Module 3 Unit 1.doc

Module 3 Sports Unit 1 Nothing is more enjoyable than playing tennis.课型Listening and speaking教学目标Knowledge: To understand the conversation about sports To understand the comparison of sports To talk about the sports that one likes and give reasons, using comparativesKey vocabulary: baseball, volleyball, boring, exciting, relaxing, matter, hurt, stadium, miss, mind, plenty, plenty ofKey structures: watching is not dangerous and its more relaxing too! And staying at home was easier than going to the stadium. 教学重点(1) 通过谈论观看电视足球比赛节目的对话谈论观看和参加比赛的感受。 (2) 掌握双音节和多音节形容词比较级的表达方式教学难点 运用形容词和副词的比较级形式比较不同的体育项目教学方法PWP Communicative教学用具Multi-Media (or Tape recorder, OHP)教学过程Preparation* Elicit or act out one or two sports (e.g. running, tennis) and ask the students to guess. Then write Sports on the left of the board.* Write Description on the right of the board.* Put the students into groups to brainstorm sports and the words they know to describe them (e.g. interesting, dangerous).* Hand out chalk to the groups and ask them to write their descriptions on the board for the whole class to give feedback on.* Look at the board and check the words with the class. Ask the students to demonstrate or explain the words they wrote that others dont know.1. Listen and number the sports as you hear them.* Look at the words in the box with the class. Repeat them for pronunciation and stress.* Play the recording while the students just listen to the pronunciation first.* Play the recording again and ask the students to number the sports in the box.* Ask the students to check their answers with their partners.* Play the recording once more for them to check.* Elicit the sports in order.Now match the words with the pictures.* Ask the students to look at the pictures and match each one with the correct sport. * Ask them to check their answers in pairs.2. Look at the sports in Activity 1 and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.* Ask the students to look at the words in the box. Check and demonstrate the meaning of the new words and then ask them to repeat the words chorally and individually.* Ask them to describe the sports with the words in the box. For example: -Whats table tennis like? - Its safe and relaxing.* Point to different sports on the board to prompt open pair questions and answers.* Elicit some examples in open pairs.3. Listen and read.* Tell the students they are going to listen to and read a conversation among Tony, Darning and Betty.* Write three gist questions on the board and tell them to look for the answers as they listen and read: 1. What are Tony, Darning and Betty doing together? 2. Are they enjoying it? 3. What are they talking about?* Play the recording while the students listen.* Put them in pairs to discuss the answers to the questions.* Play the recording again for them to check.* Elicit answers from the whole class.* Tell the students to go through the text in more detail and ask a few more questions for them to answer: 1. Who is playing in the match? 2. How did Tony hurt his knee? 3. Has the match finished yet?* Elicit answers from the whole class.Now check () the true sentences.* Ask the students to read the sentences and guess the answers.* Ask them to listen and read again, and underline the key information in the conversation.* Ask the students to decide if the sentences are true or false, and to think about why.* Elicit answers from the whole class in full sentences, giving reasons if they are false.Extension* Elicit comparisons of two sports. Start with tennis and table tennis. For example: - Is tennis faster than table tennis? - No, it isnt. Its slower.* Make another comparison. - Is table tennis more expensive than tennis? - No, it isnt. Its cheaper.* Elicit why some comparatives are -er/ier and some are “more”.* Put the students in pairs to ask and answer. Tell them to pay attention to the comparatives.* Elicit some examples from the class in open pairs.4. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.* Read through the words in the box. Ask the students to repeat them chorally and individually.* Ask them to read and complete the sentences on their own.* Ask them to check their answers with a partner. * Elicit full sentences from the whole class.5. Complete the passage about yourself. Use the words in Activity 1 to help you.* Tell the students to think about the sports they like and dont like and why.* Ask them to read the passage and complete it individually. Remind them to use the words in Activity 1 to help them.* Ask them to talk about their answers in pairs to see if they have anything in common.* Elicit answers from the class.Pronunciation and speaking 6. Listen and notice how the speaker links the words.* Ask the students to read the sentences. Point out the linking signs under the letters.* Elicit what types of letters they link, i.e. a consonant links to a vowel.* Play the recording and tell the students to listen carefully for the linked sounds.* Ask the students to repeat the linked parts chorally.Now listen again and repeat.* Play the recording again and tell the students to repeat the whole sentences slowly, ff they have difficulty repeating the whole sentences, help them back chain or practise by starting with the final word and working back until they repeat the whole sentences. For example: ago-minute ago-a minute ago-scored a minute ago-Spain scored a minute ago.Nominate some students to read the sentences. Notice whether they link the words correctly.7. Work in pairs. Talk about the sports you like.* Draw a table on the board. Then draw