Period 1 Listening
Teaching aims:
1. To improve the students’ listening ability by listening to the information on the usage of informal and formal ways of apologizing.
2. To improve the students’ listening ability by listening to the given listening passage.
Suggestions for teaching:
1. Important and difficult points:
1. Getting the most important information of the dialogue on the topic of apologizing.
2. Getting the general idea of the given listening passage.
2. Suggested teaching methods:
Activity 1 Lead-in
The topic is to talk about good manners in our daily life. The teacher may begin this activity with these words: In our daily life, it is very important to be polite in communicating with others. Whether in China or in foreign countries, we should pay attention to our manners. But what are good manners in your opinion
Encourage the students to express themselves freely in class.
Activity 2 Free talk
Collect the students’ opinions about good manners in different situations. The teacher may design some situations previously for the students to practise what they should do or say to show their politeness. First make some pairs act our their dialogues in class and then discuss in class whether they have good manners or not.
Suggested situations:
1. How to ask the way when you come to a new place
2. What can you say if you want to interrupt others when they are talking
3. You want to join a party that has begun.
Activity 3 Warming up
The teacher may begin this activity with picture description. Ask the students to look at the pictures carefully and complete the dialogues given. Give the students chances to discuss and act out the dialogues in class.
Activity 4 Listening
This activity may be performed this way:
1. Play the tape for the students to listen and let the students make sure what has happened in the dialogue.
2. Play the tape once again. This time ask the students to pay attention to how Bill made apologies to Cliff and how Cliff answered.
Activity 5 Role-play
This activity is a productive one. Suppose one student is Bill and the other is Cliff. Give the students chances to express themselves in the same situation. Encourage the students to act out their dialogues in class after a few minutes’ preparation.
Activity 6 Discussion
Topic for discussion: What are good manners in this situation
This is productive work. The students should be encouraged to express themselves freely in class. At the same time discuss what are good manners at school
