2024年6月9日发(作者：)

Period 4 Listening and Talking

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This is the fourth teaching period of this unit. As usual, the teacher will first get the students

to review what they learned in the last period, and then lead in the new lesson.

The emphasis of this period is placed on developing students’ listening ability. The purpose

of the listening text on Page 38 in the Textbook is to explain more of the issues in South African

politics. The students need to know why people were so unhappy that they were prepared to

struggle in order to bring about positive changes. Remember to tell the students that it does not

matter if they do not understand every word. The important thing is to understand the main

information. For that purpose the exercises test literal comprehension. First, let the students guess

the listening text may be about. Play the tape for the first time for students to listen and decide

whether their guessing is right and write down the main idea. Second, ask them to listen for the

second time to compare the life and work of white and black people at that time and fill in the

chart in Exercise 3. Third, let them listen again to have a further discussion on the questions in

Exercise 4. 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

help students understand and grasp the listening material far further.

As to Listening on Page 69 in the Workbook, its purpose is to help the students to understand

more about one of the great men in this unit. William Tyndale is not well known in Britain, but his

translation of the Bible is very widely known and very much loved. Since the sixteenth century it

has had a very important influence on the English language because many poor people learned to

read and understand the Bible from it. Its poetry and expressions have become part of British

speech. Let the students listen to the text and get the gist of the information. This is considered so

important that the exercises after the text all concentrate on general understanding and literal

comprehension. Listening task on Page 72 in the Workbook is designed for students to get

information from a listening text and write it down in note form. After listening, students also have

to decide on the accuracy of the evidence and make a choice. They have to decide who caused the

accident. It does not really matter who they choose. The most important thing is that students

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should give a reason for their choice. The teaching procedure can be approximately the same as

the part Listening on Page 38.

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.

At the end of the class, we come to the part Talking on Page 69. This is an opportunity for

students to talk about somebody that they admire. They should practice using the expressions on

giving opinions and making comments so that they become familiar with them. Do this exercise in

pairs and try to make sure that everybody is getting an opportunity to talk. After the talk let some

people tell the rest of the class about their heros or heroines.

教学重点

1. Develop the students’ listening and speaking ability.

2. Let the students know how to give opinions and make comments.

教学难点

Get the students to listen and understand different listening materials.

教学方法

1. Task-based listening

2. Cooperative learning

3. Discussing

教具准备

A tape recorder and other normal teaching tools

三维目标

Knowledge aims:

1. Get the students to learn some useful new words and expressions.

2. Get the students to learn the patterns on giving opinions and making comments:Why do

you think so? What do you think of. . . ? What’s your opinion? I agree/don’t agree. I think/don’t

think. . . I prefer. . . In my opinion. . . I’m afraid. . . Good idea! That’s an excellent idea.

Ability aims:

1. Enable students to catch and understand the listening materials.

2. Develop the students’ ability to get special information and take notes while listening.

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