“the power of nature” (module 6, unit 5)
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“The Power of Nature” (Module 6, Unit 5). Listening and Speaking. Teaching Material Teaching Method Study Method Teaching Procedure. Teaching Material. Theme The first period of the unit Teaching content ---warming up: vocabulary concerning volcano; - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“The Power of Nature” (Module 6, Unit 5)
Listening and Speaking
• Teaching Material
• Teaching Method
• Study Method
• Teaching Procedure
Teaching Material• Theme• The first period of the unit• Teaching content• ---warming up: vocabulary concerning
volcano;• ---listening: volcanologists; model
“Expressing joy, fear and anxiety” • ---speaking: use the expressions expressing
joy, fear or anxiety .
Teaching Goals• Knowledge objectives:
---vocabulary concerning volcano and natural forces
---expressions expressing joy, fear and anxiety• Ability objectives:
---improve listening ability and listening skills
---to improve students’ spoken English • Emotion objectives:
---to arouse interest in the power of nature;
---To build up confidence and cooperative consciousness.
Teaching Method
• Task-based Teaching Approach
• student-centered classroom setting
• affection and an intimate relationship between the teacher and the learners
• Teaching aids: multimedia, blackboard
and hand-outs.
Study Method
• Cooperative learning
• Self-inquiry learning
• self-expression, peer discussion and cooperative team work
Teaching Procedure
• Step 1 Lead in
• 1. talk about the Wenchuan Earthquake to lead in the topic.
• 2. Brainstorm game:
to name some natural disasters to activate background knowledge.
Teaching Procedure
• Step 2 Warming up
• introduce some technical vocabulary concerning volcanoes with the help of a diagram so as to develop students’ understanding of what a volcano is and shows a volcano erupting.
Teaching Procedure
• Step 3 Listening
1. Pre-listening ---look at the pictures and make guesses ( what happened? What problems? How they feel?)
2. First listening:
Task 1---listen for the general idea and write down their names
Teaching Procedure
3. Second listening
Task 2--- listen and find out when the volcanologists no longer frightened.
4. Third listening
• Task 3---listen for expressions expressing fear and anxiety and fill in the blanks.
Teaching Procedure• Step 4 Speaking
• 1. Task 4---Practice reading the expressions to imitate the speakers’ stress and intonation
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Teaching Procedure
• 2. Task 5---Describe your own experience • (1) show a chart of words and expressions
indicating joy, fear and anxiety • (2) think of a powerful natural force or
imagine one• (3) provide two situations to choose• (4) group work: S1—tell experience and
feelings; S2--ask questions ; S3-- take notes; S4--report to the class.
• Step 5 Summary
• Step 6 Homework Assignments
• Write down the story with the help of the notes taken in class. Then ask your groupmates to make comments