1、Chapter 4 The world of numbers Listening & SpeakingBy Ding Yuan 丁园l TheAnalysis of the Text1. Background on the reformation of curriculum, this text book emphasizes much on cultivating students interests of learning English by using materials in our real daily life. And it also encourages the commun
2、icative and cooperative way of study.2. This chapter is a very essential unit, not only because the topic of numbers is a common used one in almost all the English examications, but also because it is an important elements in our daily life.3. Listening and Speaking skills about numbers are always t
3、he focuses and difficult points in English language teaching and learning.There are 5 sections in this chapter:Reading, Listening, Language, Speaking, Writing. In order to address the needs of my students more effectively, I would like to adapt the text into 4 parts: Readingneeds 2 teaching periods(
4、TP).Listening & Speakingneeds 1 TPLanguageneeds at least 2TPWritingneeds at least 1TPl Teaching plan for Part 2Listening & speakingI. Analysis of the StudentsThey have known1. the names of different kinds of numbers; 2. how to read out those numbers;They may not be able to1. recognize the English ex
5、pressions about numbers in our daily life by listening. 2. do some simple calculation presented in English. II. Teaching Aims1. Enable the students to recognize different kinds of numbers in our daily life by listening.2. Enable the students to do some simple calculation.III. Teaching Focus and Diff
6、iculties1. Focuses: a. different kinds of numbers in everyday life; b. simple calculations; c. listening and speaking skills about numbers; 2. Difficulties: developing students listening and speaking skills about numbers.IV. Teaching Aids and Methods1. Aids: some pictures; multi-media computer 2. Me
7、thods: task-based method, communicated method, group cooperate methodV. Teaching ProceduresStep 1: Lead-in (1 minute)Ask the students to talk about numbers.T: Where can we see numbers in our daily life? Aims and effectsGreeting and lead to next step.Step 2. Pre-listening (35 minitues)1. Show some pi
8、ctures2. Write down the numbers & do a match. 3. Prediction of Quiz AAims and effectsArouse students interestsPracticing the language in listening material Preparing for the Quiz A.Step 3 While-listening (1520 minutes)1. Do quiz A in the text book.2. Check the answer.3. A transitional activitySence
9、1: In the Shopping Mall buy things Mr. Li wants to buy a book and a pen. The book costs 58 yuan, and the pen costs 30 yuan. He gives the saler 100 yuan. What is the change?Sence 2: Going to the airportwhat time to go The flight for shanghai will leave in 30 minitues, and its 8:20 now. When will the
10、plane leave?Sence3:On the planeask height There is a girl sitting next to Mr. Li on the plane. She asks Mr. Li how tall he is. Mr. Li says he is 178 cm. The girl says he is 40 cm taller than her. Then how tall is the girl?Sence4: In friends housedivide cakes There are 12 pieces of cakes in Mr. Lis h
11、ouse. They should be divided among 2 kids and 4 other people. Then how many pieces of cakes each person can get?4. Do quiz B in the text book.5. Check the answers and make an evaluation.Give a table as follow for each student:Name:_ScoresCorecting the wrongsQuiz AQuiz BAims and effectsPreparing for
12、the Quiz B.1. lead to learn the new word “change(找零)”2. language practice: “costs” “Whats the change? ”lead to learn the new word “flight(航班)”language practice: “ taller than/how tall is?”1. lead to learn the new word “kid(小孩)”2. language practice: “divideamong”Evaluating students work to help them
13、correct the wrongs.Step 4 Post-listening (5 minitues)1. Show the tapescript for students and let them read it in pairs. 2. Pair work (optional) Circumstance:There is a new grocery opened near our school. You want to have a look and buy something. Please work in pairs and make a dialogue.Examples:A:
14、Can I help you?B: Yes, Id like to buy 2 notebooks.A: 1.5 yuan for one.B: So they cost 3 yuan. Here is 5 yuan.A: Thank you, and here is 2 yuan for the change.Aims and effectsHelp students correct the wrongs and drive them to speak out.This activity is optional. If the time permits, it can strengthen
15、students communicative skills in the topic of numbers.Step 5 Speaking (810 minutes)1. Group workCircumstance:Your school received a gift of 35,000 yuan from Mr. Tang, an old student of the school. His instructions are: the school must use the money to buy three different things; a group of students
16、must decide the three things to buy.It is the Speak-up in the text book Page 53.2. Invite 2 or 3 groups to show their work and give proper evaluations.Aims and effectsEnable students do the calculation in our daily life and teach them to be a person that is good at managing money matters.Step 6 Summ
17、ary (1 minitue)Today, we have learned many types of numbers that we can see in our daily life. Some of them are fractions, decimals,. I hope you can pay attention to the numbers in every life, and try to read them out from time to rime so that you can grasp what we have learned more effectively.Homework: Ask the students to do the following things after class. 1.Preview the Language part of this Chapter;2.Exercise book P43-44.CommentsDo the summary orally and briefly.The homework helps the students to consolidate what they have learned in the class.