Unit 3 Communication BY Phone
Content
Section I Listening and Conversation (2 periods)
Section II Reading Comprehension (2 periods)
Section III Writing and Translating (2 periods)
Aims
The students should be able to:
take and read telephone messages
understand the two passages and the related information
write telephone messages
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns communicating by phone
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Noun Clauses
special sentences and a passage for Accounting
Procedure and methods
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work:
2,Warming up for the new class:
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
3,Acting out and comments
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Completing
3,Responding
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
2,Judge after you listen
3,Make after you learn
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
5,Assignment
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Retelling the story
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Translating
2,Assignment
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Presenting new materials
3,Giving the rules for writing telephone messages
4,Reading and simulating
Part III,Further Practice
1,Presenting new material
2,Simulating
3,Writing
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Checking
2,Grammatical rules concerning the Basic Sentence Structure
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
Unit 3 Communicating By Phone
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work,
【Instructions】 ask students to 1),collect some telephone messages
2),find out the expressions for communicating by phone as many as possible
2,Warming up for the new class,
【Instructions】 1),students present their collections
2),teacher’s comment and put the collections into a data bank for students’ reference (on the blackboard)
3),presentation of new materials
Sample Map 1
【Instructions】,while showing the telephone messages,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
Sample Map 2
【Instructions】 while showing the telephone messages,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
4),Practice Dialogue 1 Any Message,Sir? and Dialogue 2 You Must Have the Wrong Number
【Instructions】 read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns that are appropriate for communicating by phone,teacher and the students work together and remember not spend too much time on it
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
Offer several situations for students to act out by referring to the data bank on the blackboard
【Instructions】 each group should choose one of the situations and work together to form a dialogue and then act out
Situations,
3,Acting out and comments
【Instructions】 after the act of each group,the teacher will ask the fellow students to make comments on the performance and the appropriateness of their English; and then it is the teacher’s task to summarize this part
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
【Instructions】 practice the dialogues on Page 39 of the Textbook in groups,and try to further them
2,Listening and completing
【Instructions】,listen to a dialogue and complete it by filling in the blanks on Page 40 of the Textbook (Exercise 3),also work in groups
3,Responding
【Instructions】 practice Exercise 2 on Page 40 of the Textbook orally, Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and ask the students to give the English equivalent,the whole class work together
(The script for the dialogue,)
【Instructions】 after each activity,the teacher will check the answers and comment promptly
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part a diagram will be given to each of the students,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to match the blanks with the right places
2,Judge after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part the multiple choices to each of the questions will be given on the blackboard,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to make a choice from A,B,C or D.
3,Make after you learn
【Instructions】 in this part the students are asked to make a short dialogue themselves by using what they have learned
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
【Instructions】 in this part the teacher will mainly check the answers to 1 and 2,give brief explanations when students are in difficulty and ask students to score their own paper ; as for 3,the teacher will collect the paper and correct them after class.
5,Assignment
Workbook P 37---(1-6)
Read fluently the passage on page 47 of your Textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
Recite Practical Sentences for Accounting and the Passage in Unit 3
【Instructions】 in this part the homework is made up of two parts,A is to reinforce what they have learned; B and C is to get ready for the next Section
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
ask several students to recite the practical sentences for accounting in Unit 3 and the others repeat
ask students to answer teacher’s questions according to the Passage for accounting in Unit 3
2,Warming up for the new class
ask students to work in groups of four or five to talk about how to communicate by phone,and don’t forget to use the sentences and structures they’ve reviewed
teacher makes comments
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
teacher raises some questions and ask students to say true or false according to the passage on page 47 of the Textbook New Practical English to see how much they’ve understood.
teacher raises some questions and ask students to answer in details according to the passage on page 47 of the Textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points.
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words:
directions n,instructions,guidance
Teacher’s,Follow the directions on the medicine bottle.
Student’s,
combination n,two or more things,ideas,or events put together
Teacher’s, Chicken soup is a combination of pieces of chicken,vegetables,and water.
Student’s,
rate n,the cost of sth,a speed,velocity
Teacher’s,The rate for a trip on that bus is $15 per person.
Student’s,
value n,worth,quality
Teacher’s,The value of this home has doubled since we bought it.
Student’s,
classify v,to put (things,ideas) in groups with similar characteristics
Teacher’s,Cells can be classified roughly under five headings.
Student’s,
Sentences,
(Para,5) For example,New York City has one area code,but so does the whole state of Oregon,
Analysis,in this sentence,so is an adverb,It means also,When used to give this meaning,the sentence is in inverted word-order.
Example,She loves animals,and so does her husband.
2,Retelling the story
ask students to read the passage again
ask them to retell the story in the first person
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercise 6 on page 46 of the Textbook
Pay attention to the italicized parts in the English sentences and translate the Chinese sentences by simulating the structure of the English sentences
2,Rewriting
Do excises 8 on page 49 of the textbook
Shorten the passage to about 150 words according to the point below.
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Translating
Ask the students to remember the words,phrases and sentence structures in the passage they have learned and translate the following sentences into Chinese orally and the teacher comments,Page 49---9
Assignment
A,Textbook p43,Passage 1,and Workbook p 39 1-3
B,Collect telephone messages as many as possible
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
Checking the assignment
Check the answers to comprehension exercises on the workbook orally and comment
Answer students’ questions found in Passage 1
Warming up for new class
Ask the students to present their collection of signs
Put their collections of signs into the data bank on the blackboard
Make sure all the students understand the meanings of the signs
Part II,Putting in use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new material
Teacher presents different telephone messages to each group
Giving the rules for writing a telephone message
The teacher should remind the students what they have to pay attention to when they read or write a telephone message.
Understanding
Ask the students to work in groups and read the given materials,get the Chinese version of them and then explain to the whole class
Part III,Further Practice
Creating new signs
Ask each of the students to write or leave telephone messages and tell the classmates the meaning of it
Writing
Ask the students to work together to write a short passage of about 100 words to describe the area code map given below,Some useful words and phrases have been provided to help,(Page 53---7)
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
Grammatical rules concerning Nouns Clauses
Applying
1) pointing out the Noun Clause and the function it serves in each of the following complex sentence,
2) correcting the errors in the following sentences
3) translating the following sentences into English,paying attention the use of Noun Clause
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
1) and 2) are printed on the paper,After the teacher checks the answers,the students can score their own paper; as for 3) the teacher can collect the paper and correct after class if time is not permitted.
4,Assignment
Workbook P48 3-5
Collect advertisements made by hotel