Unit7 and Unit8 1.Teaching aims:a.try to help students master the micro-listening skill of Note-taking. b.try to develop the listening ability of skimming and scanning. c.try to master the communicative competence of talking about travel and the holiday 2.Teaching task:listening(partA,PartB Unit7&8) 3.Teaching time:2 classes Language culture notes 1 Holiday perio of i time that peope have benaway from thei work,and often away from their homes.Employees at a company in many countries are given two or five (or more)weeks'time annaully for holidavs. depending on how senior their positions are in the company.Many people like to spend their holiday aboard to enjoy the beautiful scenery of a distant land, and to taste all sorts of exotic food H eve there ways som ne peopl who,though longing to go aboard for holiday,can't h nelp worrying abou leaving their home behind.In the end,they often stay at home to take care of everything and go nowhere.In the conversation,the man's wife is just such a person. a round-trip ticket"A round tripis a place and back again.A trip ticket,which is called a retur ticket in British English,allows you to make such a trip. 3.Egypt/St.Lucia/the Caribbean/Florida(ommited) 4.Scuba-diving The sport or activity of swimming underwater by using a special equipment which allows the swimmer to breathe underwater. Important Communicative Functions and Abilities 1.Retelling the stories according to the given listening materials. 2.Talking about Travel and Holidays Travelling is a popular way for many people to spend their holidays as college students.you may also want to take advantage of the summer and winter vacations or other holidays to visit difTerent places and try out new activites.How can you talk about your holiday plans in English?How do you discuss and make plans for a trip with friends or family if you are going together?What are the things you need to consider when planning a trip? How might you talk about your travel experiences after you come back from a holiday?In the following.you'll find some sentences and structures that you can use about trave holidays Holiday Plans:The summer vacation is coming.Are you planning to go anywhere? Have you planned anything?/What's your plan for the coming National Day holiday?
Unit7 and Unit8 1. Teaching aims: a. try to help students master the micro-listening skill of Note-taking. b. try to develop the listening ability of skimming and scanning. c. try to master the communicative competence of talking about travel and the holidays. 2. Teaching task: listening (partA,PartB Unit7&8) 3. Teaching time:2 classes Language & Culture Notes 1. Holiday A period of leisure time that people have been away from their work, and often away from their homes. Employees at a company in many countries are given two or five (or more) weeks’time annaully for holidays, depending on how senior their positions are in the company. Many people like to spend their holiday aboard to enjoy the beautiful scenery of a distant land, and to taste all sorts of exotic foods. However, there are always some people who, though longing to go aboard for holiday, can’t help worrying about leaving their home behind.In the end, they often stay at home to take care of everything and go nowhere. In the conversation, the man’s wife is just such a person. 2. a round-trip ticket “A round trip” is a trip to a place and back again. A round-trip ticket, which is called a return ticket in British English, allows you to make such a trip. 3. Egypt/ St. Lucia / the Caribbean / Florida (ommited) 4. Scuba-diving The sport or activity of swimming underwater by using a special equipment which allows the swimmer to breathe underwater. Important Communicative Functions and Abilities 1. Retelling the stories according to the given listening materials. 2. Talking about Travel and Holidays Travelling is a popular way for many people to spend their holidays. As college students, you may also want to take advantage of the summer and winter vacations or other holidays to visit different places and try out new activites. How can you talk about your holiday plans in English? How do you discuss and make plans for a trip with friends or family if you are going together? What are the things you need to consider when planning a trip? How might you talk about your travel experiences after you come back from a holiday?In the following, you’ll find some sentences and structures that you can use when talking about travel and holidays. 3. Useful sentence patterns &structures. Holiday Plans: The summer vacation is coming. Are you planning to go anywhere? Have you planned anything?/ What’s your plan for the coming National Day holiday?
Where are you going? We're going/thinking of going to. We're going to join a package tour to..at the end of July. We're going/thinking of going to...this year. I'd really like to go on a trip aboard,but I don't think I can afford it. Planning a Trip:I'd like to go to/I would vote for the mountains/beach Should we plan the trip ourselves or book a package tour? I think a package tour would be better. If we go on a package tour,we don't have to worry about accommodation,meals and other things like that How are wr going to getr there? I preferatran joumey. If we take a boat,we could enjoy the beautiful sights along the river. How long are we going to be/stay there? I'm afraid two day's time won't be enough for us to see all the famous sights around the city. Would you prefer tostay in a hotel or a hostel? Back from Holiday Where did you spend your holiday/vacation? How was your trip to..?/Tell me about your trip to. What sthe food /weather /hotel like? I went to. Ispent my holiday in It was fun./It couldn't have been better.The weather was super and the scenery divine/It was better than I expected./We had a wonderful time.The food was great and the people were very friendly It was awful.It rained ever day we were the It was grea t.except that I got sunbumed the first day we were there We stayed in a five-star hotel /youth hostel/bed and breakfast guest house/a friend's place. Classroom activity&homework arrangement (see the students'book2 Unit7 and Unita8)
Where are you going on holiday this year? We’re going/ thinking of going to.. We’re going to join a package tour to.. at the end of July. We’re going / thinking of going to … this year. I’d really like to go on a trip aboard, but I don’t think I can afford it. Planning a Trip: I’d like to go to / I would vote for the mountains / beach. Should we plan the trip ourselves or book a package tour? I think a package tour would be better. If we go on a package tour, we don’t have to worry about accommodation, meals and other things like that. How are wr going to getr there? I’d prefer a train journey. If we take a boat, we could enjoy the beautiful sights along the river. How long are we going to be / stay there? I’m afraid two day’s time won’t be enough for us to see all the famous sights around the city. Would you prefer to stay in a hotel or a hostel? Back from Holiday Where did you spend your holiday / vacation? How was your trip to…? / Tell me about your trip to… What was the food / weather/ hotel like? I went to…? I spent my holiday in… It was fun. / It couldn’t have been better. The weather was super and the scenery divine./ It was better than I expected. / We had a wonderful time. The food was great and the people were very friendly. It was awful. It rained every day we were there. It was great, except that I got sunburned the first day we were there. We stayed in a five-star hotel / youth hostel/ bed and breakfast / guest house / a friend’s place. Classroom activity&homework arrangement (see the students’book2 Unit7 and Unita8)
Teaching design for Speaking of Unit7 and Unit8 1.Teaching aims and tasks: a.Familiarize students with the common words,expressions and structures concerning traveling and going on holiday. b.Practice and developstudents communicative competence on traveling and going on holidays. 2.Teaching steps:a.Introduce the topic and some useful expressions and structures concerned. b.Organize class activity. c.Ask students to do presentation publicly/in the class. d.Teacher's evaluation and remark 3.Suggested class activity: a.Read aloud the given model on the textbook and then make a similar conversation in the given situation and practice it with your partner. b.Telling your own experience of travelling and sighting. c.Give an introduction to the places of interest in the city you live or to the scenery in your hometown in the countryside. 4.Teaching time:2 classes 5.Useful strutures and expressions: I'm going on/going to make a tour /trip to... enjoy (see)the sights/view the places of renown/places of interest/historic sites/tourist attraction/scenic spots/famous places,etc.in... Should we plan the trip ourselves or book a package tour? What is the route of our trip? When does our tour/trip/excursion start? How are we going to get there? The view of Taihu Lake is really beautiful/wonderful/magnificent/great. (more structures,please refer to the textbook,P70.)
Teaching design for Speaking of Unit7 and Unit8 1. Teaching aims and tasks: a. Familiarize students with the common words, expressions and structures concerning traveling and going on holiday. b. Practice and developstudents communicative competence on traveling and going on holidays. 2. Teaching steps: a. Introduce the topic and some useful expressions and structures concerned. b. Organize class activity. c. Ask students to do presentation publicly/ in the class. d. Teacher’s evaluation and remark 3. Suggested class activity: a. Read aloud the given model on the textbook and then make a similar conversation in the given situation and practice it with your partner. b. Telling your own experience of travelling and sighting. c. Give an introduction to the places of interest in the city you live or to the scenery in your hometown in the countryside. 4. Teaching time: 2 classes 5. Useful strutures and expressions: I’m going on/ going to make a tour /trip to… enjoy (see) the sights/ view / the places of renown/ places of interest/ historic sites/ tourist attraction/ scenic spots/ famous places, etc. in… Should we plan the trip ourselves or book a package tour? What is the route of our trip? When does our tour/ trip/ excursion start? How are we going to get there? The view of Taihu Lake is really beautiful/ wonderful/ magnificent/great. (more structures, please refer to the textbook,P70.)
