something we can learn from.' 4.Thinking Quality: 1.Develop abilities of analyzing,summarizing and critical thinking. 2.Be will to express their opinions. By the end of the class,students will be able to understand the listening material and retell the it Key points by using the mind map. By the end of the class,the students are expected to make the comparison with the given Difficult points sentence patterns and clarify what are the similarities and differences between the two education systems. Teaching Procedures Stages Procedures Learning Activities Purposes Introduce two figures:Mary is from the U.S., To arouse Ss'curiosity Lead-in Jack is from the U.K.They are going to visit and try to create a real China as exchange students. language scenario. Pre-listening To help Ss get to know 1.Show 3 pictures form listening part. the theme of listening Think and answer 2.Let the students speak out what are they in material and input some the pictures. background knowledge. 1.Listen to the recording and choose the right To train Ss'ability of answers. While-listening Listen and write 2.Check the answers. information catching and notes taking skills. 1.Listen to the recording again 2.Retell with the mind map. 1.location 3.how many states 2.the capital of the Us h线 To train Ss'speaking Post-listening skill and the thinking Think and retell 4.Thanks giving quality of analyzing and summarizing.something we can learn from.’ 4. Thinking Quality: 1. Develop abilities of analyzing,summarizing and critical thinking. 2. Be will to express their opinions. Key points By the end of the class, students will be able to understand the listening material and retell the it by using the mind map. Difficult points By the end of the class, the students are expected to make the comparison with the given sentence patterns and clarify what are the similarities and differences between the two education systems. Teaching Procedures Stages Procedures Learning Activities Purposes Pre-listening Lead-in Introduce two figures: Mary is from the U.S., Jack is from the U.K. They are going to visit China as exchange students. To arouse Ss’ curiosity and try to create a real language scenario. Think and answer 1. Show 3 pictures form listening part. 2. Let the students speak out what are they in the pictures. To help Ss get to know the theme of listening material and input some background knowledge . While-listening Listen and write 1. Listen to the recording and choose the right answers. 2. Check the answers. To train Ss’ ability of information catching and notes taking skills. Post-listening Think and retell 1. Listen to the recording again 2. Retell with the mind map. To train Ss’ speaking skill and the thinking quality of analyzing and summarizing