北师大版高中英语必修5Unit15教案Communication Workshop and Culture corner.doc

communication workshop and culture cornerobjectives to practice in a debateto practise exchanging viewsto practise using speaking strategies for debateto write a personal essayto review linking words in writingto listen to and understand a songspeaking: a debatebefore you startexercise 1 students work in small groups of three or four discussing the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad.some of the students then share their ideas with the class.exercise 2play the cassette twice for students to complete the table with advantages and disadvantagescheck answers as a class. exercise 3give students time to read through the expressions and the function file before playing the cassette and encourage them to guess the missing words.play the cassette for students to fill in the missing words.check students answers by having them read the sentences.students work in small groups of three or four discussing which points mentioned by the speakers have been talked about in their discussion in exercise 1. exercise 4students work in groups discussing the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad using the expressions from the function file to exchange views/stages 1read the strategies with the class. students then work in groups discussing and ranking the importance of the strategies.when they finish, encourage them to think of other speaking strategies that are important in a debate.stages 2in groups, students have a debate on the advantages and disadvantages for high school students studying abroad. remind students to use the speaking strategies present.talkback students work individually reading through the questions and reflecting on their own performance in the debate.some of the students comment to the class on their performance in the debate.writing: a personal essaybefore you startexercise 1 read the essay. in which paragraphs do you find the information about these things?answers: 2 location; facilities 3 timetable 4 after-school activitiesexercise 2 students work in pairs, discussing the functions of the underlined linking words in the text and putting them in categories a-e. answers:a) addition also, another thing, as well asb) examples for example, such asc) conclusion in conclusiond) contrast but, howevere) purpose so that stage 1write some notes about your imaginary school. use the topics in exercise 1.stage 2 organise your notes into paragraphs.stage 3 write your essay.stage 4 check your writing.talkback in groups of three or four, students read each others essay, helping to correct any remaining mistakes.each group discusses and decides which