第一課時SectionA(1a－1d)&Pronunciation

TeachingObjectives

Inthisclass，studentswill：

1．learnmorewordsandexpressionsrelatedtocommunication.

2．recognizethecommunicationmethodsinthetwoconversationsandgraspthekeyinformation.

3．talkaboutdifferentcommunicationmethodsindifferentsituations.

4．masterthepronunciationofthefollowingsounds：/pl/，/bl/，/fn/，/vn/，/kl/，/ɡl/，/sn/，/zn/，/tl/，/dl/，/tn/，/dn/andcorrectlyreadwordscontainingtherelatedlettercombinations.

5．noticethelinking，stress，intonationandpauseswhilereading.

TeachingAdvice

Lead-in

LookandShare

1．HavestudentsobservethethemepictureontheopeningpageanddiscussthequestionsonPage71.Theteachercanaddonemorequestiontothestudents.

Whatdoyouthinktheyaredoing?

2．Theteachercanprovidethefollowingexpressionsaslanguagesupport.

◆talkfacetoface，havealivelydiscussion，eyecontact，bodylanguage，facialexpressions，moreeffective…

◆makeavideocall，communicatewithpeoplewhoarenothere，convenient，breakthelimitationofdistance…

3．Invitesomestudentstoshareanswers.

FreeTalk

1．Askstudentstoworkinpairstodiscussthefollowingquestions：

◆Whatformsofcommunicationdoyouusuallyuse?

◆Whodoyoucommunicatewithusingtheseforms?

2．Invitesomepairstoshareanswers.Beforethat，theteachercansharehis/herownanswertosetanexampleforstudentslikethis：

IusuallysendtextmessagestomyfriendsonWeChatbecauseit'squickandconvenient.ButIprefervideocallswhenItalktomyparentsbecauseitfeelsmorepersonal.Besides，Imakephonecallstocommunicatewithmygrandparentseverymonth.

Pre-listening

1a

Havestudentsreadthephrasestomakesuretheygetthemeanings.

Askstudentstomatchthephraseswiththepictures.

Checkanswersinclass.

4.Encouragestudentstoaddmoreformsofcommunication.Andtheteachercanencouragethemtothinkinwhatsituationstheywillusetheseformsofcommunication.

While-listening

1b

1．Askstudentstolookatthetableandremindthemtolistenfortherelatedkeypoints.

2．Havethemlistentotheconversationsandcompletethetable.

3．Checkanswersinclass.

1c

1．Havestudentsreadthequestionstogetthemeanings.Explainthedifficultwordsandexpressionssuchas“rehearsal”and“pickup”ifnecessary.

2．Havestudentslistentotheconversationsandwritedowntheanswers.Ifnecessary，theteachercanletstudentslistenagaintochecktheiranswers.

3．Invitesomestudentstoshareanswersinclass.

4．Presentthelisteningscriptsandguidestudentstopayattentiontothesentencepattern：

“If…，…will…”．Introducethemeaningandusagebriefly.Ifpossible，providemoresentencesliketheseforstudentstoperceive.

Post-listening

1d

1．Havestudentsreadtheinstructionandthesampleconversation.Makesuretheygetthemeanings.

2．Askstudentstolistsomeplacesofinterestandwell-knownlocalfoodinthecity.

3．Letstudentsworkinpairstomakeupconversationsaboutwhattheywilldo.Remindthemtousethesentencepattern“If…，…will…”．Theteachercanprovideastartforthem：

A：HiEmily！I'mcallingtoinviteyoutovisitChinathissummer.

B：Thatsoundsamazing！WhatwillwedoifIcome?

A：Ifyoucometo…，I'llshowyou…Andifwehavetime，we'lltry…

B：Ican'twait！IfIgothere，I'llbringmycameratotakephotos.

A：…

4．Invitesomepairstorole-playtheirconversations.

Pronunciation

Exercise1

Havestudentsreadthewordsineachcolumnandpayattentiontothepronunciationofthelettercombinationsinbold.

Askstudentstolistenandrepeataftertherecording.Thenexplainthekeypointsofpronouncingthesesounds.

3．Encouragesomestudentstoreadthesesoundsandwordsinclasssothattheteachercanfindsomepossibleproblemsormistakes.Theteachergivescorrectdemonstrationsandmakesthempractisethepronunciationmore.

4．Brainstormmorewordstoaddtoeachgroup.

Exercise2

1．Guidestudentstoreviewwhatthesemarksmean.

2．Beforelistening，askstudentstoreadthepassageaccordingtothemarks.Thenhavestudentslistenandnoticethelinking，stress，intonation，andpauses.

3.Guidestudentstorepeatafterlistening.Explainthedifficultpointsifnecessary.Forexample，In“giveacat”，welink“give”and“a”becauseitmakesourspeechmorefluent.

4．Dividestudentsintopairs.Askthemtotaketurnstoreadthetexttoeachother，tryingtousethecorrectlinking，stress，intonation，andpauses.Walkaroundtheclassroomandgiveindividualguidance.

5．Invitesomepairstoreadinfrontoftheclass.Aftereachpairreads，askotherstudentstocommentontheirpronunciationbasedonthefourelementstheylearned.

Summary

Askstudentstosummarizewhattheylearnedinthislesson.

Homework

FinishtherelatedexercisesinthebooksproducedbyYouyi.

BlackboardDesign

talkfacetofacesendemails

sendtextmessagesusesignlanguage

makeavideocallmakeaphonecall

TeachingReflection

Thelead-inactivitiessuccessfullyengagedstudents，makingthemactivelythinkaboutcommunicationmethods.Duringlisteningexercises，moststudentscouldidentifykeyinformation，butsomehaddifficultyunderstandingnewwordslike“rehearsal”．Inpronunciationteach