Period 4 Listening and speaking

Teaching goals
Train their listening and speaking abilities.

Teaching important and difficult points
Help the students to talk about position, space and direction and illustrate ways that listeners indicate that they are listening to the speaker.

Teaching methods
Pair work and group work, discussion and cooperation

Teaching aids
A recorder, a computer, and a blackboard

Teaching procedures
Step1 Listening
1.The first time the students listen to the tape they are expected to listen for the gist only. Read Ex1 on page 6 with students so that they know what to listen for and play the recording right through without stopping.
4 Geographic areas of California
2 Where George’s tour started
3 California not as George expected
1 Where George is now
5 Californian people
2.Read the postcard on page 6 with students and ask them to recall the missing information. Then play the tape right through while students listen for the missing details. Play it twice if necessary and then check answers by playing the tape again and stopping when the missing details are given.
Dear Sam,
I’m here in Joshua Tree National Park, in the___southeastern_
part of California. Have been traveling around the state of
__california___ for three weeks now. Very different from what
I have seen in ___American movies____ . Not everyone is ___rich__
and not everyone lives near the __beach_____. First traveled
southeast through rich farmland then to the central part.
They grow everything here including __cotton, nuts, vegetables_____
and fruit. Cattle too. Then traveled further ____southeast______ into
mountains and ____desert_____.Californians are very friendly,
and they are from many different ___races_____ and cultures.
Every culture has its own ____music__, ___festivals_____, food and art.
Most interesting. Wish you were here. Give my love to Paula.
George

3.Tell the students that when they listen to this time they are to focus on what Christie, who is mainly listening, says. Play the tape and stop after each thing that Christie says so that students can write down her words according to the chart on page 7.
Christie’s questions
That is interesting.
Where are you ?
Cool.
Where is that?
You watch too many American movies.
What are you doing down there?
That is interesting.
How is the trip been?
I wish I could see it for myself.
What is it really like?
That doesn’t surprise me.
Such as?
Oh, I see.
Hispanic?
Sounds great
4.Get the students to compare their answers with their partners and check the answers.
Step 2 Speaking
With a partner hold a telephone conversation about a place you have visited recently.
1.Sit back to back with your partner so you can’t see each other.
2.Partner A: Talk about where the place is , what the climate is like, what you thought about the people, and any other interesting things you saw or did.
Partner B: Encourage your partner to talk by asking questions and making comments.
3. Swap roles. Partner B tells Partner A about his\her visit.
Step 3 Homework
Write a short passage about the place they have visited recently.


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