Period3ListeningandSpeakingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisisthethirdperiodofthisunit.Atthebeginningofthisperiod,theteachershould(can)designsomeexercisestoreviewwhatthestudentslearnedinthelastperiod,thatistosay,gooverwhatthestudentslearnedaboutthatJohnSnowdefeats“KingCholera”.Theteachercanbeginwithaskingsomequestionsorhavingacompetitiontomakesomesentenceswith“JohnSnow”accordingtothepassage.Duringthisperiod,listeningandspeakingwillbemainlydealtwith.Atthebeginning,teachersfocusontrainingtheSs’listening.ThislisteningcontentisabouttheimportanceofQianXuesenforspacetravelinChina,thecontributionsmadebyabotanistnamedCarlLinnaeusandtheresearchintothelifeandworkofamathematiciancalledLeonhardEuler.WhentrainingtheSs’listeningability,teachersshouldstartwithpre-listening,thatis,lead-in.Ifitisnecessary,teachershadbetterintroducesomebackgroundknowledgeaboutthelisteningmaterial.Later,lettheSslistentoit.Atthesametime,teachersshoulddesignsomesimplequestions.Afterthat,theSshaveknownaboutthelisteningmaterial,andthenteacherscanaskthemtolistentoitagaintobereadyformoredifficultquestions.Ifnecessary,theSscanbegivenanothertimetolisten.Whilepracticing,teachershadbetterofferstudentssomeadviceonhowtodoitwell.Especially,trainthestudentstopredictwhattobetalkedaboutaccordingtothehintsandlimitedinformationandletthemformthegoodlisteninghabitoflisteningwiththepurposeoffindingusefulinformationandtosummarize.Certainly,supposetherearemanynewwordsandexpressions,teachersshouldhelpthemtodealwiththematthefirstplace.Allthelisteningpracticeshouldfocusondevelopingthestudents’listeningskill.Afterpracticinglistening,theSsareexpectedtolearnsomeexpressionsabouttalkingaboutscientificjobaswellasscientists’achievementsandrecountstories.Besidesthose,thestudentsareexpectedtolearntheskillofdescribingaperson.Duringthecourse,teachersshouldrankclassactivitiesfromtheeasytothedifficult.First,askthemtolearntheexpressions.Then,askthemtoimitateittohaveadialogue.Finally,thestudentsareexpectedtocreateadialogueordiscuss...
