UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
LESSON 5. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: Distinguish the sound // from the sound /a:/
Students revise Wh-questions and V-ing and to infinitive.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - informal letters.
b. Language:
- Pronunciation: / / and /a:/
- Wh- questions
- V-ing and to infinitive.
3. Skills:
+ Speaking: work in pairs to ask and answer Wh- questions.
+ Reading: Read words and sentences aloud.
-Read the passages and sentences silently to do the exercises.
II. Anticipated problems:
+ Problems: pronounce / / and /a:/ correctly.
+ Solutions: Explain carefully the diference between two sounds .
III. Teaching aids: - board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm-up: (3mins)
- Aims: to introduce the topic and to raise sts' interest.
- Write on the boards two sentences:
eg: My cousin is my uncle's son.
I want to read this example.
- Ask one st to read the examples aloud.
- Check whether they pronounce correctly, then ask the
whole class to read the sentences again.
- Point at underlined words and introduce the topic;"
Today we will practise pronouncing two sounds / / and /
a:/.
2. Pronunciation: (15 mins)
a. Write two sounds on the board and pronounce them
clearly twice, then ask sts to repeat.
- Tell sts the difference between two sounds.
- Ask them to look at the textbook, listen and repeat.
b. Ask sts to look at sentences in page 29 in the book.
- Ask the to work in pairs to read the sentences and then
find out the words containing sound // and the words
containing sound /a:/.
- Ask them to work in 4 minutes.
- Check and give remarks.
3. Grammar and vocabulary: (25 mins)
a. Wh- questions:
- T: What are Wh- questions?
- Ask sts to give examples.
- Check and give remarks.
b. V-ing and To infinitive:
- Ask them about the cases to use to infinitive.
- Check and add any information if necessary.
- Look at the board.
- Look at the book , listen and repeat.
study far
subject father
.................
- Read these words in pairs and check
for their partners.
- Look at the book and work in pairs.-
Answers:
/ / /a:/
love dancing
much stars
- S: They are questions beginning with
" what, who, where, how,etc".
................
- Look at the textbook.
- make questions then ask and answer
with their partners.
V-ing:
- After some verbs:
admit, avoid,admit,give up, like, love,
enjoy, finish, keep, mind, postpone,
practise, suggest, consider, etc.
- Go + V-ing: go camping
go dancing, go shopping, go swimming,
etc.
- After prepositions.
To infinitive:
- after some verbs: afford, arrange,
choose, manage, refuse, promise, want,