21世纪大学实用英语综合教程2 Unit 4

Useful Language in a unique way, e.g., asking students to come up with a particular word from the box so as to activate a free talk; B. plays the short talk once more, or twice more if necessary, and asks class to complete the summary as required; C. has a brief discussion with the students on the summary of the short talk; D. plays the talk again with an emphasis on details so that students can fill in the blanks of the text.
language use exercises either in class or after class.
The teacher A. explains some classified ads; B. gives the students 5 to 10 minutes to do the
exercise.
learned in the first period of listening practice; B. makes a meaningful transition to Text A.
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Time
Contents
Text A & Textrelated Exercises
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Time 1 period
Contents
Themerelated Listening
Plan
Sections 3, 4 & 5 The teacher A. keeps the theme in mind while making a
transition from the short talk to the two dialogues; B. handles Useful Language in a unique way, e.g., asking students to imagine a situation in which a particular word/phrase can be used; C. plays the first dialogue once, or twice if necessary, and asks students to do the T/F exercise as required to explore the main idea; D. plays the first dialogue once more for the details so that students will have no trouble answering the questions;
1 period Speaking
The teacher A. fully understands what the exercises are
intended to do;
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Contents Speaking
Plan
B. in Ex. 1 asks class if there are some statements they are unfamiliar with for clarification, and then assign the match task to students before they speak each pair out as required (Be flexible with the match.);
F. checks the answers in a meaningful way, e.g. , making a list of the good characters mentioned in the dialogue.
Review The teacher A. has a brief review of what students have
Time 1.5 periods
0.5 period
Contents Text B & Textrelated Exercises
Practical Reading
Plan
The teacher A. asks the students to go over the text and do
the multiple choice questions about it; B. lets the students do the vocabulary and
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Time Contents
1 period Themerelated Listening
3 periods
Reing Sections
Plan
E. plays the second dialogue once, or twice if necessary, and then asks students to do the listening comprehension exercises;
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Text A & Textrelated Exercises
Plan
D. gives the students 10 minutes to read Text A and find out the answer from the text;
Plan
Starter After finishing the listening tasks, the teacher turns to Text A of the unit. To begin, the teacher
A. asks the students the following questions: Have you ever heard of The Jonas Brothers? What are their names? What do they do?
B. shows the pictures of the Jonas Brothers, and introduces their names, telling the students that they are a musical band;
C. asks a further question: Do you know what happened to the younger brother Nick?
C. asks class to read loud the dialogue in Ex. 1 before doing the role-play either with the script used by turns or with it completely free;
D. in Ex. 2 asks class whether they have an inspiration, and then asks one student to read loud the example monologue before encouraging some students to carry out the task.
the students’ homework; B. helps the students learn how to write an
introduction letter by doing the first exercise in Practical Writing, and then requires them to do the next two exercises after class; C. plays the song “A Little Bit Longer” in class and asks the students to fill in the blanks in the lyrics. (This can be done as students’ homework if there isn’t much time left in class);
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II. Suggested Teaching Plan for Unit 4
Time Contents
Plan
1 period Themerelated Listening
Sections 1 & 2 To start the new unit, the teacher A. plays the short talk once before handling
E. asks a question about the title: Now that you have read the text, do you have a better idea about the meaning of the title “Rock Steady” now?
Text A The teacher A. discusses the whole text with the students; B. guides the students through the
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I. Objectives From studying this unit, students are expected to 1. have listening and speaking practices to know what an
inspiration means and acquire the theme-related expressions and their functional structures; 2. understand the main ideas of Text A and Text B, master the useful sentence structures, words and expressions found in the relevant exercises of the first two texts; 3. know the use of dash in writing; 4. be able to read classified ads; 5. be able to write an introduction letter.
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I. Objectives II. Suggested Teaching Plan III. Background Information IV. Class Presentation
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Part I Listening Part II Reading Part III Speaking Part IV Translation & Writing Part V Time to Relax Video Exercises
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Time Contents
Plan
1 period Translation and Writing, Time to Relax & Workbook
The teacher A. leaves the sentence translation exercise as
exercises, focusing on certain items or leaving some exercises as the students’ homework according to the students’ levels.
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