（Unit1 How do you study for a test—2nd period）
Ⅰ. Teaching Aims and Demands
1. Knowledge Objects
?(1) Key Vocabulary
?aloud, pronunciation
?What about… ?(2)Target Language
?Have you ever studied with a group?Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
2. Ability Objects
?(1)Train students’ listening skill.
?(2) Train students’ communicative competence.
3. Moral Object
?If there is an English club in your school, join it to improve your English.
Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points
1. Key Vocabulary
?What about…2. Target Language
?Have you ever studied with a group?Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
3. structure
?verb + by with gerund.
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficult Points
1. What about…2. verb + by with gerund
Ⅳ. Teaching Methods
1. Pairwork
2. Teaching by explanation
Ⅴ. Teaching Aid
A tape recorder
Ⅵ. Teaching Procedures
StepⅠRevision
Check homework. Invite different students to report their discovery of new ways of studying that haven’t been introduced in the book or in class.
S1: My friend Peter likes to listen to music while he studies.
S2: My father used to go to the library where it was very quiet.
S3…
Step Ⅱ 2a
This activity provides listening practice using the target language.
Call students’ attention to the picture.
Ask, What do you think is happeningWho are they? Guide the students to say. They are members of an English club that meets after school once a week. They are talking about the ways to learn English.
Point to the list of questions in the box.
Get different students to read them to the class.
Say, Listen to a conversation among the members of the English club. Check the questions you hear.
Point out the sample answer.
Play the recording for the first time.
Students only listen. Play the recording again. This time students listen and check the questions they hear. Check the answers with the whole class.
Answers
checked questions: 1,2,4,5
Tapescript
Girl 1:Welcome to the English club. Today we’re going to talk about the best ways to learn English. Who has an ideaBoy 1: Do you learn English by watching English-language videosGirl 2:No. It’s too hard to understand the voices.
Boy 1: What about keeping a diary in English? Do you learn English that wayGirl 2:I think so. It helps to write English every day.
Girl 3: Have you ever studied with a groupGirl 2:Yes,l have! I’ve learned a lot that way.
Girl 1: Do you ever practice conversations with friendsGirl 2: Oh, yes. It improves my speaking skills.
Boy 1: What about reading aloud to practice pronunciationGirl 3: I do that sometimes. I think it helps.
Boy 2: I do too. And I always look up new words in a dictionary.
Girl 3: That’s a great idea!
Notes
What about reading aloud to practise pronunciation? = Do you learn English by reading aloud to practise pronunciationWrite the sentences above on the black board.
StepⅢ 2b
This activity provides listening practice using the target language.
Point to the list of answers in the box.
Get different studen