A Teaching Plan for a Listening Speaking Class on 9BU5 Sport and Health Teaching Contents Listening Speaking:Sport and Health Time 20 mins Students Grade 9,Junior High School Notes GW=Group Work,PW=Pair Work,IW=Individual Work,Al=Activity One Analysis of the teaching material What]The teaching material,from Oxford English Textbook9B,is a travel diary about a girl Vanessa's skiing experience.Based on the module topic of sport and health,this reading material focuses on an unforgettable sport experience-skiing.The material is suitable for students from Grade 9 to learn. [How]The teaching material consists of two parts-listening and speaking.Students are expected to acquire specific information in table tennis club matches when listening as well as talk about favourite sports and ask directions in speaking.Sentence structures and expressions are required to be used in both parts. [Why]By doing the listening and speaking tasks,the teaching material not only aims to enable students to practice listening and speaking skills,but also encourages students to appreciate the sportsmanship and learn to take up regular exercise in real life.Theme of the lesson is to develop their awareness of doing exercise and understand the true meaning of sport and health in real life. Analysis of the students The students from Grade Nine are of intermediate language level.They have some basic ideas about sport and health.They are familiar with the topic and interested in it.They are active and eager to talk about their favourite sport.However,there is still room for enhancement.They probably find it difficult to listen for specific information in listening tasks or to ask directions by using correct expressions and structures. Learning Objectives By the end of the class,students will be able to: >Language Competence 1.acquire specific information when listening 2.understand sentence structures of asking directions 》Cultural Awareness 1. appreciate the sportsmanship as well as the spirit of Olympics 2.learn to take up regular exercise in real life >Thinking Quality analyze the sentence structures and expressions of asking directions >>Learning Competence improve the listening and speaking ability by learning collaboratively. Focal Difficult Points
A Teaching Plan for a Listening & Speaking Class on 9BU5 Sport and Health Teaching Contents Listening & Speaking: Sport and Health Time 20 mins Students Grade 9, Junior High School Notes GW=Group Work, PW=Pair Work, IW=Individual Work , A1=Activity One Analysis of the teaching material [What] The teaching material, from Oxford English Textbook9B, is a travel diary about a girl Vanessa’s skiing experience. Based on the module topic of sport and health, this reading material focuses on an unforgettable sport experience—skiing. The material is suitable for students from Grade 9 to learn. [How] The teaching material consists of two parts—listening and speaking. Students are expected to acquire specific information in table tennis club matches when listening as well as talk about favourite sports and ask directions in speaking. Sentence structures and expressions are required to be used in both parts. [Why] By doing the listening and speaking tasks, the teaching material not only aims to enable students to practice listening and speaking skills, but also encourages students to appreciate the sportsmanship and learn to take up regular exercise in real life. Theme of the lesson is to develop their awareness of doing exercise and understand the true meaning of sport and health in real life. Analysis of the students The students from Grade Nine are of intermediate language level. They have some basic ideas about sport and health. They are familiar with the topic and interested in it. They are active and eager to talk about their favourite sport. However, there is still room for enhancement. They probably find it difficult to listen for specific information in listening tasks or to ask directions by using correct expressions and structures. Learning Objectives By the end of the class, students will be able to: » Language Competence 1. acquire specific information when listening 2. understand sentence structures of asking directions » Cultural Awareness 1. appreciate the sportsmanship as well as the spirit of Olympics 2. learn to take up regular exercise in real life » Thinking Quality analyze the sentence structures and expressions of asking directions » Learning Competence improve the listening and speaking ability by learning collaboratively. Focal & Difficult Points
》Focal points: 1.Students acquire specific information when listening. 2.Students analyze the sentence structures of asking directions. 3.Students manage to talk about their favourite sports. >Difficult points: Students ask directions as well as talk about sport and health by using the sentence structures correctly. Teaching Strategies Task-based language teaching Student-centered Learning situational teaching teaching Communicative language teaching Teaching Learning Procedures Teaching steps Teacher's activities Students' Aims activities Step 1: A1:Display a 1. Review the To call back Lead-in mind-map"Vanessa's Skiing topic. students'memory (2 min) Experience” 2. Retell the and input some 1.Show the mind-map story with instructions for “A story-teller” 2.Ask Ss to retell. the help of retelling tasks. 3.Display an example of the retelling and give instructions. mind-map. Step 2: Al:Create a scene-Doris and 1. Focus on the To lead in the Pre-learning Billy are going to write a report of new words listening (3 min) the table tennis club matches. in the chart. activities. Display a chart and explain some 2. Get ready to “A learner?” new words and expressions. listen for specific information. A2:Give guidance before Observe and To train listening. think before students 1.Guide Ss to observe the listening. listening skills missing information in the and get chart. prepared. 2. Give instructions before listening
» Focal points: 1. Students acquire specific information when listening. 2. Students analyze the sentence structures of asking directions. 3. Students manage to talk about their favourite sports. » Difficult points: Students ask directions as well as talk about sport and health by using the sentence structures correctly. Teaching Strategies Teaching & Learning Procedures Teaching steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Aims Step 1: Lead-in (2 min) “A story-teller” A1: Display a mind-map—“Vanessa’s Skiing Experience”. 1. Show the mind-map. 2. Ask Ss to retell. 3. Display an example of retelling and give instructions. 1. Review the topic. 2. Retell the story with the help of the mind-map. To call back students’ memory and input some instructions for retelling tasks. Step 2: Pre-learning (3 min) “A learner” A1: Create a scene—Doris and Billy are going to write a report of the table tennis club matches. Display a chart and explain some new words and expressions. 1. Focus on the new words in the chart. 2. Get ready to listen for specific information. To lead in the listening activities. A2: Give guidance before listening. 1. Guide Ss to observe the missing information in the chart. 2. Give instructions before listening. Observe and think before listening. To train students’ listening skills and get prepared
Step 3: Al:Play the radio. 1.Listen and To train While-learning 1.Guide Ss to listen for the fill in the students' (10 min) missing information and fill in blanks. listening skills. the blanks. 2. Check the “A cooperator”? 2. Check the answers. answers. 3.Emphasize the tip:use ordinal numbers when reading the dates. A2:Look and learn Look and learn To guide students 1.Display a question:How to to learn to announce the results of announce the matches? results by using correct Alex expressions and Alex sentence John 11-9； structures. 2.Input useful expressions and sentence structures for announcing the results. A3:Listen and fill (IW) Fill in the To train their blanks. listening ability 1.Show another chart of Boys' for specific table tennis results. information 2.Guide Ss to fill in the blanks when listening. A4:Making an announcement 1. Learn about To practice Ss' (IW) the results. speaking ability 1.Show the results of the Girls' 2. Make an by using the semi-finals and finals announceme sentence 2.Ask Ss to announce the results nt according structures and by themselves. to the chart. expressions. 3.Display an example of announcement made by Billy
Step 3: While-learning (10 min) “A cooperator” A1: Play the radio. 1. Guide Ss to listen for the missing information and fill in the blanks. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize the tip: use ordinal numbers when reading the dates. 1. Listen and fill in the blanks. 2. Check the answers. To train students’ listening skills. A2: Look and learn 1. Display a question: How to announce the results of matches? 2. Input useful expressions and sentence structures for announcing the results. Look and learn. To guide students to learn to announce the results by using correct expressions and sentence structures. A3: Listen and fill (IW) 1. Show another chart of Boys’ table tennis results. 2. Guide Ss to fill in the blanks when listening. Fill in the blanks. To train their listening ability for specific information. A4: Making an announcement (IW) 1. Show the results of the Girls’ semi-finals and finals. 2. Ask Ss to announce the results by themselves. 3. Display an example of announcement made by Billy. 1. Learn about the results. 2. Make an announceme nt according to the chart. To practice Ss’ speaking ability by using the sentence structures and expressions
A5:Brainstorming for speaking 1. Watch and To encourage Ss 1.Guide Ss to think about the think. to talk about their following Qs: 2. Learn to favourite sport Q1:What is it? answer the and scaffold for Q2:When did you start? Qs by their speaking O3:Who do you usually play following activities. with? the Q4:Why do you like it? examples. Q5:. 3. Talk about 2.Give examples of answering favourite the Qs. sport. Eg.My favourite sport 4.Listen to the is I started example. when I was I usually with I love it because it can 3.Display more useful expressions and sentence structures for the reasons. 4.Ask Ss to talk by using the mentioned expressions 5.Show an example of a speech on "My favourite sport"made by Doris. A6:Asking directions(PW) Listen and learn. To develop 1.Introduce a foreign friend students'ability Jack. of thinking and 2.Create a scene-Doris is speaking about finding the way to the asking and National Stadium answering the 3. Show a map. ways by learning collaboratively. 4. Give instructions for asking the ways. Eg.(1)Excuse me.How can I get
A5: Brainstorming for speaking 1. Guide Ss to think about the following Qs: Q1: What is it? Q2: When did you start? Q3: Who do you usually play with? Q4: Why do you like it? Q5:… 2. Give examples of answering the Qs. Eg. My favourite sport is_____. I started ______ when I was ______. I usually ______ with _______. I love it because it can __________. 3. Display more useful expressions and sentence structures for the reasons. 4. Ask Ss to talk by using the mentioned expressions 5. Show an example of a speech on “My favourite sport” made by Doris. 1. Watch and think. 2. Learn to answer the Qs by following the examples. 3. Talk about favourite sport. 4. Listen to the example. To encourage Ss to talk about their favourite sport and scaffold for their speaking activities. A6: Asking directions (PW) 1. Introduce a foreign friend Jack. 2. Create a scene—Doris is finding the way to the National Stadium 3. Show a map. 4. Give instructions for asking the ways. Eg. (1) Excuse me. How can I get Listen and learn. To develop students’ ability of thinking and speaking about asking and answering the ways by learning collaboratively
to..? (2)Do you know where...is? (3)Where is...? (4)Is it far from...? 5.Ask Ss to make a dialogue of their own. Step 4: A3:Presentation Share a dialogue To help apply Post-learning 1.Ask Ss to share their dialogue. and vote. what they've (4 min) 2.Guide them to vote for the learnt into the best groups according the dialogue and “A creator'” criteria. encourage Ss to speak out and evaluate them. Step 5: Summarize the topic. Think and To guide Summary 1.Ask question:Why do we do summarize. students to (I min) sports? review the lesson 2.Write down Ss'answers. and appreciate “A thinker'” 3.Show the conclusion and ask the Ss to think about the true sportsmanship. meaning of Olympic Games. Self-assessment:Ss finish the table based on personal learning. 4.I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches. 5.I can ask directions. 6.I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate. I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship. Homework 》Compulsory: Read the article on Page 77 to have a deeper understanding of the Olympic Games. >Optional:Search for more information about 2024 Olympics. Blackboard Design 9BU5 Sport and health (Listening Speaking) Useful sentence structures: Word Bank: My farourite sport is 1. semi-final I started when I was. 2.final I usually with 3.beat I love it because it can 4.reduce Excuse me.How can I get to...? 5. Do you know where...is? ◆Where is..? ◆Is it far from.?
to …? (2) Do you know where … is? (3) Where is …? (4) Is it far from…? 5. Ask Ss to make a dialogue of their own. Step 4: Post-learning (4 min) “A creator” A3: Presentation 1. Ask Ss to share their dialogue. 2. Guide them to vote for the best groups according the criteria. Share a dialogue and vote. To help apply what they’ve learnt into the dialogue and encourage Ss to speak out and evaluate them. Step 5: Summary (1 min) “A thinker” Summarize the topic. 1. Ask question: Why do we do sports? 2. Write down Ss’ answers. 3. Show the conclusion and ask Ss to think about the true meaning of Olympic Games. Think and summarize. To guide students to review the lesson and appreciate the sportsmanship. Self-assessment: Ss finish the table based on personal learning. 4. I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches. 5. I can ask directions. 6. I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate. I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship. Homework » Compulsory: Read the article on Page 77 to have a deeper understanding of the Olympic Games. » Optional: Search for more information about 2024 Olympics. Blackboard Design 9BU5 Sport and health (Listening & Speaking) Useful sentence structures: Word Bank: 1. semi-final 2. final 3. beat 4. reduce 5. …
Teaching Reflections In this lesson,students are able to master the skills of listening and speaking,especially the abilty of listening for specific information and asking directions.However,the lesson could be improved in the following aspects: 1.More post-learning activites to help students practice. 2.Time control. Appendix Self-assessment chart Self-assessment ★ ★★ ★★★ 1.I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches. 2.I can ask directions. 3.I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate. 4.I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship
Teaching Reflections In this lesson, students are able to master the skills of listening and speaking, especially the abilty of listening for specific information and asking directions. However, the lesson could be improved in the following aspects: 1. More post-learning activites to help students practice. 2. Time control. Appendix Self-assessment chart Self-assessment ★ ★★ ★★★ 1. I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches. 2. I can ask directions. 3. I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate. 4. I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship