A Teaching Plan for a Listening & Speaking Class on 9BU5 Sport and Health
Teaching Contents Listening & Speaking: Sport and Health
Time 20 mins
Students Grade 9, Junior High School
Notes GW=Group Work, PW=Pair Work, IW=Individual Work , A1=Activity One
Analysis of the teaching material
[What] The teaching material, from Oxford English Textbook9B, is a travel diary about a girl Vanessa’s skiing experience. Based on the module topic of sport and health, this reading material focuses on an unforgettable sport experience—skiing. The material is suitable for students from Grade 9 to learn. [How] The teaching material consists of two parts—listening and speaking. Students are expected to acquire specific information in table tennis club matches when listening as well as talk about favourite sports and ask directions in speaking. Sentence structures and expressions are required to be used in both parts. [Why] By doing the listening and speaking tasks, the teaching material not only aims to enable students to practice listening and speaking skills, but also encourages students to appreciate the sportsmanship and learn to take up regular exercise in real life. Theme of the lesson is to develop their awareness of doing exercise and understand the true meaning of sport and health in real life.
Analysis of the students
The students from Grade Nine are of intermediate language level. They have some basic ideas about sport and health. They are familiar with the topic and interested in it. They are active and eager to talk about their favourite sport. However, there is still room for enhancement. They probably find it difficult to listen for specific information in listening tasks or to ask directions by using correct expressions and structures.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to: Language Competence acquire specific information when listening understand sentence structures of asking directions Cultural Awareness appreciate the sportsmanship as well as the spirit of Olympics learn to take up regular exercise in real life Thinking Quality analyze the sentence structures and expressions of asking directions Learning Competence improve the listening and speaking ability by learning collaboratively.
Focal & Difficult Points
Focal points: Students acquire specific information when listening. Students analyze the sentence structures of asking directions. Students manage to talk about their favourite sports. Difficult points: Students ask directions as well as talk about sport and health by using the sentence structures correctly.
Teaching Strategies
Teaching & Learning Procedures
Teaching steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Aims
Step 1: Lead-in (2 min) “A story-teller” A1: Display a mind-map—“Vanessa’s Skiing Experience”. Show the mind-map. Ask Ss to retell. Display an example of retelling and give instructions. Review the topic. Retell the story with the help of the mind-map. To call back students’ memory and input some instructions for retelling tasks.
Step 2: Pre-learning (3 min) “A learner” A1: Create a scene—Doris and Billy are going to write a report of the table tennis club matches. Display a chart and explain some new words and expressions. Focus on the new words in the chart. Get ready to listen for specific information. To lead in the listening activities.
A2: Give guidance before listening. Guide Ss to observe the missing information in the chart. Give instructions before listening. Observe and think before listening. To train students’ listening skills and get prepared.
Step 3: While-learning (10 min) “A cooperator” A1: Play the radio. Guide Ss to listen for the missing information and fill in the blanks. Check the answers. Emphasize the tip: use ordinal numbers when reading the dates. Listen and fill in the blanks. Check the answers. To train students’ listening skills.
A2: Look and learn Display a question: How to announce the results of matches Input useful expressions and sentence structures for announcing the results. Look and learn. To guide students to learn to announce the results by using correct expressions and sentence structures.
A3: Listen and fill (IW) Show another chart of Boys’ table tennis results. Guide Ss to fill in the blanks when listening. Fill in the blanks. To train their listening ability for specific information.
A4: Making an announcement (IW) Show the results of the Girls’ semi-finals and finals. Ask Ss to announce the results by themselves. Display an example of announcement made by Billy. Learn about the results. Make an announcement according to the chart. To practice Ss’ speaking ability by using the sentence structures and expressions.
A5: Brainstorming for speaking Guide Ss to think about the following Qs: Q1: What is it Q2: When did you start Q3: Who do you usually play with Q4: Why do you like it Q5:… Give examples of answering the Qs. Eg. My favourite sport is_____. I started ______ when I was ______. I usually ______ with _______. I love it because it can __________. Display more useful expressions and sentence structures for the reasons. Ask Ss to talk by using the mentioned expressions Show an example of a speech on “My favourite sport” made by Doris. Watch and think. Learn to answer the Qs by following the examples. Talk about favourite sport. Listen to the example. To encourage Ss to talk about their favourite sport and scaffold for their speaking activities.
A6: Asking directions (PW) Introduce a foreign friend Jack. Create a scene—Doris is finding the way to the National Stadium Show a map. Give instructions for asking the ways. Eg. (1) Excuse me. How can I get to … (2) Do you know where … is (3) Where is … (4) Is it far from… Ask Ss to make a dialogue of their own. Listen and learn. To develop students’ ability of thinking and speaking about asking and answering the ways by learning collaboratively.
Step 4: Post-learning (4 min) “A creator” A3: Presentation Ask Ss to share their dialogue. Guide them to vote for the best groups according the criteria. Share a dialogue and vote. To help apply what they’ve learnt into the dialogue and encourage Ss to speak out and evaluate them.
Step 5: Summary (1 min) “A thinker” Summarize the topic. Ask question: Why do we do sports Write down Ss’ answers. Show the conclusion and ask Ss to think about the true meaning of Olympic Games. Think and summarize. To guide students to review the lesson and appreciate the sportsmanship.
Self-assessment: Ss finish the table based on personal learning. I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches. I can ask directions. I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate. I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship.
Homework
Compulsory: Read the article on Page 77 to have a deeper understanding of the Olympic Games. Optional: Search for more information about 2024 Olympics.
Blackboard Design
9BU5 Sport and health (Listening & Speaking) Useful sentence structures: Word Bank: semi-final final beat reduce …
Teaching Reflections
In this lesson, students are able to master the skills of listening and speaking, especially the abilty of listening for specific information and asking directions. However, the lesson could be improved in the following aspects: More post-learning activites to help students practice. Time control.
Appendix Self-assessment chart
Self-assessment ★ ★★ ★★★
I can listen for specific information about the Table Tennis Club matches.
I can ask directions.
I can talk about my favourite sport with my classmate.
I can appreciate the spirit of sportsmanship.(共22张PPT)
Unit 5 Sport and Health
Listening and Speaking
Learning Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn to:
listen for specific information;
talk about favourite sport;
ask directions.
Review
Vanessa’s Skiing Experience
Vanessa’s Skiing Experience
Review: retell with a mind-map
4. A skiing lesson
3. Her first experience with snow
1. Her dream
2. Destination
Review: retelling
Vanessa’s dream was to see some real snow, so during the Christmas holiday, her family took passports and flew over the Pacific to Calgary, Canada. They took a bus to a ski resort in the Canadian Rockies. As the bus climbed through the mountains, she was dying to get out and play with the snow outside. When they reached the resort, they made snowballs and threw them at one another. It was the first experience with snow. The next day, they began a skiing lesson. Vanessa kept falling over at first, but after practicing, she did a good job and had a good time in the end.
*Tips:
Intonation (rising, falling)
Pronunciation (accuracy)
Fluency
Doris
Listening
Table Tennis Club Matches
Doris
Billy
Pre-listening: focus on the key words
Pay attention to:
Fee (money)
Dates
Time
Phone numbers
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A. Listen to two students talking about writing a notice for the Table Tennis Club matches. Then complete the notice with the missing information.
While-Listening: Part A
45
7
14
30
6
2:30
12:00
1:00
286 2311
*Tip:
Use ordinal numbers when you read dates.
Pre-listening: look and learn
How to announce the results
Alex beat John by eleven nine in the first set.
=Alex won the first set by eleven nine.
=John lost the first set by nine eleven.
While-Listening: Part B
B. Listen to the results of the Boys’ semi-finals and final. Write the correct information in each blank.
11-8
11-3
11-8
8-11
11-3
11-5
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Post-listening: Make an announcement
Try to announce the results of the Girls’ semi-finals and final.
Semi-final
Final
11-10
11-9
11-8
11-6
7-11
11-8
11-9
Mary
Jane
Jill
Kitty
Jane
Kitty
Jane
Billy
Speaking
My favourite sport
Brainstorm
Think:
What is it
When did you start
Who do you usually play with
Why do you like it
……
Brainstorm
Think:
What is it
When did you start
Who do you usually play with
Why do you like it
Example:
My favourite sport is ___________.
I started ______ when I was _____.
I usually _______ with __________.
I love it because it can _____________.
For more reasons
My favourite sport is … I started … when I was… I usually … with … I love …because it can…
Speaking
For more reasons
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Doris
Speaking: ask directions
Doris
Jack
Doris
Speaking: ask directions
Doris: Excuse me. How can I get to the National Stadium
Jack: Go down this road and turn left. Turn right at the second crossing. You can find the National Stadium on your right.
Doris: Thank you. I heard that there’s a nice ski resort. I want to go there after I visit the National Stadium. Do you know where it is
Jack: Oh, you mean the White Snow Ski Resort It’s 30 kilometres away from the city centre. You can take a train to get there.
Doris: Where’s the railway station Is it far from the National Stadium
Jack: No, it’s not too far. You can get there by underground. It’s only five stations from the National Stadium.
Doris: OK. Thanks very much.
Jack: You’re welcome.
Tapescript
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Doris
Jack
When asking directions, you can say:
◆ Excuse me. How can I get to…
◆ Do you know where … is
◆ Where is …
◆ Is it far from …
Make a dialogue of your own.
Summary
Sports not only build up our body, but also bring peace to people of all nations.
Homework
Read the article on Page 77 to have a deeper understanding of the Olympic Games.
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Thank you for watching!
U5 Listening and Speaking
