, swimming, high jumping, baseball and softball….
Step IV Talking
※ TALKING. P127. Work in groups.
Step Ⅵ Homework
1. Tell the other students what is your favorite sport using at least five or six sentences.
2. Learn the new words by heart. In next period, and prepare a dictation.

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