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Unit 5 Music
Period 1ListeningSpeaking&Talking教学设计
Listening and Speaking introduces the topic of "talk about music references". Talking about music preferences is a common topic for middle school students. They like all kinds of music: some like western classical music, some like popular music, and some like traditional Chinese music. As long as the content of music is positive, students' hobbies should be respected and appreciated.
Text analysis: the listening text contains three short dialogues. It is a reporter's interview with three students about the types of music they like and the reasons.
Listening and Talking introduces the theme of "planning a music festival".
Listening text is an announcement, which can be divided into two forms: face-to-face and oral. Here is an oral notice, with some specific structure.
Notifications have some linguistic features, such as the general present tense and the general future tense. The oral notice also contains expressions that attract the audience's attention, such as "Hi, everyone! Can Ihave your attention, please?" At the end of the announcement, there will be incentives to encourage others to speak up such as: “Everyone, come and join us to make this year’s music festival the best ever”.
1. Guide students to understand the content of listening texts in terms of the whole and key details;
2. Encourage students to discuss with their peers how to talk about music preferences and plan a music festival.
3. Instruct students to use some functional sentences to strike up an interview such as “What kind of music do you like ? why?”
4. Instruct students to use incentives to encourage others to speak up such as: “Everyone, come and join us to make this year’s music festival the best ever”.
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1. Encourage students to discuss with their peers how to talk about music preferences and plan a music festival.
2. Stimulate students to use some functional sentences to strike up an interview such as “What kind of music do you like? why?” and use incentives to encourage others to speak up such as: “Everyone, come and join us to make this year’s music festival the best ever”.
Part 1: Listening and Speaking
Step 1: Lead in
Music is the universal language of mankind.
How do you understand the sentence above?
After their small talk, the teacher can ask students to predict what the listening text is about by looking at the pictures.
Prediction
Predict what the listening text is about by looking at the pictures.
The listening text is probably about various popular types of music.
Step 3: summary of the main idea
Then play the radio which is about an interview about students’ opinion about music.And after finishing listening for the first time, the students need to solve the following tasks.
A reporter from the school newspaper is interviewing students about music. Listen to the interviews.
The first student likes to
| dance to
| Chinese traditional songs
| The second student likes to
| listen to
| classical music
| The third student likes to
| Play
| hip-hop music
| | sing
| country music
| After finishing the task above, the teacher plays the same material again and after finishing listening, the students need to solve the following task.
Step 4: The reporter paraphrased some of the answers the students gave him. Listen to the interviews again and complete the sentences with the words you hear.
A: Country music touches my heart.
B: So you like music that's __________of ___________
A: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move!
B: So it makes you want to___________ ?
A: Classical music makes me feel like l'm sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature.
B: So to you, it's ___________and_________
Listening tip:
- When you want to explain something difficult to somebody, it is helpful to use easier words with the same meaning. This will help you make it easier to understand
Speaking Project
Work in pairs or groups and role play a conversation.
- Talk in pairs. Interview each other about music. Use the pictures below for ideas.
Expressions:
- Reasons for liking music:
- touches my heart/soulmakes me happy/want to dance gives me energy/hopehelps me exercise/study
- sounds peaceful beautifulreminds me of home/people I love
- A: What kind of music do you like?
- B: I like techno music.A: What makes it so special to you?
- B: I like to listen to it when I exercise.It gives me energy.
Part 2: Listening and Talking
Step1: Listen to an announcement about a school music festival. Tick the kinds of volunteers the festival needs.
people to give music lessons
choir members
people to run food stands
people to sell festival tickets
people to sell music CDs
people to set up equipment
musical performers
Step 2: Listen to the announcement again and answer the questions.
- 1. What kind of songs will Grace Davis sing at the festival?
- 2. Who can try out as a performer?
- 3. What can those who think they do not have musical talent do?
- 4. How can students volunteer to take part?
- Talking about preferences:
- Would you prefer doing ..?
- What would you prefer to do?
- Would you rather do .... or ….?
- What would you rather do?
- I'd rather have ... than ..
Step 3: Speaking Project
Work in groups. Role-play the conversation or make a new one.
- Debbie: Where have you been? You missed the announcement about the music festival.
- John: I was at the doctor's office. Music festival?
- Frank: Yes, it's going to be next month on the school sports field. John, you can play the piano. How about playing it at the festival?
- John: Well, I'd rather play the violin. I can play Liang Zhu.
- Frank: Wow! Sounds good. What about you, Debbie?
- Debbie: Actually, I don't have much musical ability. I'd prefer just to help out with the crowds.
- Frank: You can sell tickets or work at a food stand.
- John: So can I assume that the aim of the festival is to raise money?
- Debbie: Yes. All of the money will go to charity.
- John: Well, if it's for a good cause, everyone should take part!
Homework:
In pairs, talk about what you would do at the music festival.
Would you like to sing or play a musical instrument?
Whom would you invite? what other activities could you do at the music festival?
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