The First Period Speaking and Listening

Teaching goals  教學目標

1. Target language  目標語言

a. 重點詞匯和短語

energy, light (v.), heat (v.), renewable, non-renewable, fuel, blame, run out

b. 交際用語

Expressing agreement and disagreement

Yes, I agree with you.

Yes, I think so.

I believe that you’ve got it right.

I don’t think so.

I don’t think that’s right.

I’m afraid you are wrong.

2. Ability goals  能力目標

Enable the students to talk about different sources of energy and express their own ideas.

3. Learning ability goals  學能目標

Help the students learn how to give their ideas about the use of energy.

Teaching important points 教學重點

Enable the students to express agreement and disagreement.

Teaching difficult points 教學難點

Enable the students to learn how to express agreement and disagreement.

Teaching methods  教學方法

Brainstorming, listening and group work.

Teaching aids  教具準備

A tape recorder and a computer.

Teaching procedures & ways  教學過程與方式

Step ⅠRevision

T: Good morning, everyone.

Ss: Good morning, teacher.

T: Sit down, please. Before class, I’ll check your homework first. Mary, would you read your homework to us?

Check the students’ homework and have a discussion with the students about the mistakes Mary made. Let the students have a clear understanding about the mistakes and then correct them.

Step ⅡWarming up

T: As we all know, we depend on energy to do many things in our daily life. Some people even say we could do nothing without energy. Can you tell me what we use energy for?

Sa: Energy lights our cities.

Sb: Energy heats our buildings.

Sc: Energy entertains us. With the help of electricity, people have got a lot of fun from watching TV, playing computers and so on.

Sd: There are many other electrical appliances that make our life more convenient and comfortable such as washing machines, microwaves, air conditioners and so on.

Se: Today energy also helps people realize many so-called dreams in the past. For example, people can “fly” from one place to another by plane which runs on energy.

Sf: It’s true. In fact, not only planes but also cars, ships and trains run on energy.

T: Well done. All that you’ve just said is right. So it seems that energy plays a very important role in the modern world. Then where does all the energy come from? Open your books and turn to page 25. Look at the pictures on this page. They may help you find out the answers.

After a while.

T: Who’d like to tell us your answers?

Sg: Wind power.

Sh: Coal power.

T: Right. Is there any difference between them?

Si: Yes. Wind will never run out while coal is a limited source.

T: It’s true. As we know, an energy source is renewable when supplies of it never run out while some supplies， such as coal, will definitely run out one day. Energy of this kind is called non-renewable sources. Please think of as many sources as you can and decide which energy sources on your list are renewable and which are non-renewable.

If necessary, give some words related to the pictures which might be difficult for the students such as oil refinery, hydroelectric power and so on.

The teacher should also collect as much information about different sources of energy as possible and show it to the students in class through a computer. In this way, the students will become more interested in this topic and their knowledge on this aspect will be enlarged.

Sample answers:

Step Ⅲ Listening and Discussing

T: From what we’ve just talked about, it is clear that energy does a lot of good to us. But every coin has two sides. Is there any negative effect of using energy?

Sa: Yes. People use too much energy which is resulting in an increase in carbon dioxide. That is how the global warming comes about.

Sb: And meanwhile it pollutes the environment.

T: It’s true. Many people have realized the problem. Next we’ll do some listening practice on this topic. Let’s see what other people think of this issue.

The students are asked to read the questions quickly to find out the listening points first. Then listen to the tape twice and give the correct answers.

T: Now please turn to page 31. Let’s do listening. Before you listen to the tape, please read fast the statements in Exercise 1 to find out the listening points. Pay much attention to the key points while listening.

Play the tape for the first time. Help the students get a general understanding about the dialogue. The students listen and try to finish Exercise 1. Play the tape again, train the students’ ability to spot specific information and understand the implication in the dialogue. The students listen and finish Exercise 2.

Several minutes later.

T：Have you finished the exercises?

Ss: Yes.

T: OK, let’s check your answers.

Explain some difficult points if necessary.

T: Now read what Professor Chen and Li Bin say. Work in groups. Discuss who you agree with and give reasons. Use some of the phrases listed in Exercise 2 or any others you know.

Step Ⅳ Homework

1. Review the new words and expressions you learned in this class.

2. Preview Reading.