Unit 1 Greeting and Introducing People
The first period
SectionⅠ&Ⅱ
Teaching aims
The students should be able to read, discuss and translate business cards in English, understand greeting and
introducing people and make a short conversation to greet and introduce other people, and master some
expressions in greeting and introducing people.
Teaching important point
Improve students’ listening ability
Teaching difficult point
Make students talk freely with useful words and phrases
Teaching methods
1. introductive method and talking method to give students a clear picture of what they should master
2. listening and answering activities to improve students’ listening ability
3. pair-and group work to make every student active in class
Teaching aids
The radio player and the blackboard
Teaching procedures
Ⅰ. Introduction
When you are introduced to foreign friends, you should greet them with“How do you do?" while shaking
hands with them for a few seconds. The next thing is, perhaps, the presenting of a business card, which is also
called a name card. You should accept the card with a smile and a quick browse, and at the same time, offer
yours.
Ⅱ. Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face
Part 1 Warm- up
Make a brief self-introduction, introduce how to study English in college, esp. this course, and collect the
students' expectations in learning English to establish a close relationship with them
Part 2 Read and Translate the Business Cards and Letters
Learn the several samples one by one and translate them into Chinese
Part 3 Learn Some Dialogues
The teacher presents the dialogues by playing the recorder and by asking the students to read the dialogues
silently in order to get audio and visual input.
The students practice the dialogues by imitating the pronunciation and intonation of the speakers on the tape,
master some useful expressions, and produce some dialogues as required
Part 4 Practice
1. Oral Practice
Make a dialogue with your partner(s) by choosing any of the tasks in Act Out.
2. Put in Use Exercises 1-3
Ⅲ.Section II : Being All Ears
Pre-listening: provide the students with the new words and expressions; read through
the questions and the chart in exercise 1 and 2, and make some predictions as to the content of
the dialogue.
While-listening: ask the students to listen to the materials for the first time and ask them just to understand
the main idea not to finish the exercises; listen to the materials again and ask them to finish
exercise 1; ask the students to repeat the materials sentence by sentence after the tape while the
teacher will press the button “pause” on the tape recorder; listen to the materials as a whole for the
last time.
Post-listening: ask the students to finish exercise 2, i.e. answering questions. This step aims to change listening
to speaking.
Ⅳ.Homework: Preview Section III Passage I & II
Conclusion:
The second period
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage Ⅰ The Way Americans Greet
Teaching aims
1. Master some useful expressions in Passage I
2. know the way American greet, for example, when they meet for the first time, how to call each other; how
to ask questions; how to begin the conversation and how to tell something about oneself, such as one’s name,
appearance, characteristics, work and so on
Teaching important point
Make students know how American people and British people greet each other and how Chinese people do
Teaching difficult point
Enable students to understand the passage
Teaching methods
1)fast reading to train students’ reading ability
2)careful reading to get some detailed information
3)asking and answering activities to make every students active in class
Teaching aids
The radio player and the blackboard
Teaching procedures
Ⅰ. Text-related Information
Formation of Common English NamesA common English name is usually composed of two or three parts:
the first name is also called forename. If the person is a Christian, his first name will be given at his baptism, so
it is also called the given name or the Christian name. Middle name is the second given name. When written,
middle name is often shortened to the initial letter. Surname is often the father’s family name, so it is also
called family name or last name. For example: Anne Louise Strong, George W. Bush.
Ⅱ. Warm-up
Ask the students the question “What is the difference of greeting people between Chinese and English?”, then
collect their opinions and write them on the blackboard to develop their self-confidence; provide some
background knowledge
Ⅲ. Ask the students to skim the passage and answer the comprehension questions on page 9
Ⅳ. Analyze the passage, and explain the language points and difficult sentences
