朱妍

●Theme： travel and transport

●Teaching Aims

By the end of this lesson， students （Ss） will be able to：

1. To learn and master the new words and expressions about holiday journeys.

2. To understand conversations about Bettys journey and develop listening skills， such as predicting， listening for gist， listening for specific information.

3. To be able to ask and answer wh-questions of past tense.

4. To improve speaking ability by talking about ones holiday journey.

5. To know LAs culture， and love life and be positive.

6. To raise students interest to use English in classroom and get to know more knowledge about a holiday journey in English.

●Teaching Methods： Interactive approach and situational approach.

●Teaching Procedures：

Stage 1： Warming up （3 mins）

1.T （teacher） guides Ss to talk about their last winter/summer holiday journey with a question： Where did you go last holiday？

2.T guides Ss to work in pairs to ask “where are they going on holiday？”.

Aim： to activate Sss schemata and arouse Ss interest.

Stage 2： Pre-listening （10 mins）

1.T guides Ss to guess where T will go with questions. Then T plays a video about Los Angeles to guide Ss to infer the place.

2.T will show the map of LA and guides Ss to find out the places on the map – Activity1. T will also present some pictures of the LA （e.g.， Disneyland， Hollywood， etc.） in order to help Ss know the culture.

3.Ss listen to the tape and number the places.

4.T presents a photo and introduces the background of the listening dialogue. （T： Our friends Tony and Betty also want to go traveling this holiday. Where are they going？） Then T guides Ss to predict the main idea.

Aim： Ss will be familiar with these places and be prepare with what theyre going to listen.

Stage 3： While-listening （15 mins）

1.T guides Ss to listen to the activity 2s dialogue to check their prediction. While listening， Ss need to finish multiple choice：

（1）Where is Tony going on holiday？ ?A. London; B. LA; C. Paris

（2）Where is Betty going on holiday？ ?A. London; B. LA; C. Paris

T presents three landmark building （London Eye; Hollywood; Eiffel Tower） pictures to present three places （London， LA， and Paris） to help Ss to get the right answers.

2.T let Ss listen to the dialogue for the second time to finish the multiple choice and blank filling.

a.multiple choice：

（1）When did Betty go to Los Angeles？

A.Two years ago. ?B. Four years ago. ?C. Three years ago.

（2）How did Betty go to Los Angeles？

A.By car. ?B. By train. ?C. By plane.

（3）How long did it take to get to Los Angeles？

A.Nine hours. ?B. Five hours. ?C. Ten hours.

（4）Who was with Betty？

A.Her mum. ?B. Her dad. ?C. Her mum and dad. ?D. Her friends.

b.blank filling：

If Ss cannot complete all the tasks in a time， T will let them listen to the dialogue again.

Aim： Ss will listen for gist and listen for specific information and listen for detail information.

Stage 4： Post-listening （15 mins）

1.Ss will listen and read the dialogue. They will try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation. And then they will read in roles.

2.T guides Ss to retell the Bettys journey with table. And then T summarizes the main point.

3.T guides Ss to work in pairs to talk about the students own holiday journey. Ss will ask and answer about the holiday with the summarized points.

Useful sentences： Where did … go？/ When did … go there？/ How did … get there？/ How long did … stay there？ Who was with…？ What did … do？

Aim： T provides real-life situation for oral communicative meaningful practice by using the target language.

Stage 5： Summary and Homework （2 mins）

1.T guides Ss to summarize the key sentences.

Where did you go last holiday？

When did you go？

Who was with you？