Unit Four Struggling with Taking Dictation Teaching objectives To prompt students to make sentences with the modal auxiliaries, To acquaint the students with useful expressions in describing the experience of taking dictation To make students understand the sources of energy Tosupply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions(8class hours)are needed for this unit. 1st session Ask3students to do duty reports 2.Language Structures Do substitution practice according to the pattern of the examples by making full use of given cues. 3.Dialogue I Pre-readingq While-reading Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogue. 1.What are A's problems in taking dictation? 2.How doesA feel whe king ictation? According to B.what should A do to improve dictation skills Language points in the dialogue. be sick of.Relax.relax.This is not the end of the world.Take it easy,get on my nerves, come on,end up,hold in my memory,have trouble understanding,make sense of, take adv ntage of,on my way to focus my attention on,on the contrary,come to Post-reading Assignments: Review Structure and Dialogue Retell dialogue I. Getting the spelling of new words right Write a passage using at least5 expressions from the text 2 session 1.Continuation of the study of Dialogue: Focus on Word Study. 2.Study of Reading】 Pre-reading questio Can you name some of the sources of energy that have been found? While-reading Ask students to explain the organization of the text and the main idea 1 Unit Four Struggling with Taking Dictation Teaching objectives:  To prompt students to make sentences with the modal auxiliaries;  To acquaint the students with useful expressions in describing the experience of taking dictation;  To make students understand the sources of energy;  To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. 1 st session 1. Duty report Ask 3 students to do duty reports 2. Language Structures: Do substitution practice according to the pattern of the examples by making full use of given cues. 3. Dialogue I Pre-reading questions: What are your common problems in taking dictation in English? While-reading Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogue. 1. What are A’s problems in taking dictation? 2. How does A feel when taking dictation? 3. According to B, what should A do to improve dictation skills? Language points in the dialogue. be sick of, Relax, relax. This is not the end of the world. Take it easy, get on my nerves, come on, end up, hold in my memory, have trouble understanding, make sense of, take advantage of, on my way to, an average dictation taker, in my opinion, isolated words, focus my attention on, on the contrary, come to Post-reading Assignments: Review Structure and Dialogue. Retell dialogue I. Getting the spelling of new words right. Write a passage using at least 5 expressions from the text. 2 nd session 1. Continuation of the study of Dialogue: Focus on Word Study. 2. Study of Reading I Pre-reading question Can you name some of the sources of energy that have been found? While -reading Ask students to explain the organization of the text and the main idea