Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”Period4Usinglanguage:Listeningandtalking整体设计教材分析Thisisthefourthteachingperiodofthisunit.Asusual,theteacherwillfirstgetstudentstoreviewwhattheylearnedinthelastperiod,andthenleadinthenewlesson.Wewillfocusontrainingstudents’listeningabilityinthisperiod.ThelisteningpassageintroducesinformationabouttheculturalandracialcompositionofCanada.Canadaisoneofthefewcountriesthathaveanofficialmulticulturalpolicy.ThepopulationischangingrapidlyandimmigrantsfromChinaareamongthemostnumerousrecently.Makesurestudentsgothroughtheexercisesbeforetheylistentothetape.Thisistosharpentheirattention.Itwillalsohelpthemgetthegistofthelisteningtext.Theteachingproceduresmaybeasfollows:First,letstudentsthinkaboutanddiscusswhattheyknowaboutCanada’spopulationandthefactthatitisacountryofimmigrants.Second,gothroughtheincompletesentencesinExercise2andguesswhatthetopicofthelisteningtextis.Playthetapeforstudentstolistentoanddecidewhethertheirguessingisright.Third,askthemtolistenagainforthemtodoExercise2.Fourth,letthemlistenathirdtimetochecktheiranswers.Whiletheyarelistening,theteachershouldpauseandrepeatthekeysentencestohelpstudentsunderstand.Whencheckingtheanswers,explainsomedifficultlisteningpointsifnecessary.Intheend,showthemthelisteningtextandletthemreadandretellit.Thisstepcanhelpstudentsunderstandandgraspthelisteningmaterialfarfurther.Next,studentswilllistentoareportwhichLiDaiyuandLiuQianwereaskedtogivetellingtheirnewCanadianfriendsaboutChina.ThepurposeofthislisteningpassageistoallowstudentstomakeacomparisonbetweenCanadaandChinaintermsofgeographyandnaturalfeatures.Theteachercanletstudentsreadthedirectionsandgothroughtheexercisesbeforelistening.Thenaskthemtolistentothetapeandfinishtheirexercises.Theyshouldmakenoteswhilelistening.Whenstudentslistentothetext,tellthemtoignorethewordstheydon’tknowandtoconcentrateonunderstandingthegistofthetext.Perhapssomestudentswillfindithardtolistentoandunderstandlisteningmaterials.Encouragethemnottogiveup.ThemoretheylistentoEng...
