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Module 3 Music
Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Aims:
Train the students' reading ability.
Learn some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Important Points.
Help the students to understand the passage better.
Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students improve their reading and understand the passage better.
Teaching Methods:
Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.
Careful reading to understand the passage better.
Discussion to help the students understand what they've learned better.
Teaching procedure.
Step 1 Lead --in
The teacher may play a kind of music written by Beethoven.
------- What kind of music do you think it
----- Who do you know wrote it
The teacher may discuss the questions and answer them freely.
T: As we know, there are various kinds of music around the world. They all have their own obvious characteristic. And also there were famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Today we may learn of their life from the text.
Step 2 Reading comprehension.
Fast reading: Read the passage quickly and choose the best title.
A. Three Great Austrian Composers.
B. Three Great Composer of the eighteenth Century.
C. Three Great Child Composers.
Key: B.
Now let's read the passage again, underline new words in the text and decide whether the following statements are right or not.
1. The three composers were all born in Austria.
2. Mozart had a beautiful singing voice.
3. Mozart died before his fortieth birthday.
4. Beethoven once worked at the court of a prince, who began to go deaf when he grew older.
5. Beethoven had ever met Haydn, but he didn't think he taught him a lot.
6. Both Haydn and Mozart had fathers who were musicians.
Key:
1. F Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
2. F. Haydn had a good singing voice.
3. T
4. F. Haydn once worked at the court of a prince, but he didn't go deaf.
5. T
6. F. Haydn was the son of a peasant
( The teacher may begin with the T/F questions orally and this is a good time to test their listening abilities as well as their comprehension of the text. )
Step 3 Read and listen to the passage. Meanwhile, some more questions are waiting for you.
1. How did Haydn change the form of symphonies
2. How long did he work in eastern Austria
3. How many pieces of music did Mozart compose
4. How old was he when he played for the Empress of Austria
5. How long were Mozart and Haydn friends
6. Who taught Beethoven how to play the piano
7. Did he stop composing when he became deaf
Keys:
1 He changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.
2. 30 years.
3. More than 600 pieces of music.
4. When he was 6 , he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria.
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