江苏省沭阳县潼阳中学高中英语Unit1LivingwithtechnologyTask教案牛津译林版

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M7 Unit 1 Living with technology Period 7 Task: Helping buy an electronic dictionary

I. Teaching aims:

1.To improve the students’ listening and writing skills.

2.To help the students to write an email to give advice.

II. Tea ching important point:

How to improve students’ listening and writing.

III. Teaching difficult point:

Students will apply what they have learnt to practice by fulfilling some written tasks. IV. Procedures:

Skills building 1: listening for what is most important

Suppose you are listening to the announcement about a gather-together, what information is most important?

time, place, activity arrangement, attendance &other details

So, when listening, we need to be able to select and note down specific information, which is the words and phrases that the speaker uses to let us know what is most important. You are expected to learn some expression that can be used to show the importance.

Read the guidelines in Skills building 1 on Page 10. Focus on the expressions the speaker might use to show that something is important.

Step 1: taking notes of requi rements

1. Pair work:

Have a discussion with your partner:

If you want to buy an electronic dictionary for study, what should you pay special attention to? Would you talk to your parents or your f riends and ask them for advice?

2. An uncle wants to buy an electronic dictionary for his son. Let’s listen to the uncle. List the requirements and then put a cross beside the item that is not very important.

3. Now, let’s listen to a salesman showing two types of new electronic dictionaries. Takes notes of some useful information beside each item.

4. The salesperson shows you two leaflets that advertise two electronic dictionaries. Read

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through them and complete your notes in Part B on Page 11. Complete the notes in part B.

5. Discussion in groups of four and choose the type of electronic dictionary you think is most suitable for your uncle. You’d better state your reasons.

Skills building 2: asking for information by telephone

1. To obtain information, what are we supposed to do when we are making a phone?

2. Read the first pair of speech bubbles. Have a discussion: Are there any problems in the speech bubbles? If so, what are the problems?

3. Read the guidelines in Part 1 and 3. Learn to use the language mentione d in this part. Step 2: telephoning a company

Now, let’s use the skills we just learned to have a telephone conversation with others. Suppose you need to call the customer service department of the electronic d ictionary company and ask for more information about the electronic dictionary.

1. Read the points carefully and raise as many questions as you can about each point. For example: How long can the batteries last?

2. Work in pairs with one acting as the customer and the other as the salesperson in the customer serv ice department. After that, I’d like you to act it out in front of the classroom.

Skills buildin g 3: writing to give advice

Sometimes we need to write to someone to give advice. What shall we pay attention to when presenting our advice? In a word, we are supposed to express the advice simply, clearly and politely. In this part, we’ll learn how to write to someone to give advice.

1. Read the instructions in this part. Keep the points in mind.

2. Revise the usage of the words advise, suggest and recommend.

e.g.1) I advised him to stop smoking. = I advised that he (should) stop smoking.

I can recommend their pizza.

2) They suggested another development program to the government.

May I suggest going there by train?

She suggested that we (should) have lunch at eh new restaurant.

3) Would recommend a good dictionary to me? = Would you recommend me a good dictionary?

I recommend going by subway.

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3 The doctor recommended me to take a long rest.

The teacher recommended that we (should) read the novel. = The teacher recommended

us to read the novel.

Step 3: writing an e-mail with advice

As mentioned above, you are expected to express the advice simply, clearly a nd poli tely. Now, let’s have a practice. Let’s write an e-mail with advice to recommend one of the electronic dictionaries using the information gathered in Steps 1 and 2.

1. First let’s divided into small groups and then make an arrangement. Remember each member of the group should contribute to the planning of the outline of the e-mail.

2. I’d like several to read your e-mails to the class.

Step 4. Homework

Finish the writing task after class.

V. Design of writing on blackboard:

VI. Record after teaching:

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