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Teaching Plan
课型：Listening and Speaking
语篇及语篇类型：Human and society; listening
Thematic context: The theme of this unit is "Festivals and celebrations", and this section is called "Talk about Festival Activities". Ss will hear short conversations that take place in three different countries, in which people are involved in or will experience different celebration activities. As globalization accelerates and international exchange becomes more frequent, it has become common for people to travel abroad and for foreign friends to visit China. This section requires Ss to understand the identity and relationship of characters from different cultural backgrounds in the cross-cultural communication context through listening to the audio, so as to understand the important traditional festivals of three countries, expand their horizons and feel the spirit of entertainment and its strong cultural atmosphere in different countries, which also helps to cultivate students' cultural awareness and let them learn to appreciate and cherish the diverse national cultures. Language study. 【What】 There are three dialogues in the audio, which show three different contexts: street interview, daily communication and guided tour. Conversation 1 takes place at the "Coming of Age" festival in Japan, where a foreign journalist is interviewing a young Japanese woman who has just participated in the "Bar Mitzvah" ceremony, asking her about her feelings and the subsequent celebration. Conversation 2 took place between two good friends, Li Mei, a Chinese girl experiencing Rio Carnival for the first time, and her foreign friend Carla, who was clearly more experienced, kindly offering her advice on how to dress so that she could participate in the festivities to her heart's content. Conversation 3 takes place in China, where a Chinese guide takes a group of foreign tourists to a lantern festival decorated with lights and introduces them to the Chinese customs of the Lantern Festival. 【Why】 All three dialogues are authentic and natural, with a strong sense of life, cleverly incorporating cultural elements of each festival. The text of the dialogues is also infiltrated with the target language structure of this unit - the use of the verb form as the definite article and the epithet - so as to help students perceive and experience the language in a real and reasonable context, and to prepare for the subsequent concentration on the language structure. The purpose is to let students perceive and experience the language in a realistic and reasonable context, and to pave the way for subsequent focused study of the language structure. 【How】 The three dialogues are full of strong atmosphere of life and the unique cultural elements of the festivals. For example, in Japan, most women wear colorful traditional kimonos for the "Adult Festival"; in Rio Carnival, most people dress lightly to adapt to the hot climate and long parades and dances; in the Chinese Lantern Festival, people eat "Yuanxiao", which represents reunion and happiness.
By the end of the class, Ss will be able to: master some expressions about the festivals through a guessing game based on clues from the text (lantern, Carnival, costume, dress (sb.) up, march,congratulation, congratulate, riddle, ceremony, samba, make-up, after all); gain a basic knowledge of the origin and significance of the world’s several important festivals and what people do for celebrations; figure out the speakers’ relationship by focusing on key expressions and intonation; tell the gist of the conversations through some key words and expressions carry out a conversation on their favourite festival and how people celebrate it.
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教学步骤 Teaching Activities
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Part1: Lead-in Drumming up Ss’ interest in festivals and celebrations. Introduced by the poem on the opening page, students were guided to guess the scene described by the poem according to the key words and answer the following questions. What does the poem describe Who is the writer of the poem When did he write the poem Can you recite the poem in Chinese Ss' interest in the traditional festival is aroused by the given pictures and the translated poem from Xin Qiji, "Qing Yu An Yuan Xi" written for the Lantern Festival. It is a new and interesting way to guess Chinese poems from its English translation, and students' interest is immediately aroused.
Part 2： Pre-listening A fill-in on several festivals and their background information to get Ss ready for the following listening task. Observe the pictures, words and videos, guess the names of the festivals and understand the cultural background of the festivals (the video clip of Lantern festival is taken from Video Time). Which festival does the picture/paragraph/video refer to In which country does the festival take place How do people celebrate the festival What else activities do people do to celebrate on that festival Talk about festival celebrations with the related word blocks from Activity 1 through group discussions On the Coming-of-Age Day, young girls in Japan would wear traditional costumes. One of the most important activities during the Lantern Festival is to guess riddles. During the Rio Carnival, you can watch wonderful samba dances. Students are provided with a variety of materials to help them understand the cultural background of the festival, as well as to export word blocks to them. Students learn to use these word blocks to simply describe festival events by using the illustrations given in Activity 1, with the teacher's demonstration and group discussion. The students better understand the meaning of the relevant word blocks with the help of graphic videos. Some students have difficulties in expressing themselves in English and cannot use all English, so they will use Chinese to deal with difficult parts.
Part 3: While-listening To gain a basic knowledge of the origin and significance of the world’s several important festivals and what people do for celebrations; And to figure out the speakers’ relationship by focusing on key expressions and intonation Read the introduction and questions. Predict the following listening content. Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals given. Then match each conversation with the relationship between the speakers below. (Tips will be given) Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct words and make a list of the festival’s activities. Get Ss prepared for the following listening topic, strengthening their skills in prediction. Help Ss obtain the general information of the 3 dialogues according to the listening tips provided. Possibly clear away obstacles by presenting Ss with scripts The questions given are clear, and the students quickly make the correct assumptions. The matching game is less difficult and can successfully help the students get the basic information in the conversation. Blank-filling makes it easier for Ss to comprehend the 3 conversations.
Part-4: Post-listening To tell the gist of the conversations through some key words and expressions; and to carry out a conversation on their favourite festival and how people celebrate it. Find out the useful expressions in the conversation. Pair Work: Decide which of these festivals attracts you the most and why (The following questions into consideration.) What is the purpose of this festival How do you usually celebrate this festival What do you like best about this festival Pair presentation: Several pairs of Ss will be invited to present their conversations. Then the teacher and other Ss will give comments. Help Ss understand how to discuss and give reasons in a conversation on their favourite festivals. Practice of the previous input with the guiding questions. Evaluation of Ss’ output. Ss will be very active and suggest constructive ideas and modifications.
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Reflection
Through learning this period, students will be able to master some expressions about the festivals and gain a basic knowledge of the origin and significance of the world's several important festivals and what people do for celebrations. They are expected to figure out the speakers' relationship and to tell the gist of the conversations. However, in consideration of different levels of their language skills, some students who have no effective command of English listening and speaking may find it difficult to use proper words or phrases while carrying out a conversation on their favourite festival and how people celebrate it. There will be a lot to be revised and polished in their presentation of conversation.

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