A Listening Lesson Plan for Unit 10 of Module 4
灵宝市第一高级中学英语组刘超伟
I. Analysis of the learners
As Grade 1 students, they have mastered the basic skills and abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, it is a pity for us teachers to know the fact that most of the students in Grade 1 are not good at listening and speaking compared to reading and writing. They seldom practice listening to or speaking Engl ish after class. Therefore, it’s a challenge for us to help our students be interested in listening and speaking, and then learn to how to make progress in listening and speaking. Faced with such situation, what we should do is try our best to help them form good habits of learning English, and lead them to mastering the effective methods of learning English, especially of listening and speaking.
II.Analysis of the teaching material
Module 4 is the fourth compulsory module for Senior High English and it covers such useful themes as Money, The Media and Culture Shock. Inside each unit, the students will find a lot of opportunities to participate in activities, practice with the language, explore ideas, solve language problems, exchange information, express their opinions and cooperate with others in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Lesson 2 is the second part of Unit 10 in Module 4. The objectives of Lesson 2 are to practice intensive listening skills, to practice the language of shopping and bargaining and to recognize and practice the polite rise in intonation. Luckily, the topic of this lesson is familiar to the students. So they can achieve the objects of this lesson easily under the guidance of the teacher.
III. Analysis of the teaching goals
1. Objectives of information
1). key teaching points
To practice intensive listening skills and the language of shopping and bargaining.
2). difficult teaching points
How to improve the students’ listening abilities.
3). focus on NMET
The topic of the listening material is common in the NMET.
2. Objectives of competence
To improve the students’ listening and speaking abilities.
3. Objectives of affection
To increase the students’ knowledge of shopping and bargaining.
4. Objectives of culture
To know what the foreigners will do while shopping and bargaining.
IV.Analysis of the teaching methods
The main teaching method in my class is Task-based approach. Apart from this kind of method, Multi-media
teaching method, Elicitation teaching method and Discussion teaching method will also be included. I will choose the proper method according to the content to be learned and the real situation.
V.Teaching aids
A computer, a projector, a blackboard and some chalks.
VI.Teaching Procedures
Step I. Lead-in
I’ll play the English song Never Say Never again and again.
While listening, the students are encouraged to fill in the blanks of the English song.
Never Say Never
Justin Bieber
See I never thought that I could ____ through fire I never thought that I could ____ the burn
I never had the ____ to take it higher
Until I reached the ____ of no return
And there's just no turning back
When your hearts ________
Gonna give everything I have
It's my destiny
I will never say never! (I will fight)
I will fight till forever! (make it right) Whenever you ____ me down
I will not stay on the ____
Pick it up
Pick it up
Pick it up
Pick it up up up
And never say never I never thought I could feel this ____
I never thought that I could feel this ____ I'm strong enough to climb the highest ____ And I'm fast enough to ____ across the sea
And there's just no turning back
When your hearts under attack
Gonna give everything I have
Bcause this is my destiny
I will never say never!(I will fight)
I will fight till forever!(make it right) Whenever you ____ me down
I will not stay on the ____
Pick it up
Pick it up
Pick it up
Pick it up, up, up
And never say never
Answers: walk take strength point under attack power free tower run under attack knock ground
Then ask the students to sing the song to the music together.
1. The purpose of this step is to arouse the students’ interest in listening and speaking as well as have students warm up before starting this lesson.
2. I will mainly use Elicitation teaching method and Multi-media teaching method to organize students to
achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 10 minutes.
Step II. Listening 1(Identifying).
Listen to three sentences. Choose the correct meaning according to the way each sentence is stressed.
1. The man at the back in the blue jacket. C
A. not the woman
B. not the front
C. not the green jacket
2. There is no doubt that it will help us to cure all sorts of illnesses. B
A. not some doubt
B. not identify
C. not diseases
3. By the year 2020, over 20 percent of the population will be over eighty. B
A. not the year 2010
B. not 30 percent
C. not over 901.
1. The purpose of this step is to train the students’ intensive listening skills to adapt to the requirements of the NMET and to help students have a better understanding of each other while speaking.
2. I will mainly use Multi-media teaching method and Task-based approach to organize students to achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 5 minutes.
Step III. Listening 2(Fill in the blanks).
Listen to the tape carefully and fill in the blanks.
1. Mm, well, I’ve got a good job. I work very hard and I earn a good salary. I’ll be honest----I like spending money, especially on clothes. Why not? I’ve earned it, haven’t I ?
2. Well, I think people are obsessed with money----they think money brings you happiness. But you don’t need money that much…I think the most important thing is to try to help other people. I mean people who really need help. I am in two charities. We collect money for children in poor countries…
3. I’ve been out of work for five ye ars now. It’s very difficult to get a job at my age, you know. And I’ve had
a lot of personal problems. I don’t like asking for money, but I have to. I think a lot of people don’t know how easy it is to get into my situation.
4. Personally, I think it’s important to give money to charity, especially to charities for children. I mean most of us have some extra money, don’t we? I’m not very rich, but I try to give as much money as I can.
1. The purpose of this step is to have students learn something from t he foreigners’ opinion on money and train the students’ intensive listening skills.
2. I will mainly use Discussion teaching method, Multi-media teaching method and Task-based approach to organize students to achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 8 minutes.
Step IV. Listening 3(Choose the best answer).
Listen to an interview with Helen Cooper and choose the best answers.
1. Which of the following do most British people bargain for? A
A. houses
B. groceries
C. clothes
2. Where does Helen say you can’t bargain? C
A. shops
B. markets
C. supermarket
3. Which of the following things would Helen not bargain for? B
A. a fax machine
B. a record
C. the necklace
4. Which of these strategies does Helen use when she bargains? B
(1).She is friendly but firm. (2). She is confident but not aggressive.
(3). She only says bad things about the product.
(4). She is not ashamed to say she has not got much money.
(5). If the pers on says “no”, she is annoyed.
A.(1)(2)(3)
B.(1)(2)(4)
C. (3)(4)(5)
1. The purpose of this step is to have students learn the language used in the shopping and bargaining and to train their intensive listening skills.
2. I will mainly use Multi-media teaching method, Discussion teaching method and Task-based approach to organize students to achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 8 minutes.
Step V. Listening and speaking.
Listen to the dialogue and repeat it. (Pay attention to the intonation.)
Salesgirl: Morning. (rising intonation). Can I help you? (polite rise)
Helen: No, thanks, I’m just looking. (falling intonation)
Helen: Excuse me? (polite rise) Er, how much is this scarf, please? (rise)
Salesgirl: It’s twenty pounds. (fall)
Helen: Can I have a look at it, please? (rise)
Salesgirl: Sure. (fall)
1. The purpose of this step is to have students recognize and practice the intonation used in the dialogue and practice the students’ speaking ability.
2. I will mainly use Multi-media teaching method and Task-based approach to organize students to achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 8 minutes.
Step VI. Homework
Make up a dialogue about shopping and bargaining with your classmates after class and try to act it out.
1. The purpose of this step is to have students review what they have learned in the class and practice the students’ speaking ability.
2. I will mainly use Task-based approach to organize students to achieve the teaching aim of this step.
3. The time of the step is about 1 minute.
VII. Self-reflection after class
I’ll reflect the design of this lesson plan after class.