Unit 6 A variety of viewpoints
Teaching aims
To enable students:
1.To get the main idea of the text and learn some key words and phrases.
2.To practice their reading skills through skimming and scanning.
3.To learn to express opinions using proper sentence patterns.
Teaching focus and difficult points
Learn to express opinions using proper sentence patterns.
Teaching aids
Multi-media
Teaching and learning method
Task-based and learner-centered
Teaching material
Oxford English Students’ Book B2 Unit 6
Teaching procedures
I.Pre-task
Lead-in
1.Look at the pictures shown on the screen.
2.Raise Qs: Where do you often see these products advertised?
What do you know about these TV commercials?
Goods advertised
Target audience
1
2
3
Q: a: Can you list some other commercials you see on TV for children, for example, toys, food, games, clothes, electronic dictionaries?
b: Why are so many ads aimed at children?
c: Are ads for children good or bad?
II.While-task
1.Skimming: the structure of the text.
What are A, B, C and D of the passage?
What does the title of the article in A mean?
2.Scanning 1
A
(1)Why are Asia’s children becoming the fastest growing consumer group?
(2)What do advertisers do to get the attention of these young viewers? Why?
(3)What do some educators believe?
(4)What action are governments taking to protect children?
B, C and D
Points of View on TV commercials
Three Letters
Opinion
Reasons
“Bad for children” Li Yue
“Silly toys” Zhang Jie
“nothing wrong with commercials” Liu Ping
III.Post task
1.Further thinking: State your point of view
Facts or opinions?
a.The average HK child sees about 25,000 TV commercials a year.
b.if youngsters watch the ads, they will become more and more materialistic(物质主义的).
c.it is bad for children to have too much money.
d.advertising to children is wrong.
e.many things advertised are silly and encourage violence.
f.‘Magic Babies’ are one of the world’s best-selling toys, ever.
2.Discussion: State your point of view on one of the following arguments.
Should TV commercials aim at children?
Should students be allowed to use cell phones at school?
Should we take part in the limitary training?
Should students take part in a charity bazaar?
Useful phrases:
I (don’t) believe/think that…should…
In my opinion/view…
I agree/disagree…
I’m in favor of…
I object to…because…
It is right/wrong/good/bad…
There is nothing wrong with…
IV.Homework
1.Finish D and E.
2.Read the text at 3 times.
3.Read and try to recite the new words and expressions in the text.