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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;
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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; • ---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
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