UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION
LESSON 5. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims:
- Sound /ə / from the sound /ɜ:/ and pronounce them correctly.
- Students revise the present progressive (with a future meaning) and be going to
2. Knowledge: + Language: Pronunciation: /ə / and /ɜ:/
- The present progressive (with a future meaning). "Be going to".
3. Skills: + Speaking: - Work in pairs to discuss the exercises.
+ Reading: - Read words and sentences aloud.
- Read the sentences silently to do the exercises.
II. Anticipated problems: Sound /ə / from sound /ɜ:/ pronouncing them correctly.
III. Teaching aids: board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking: (5 mins)
- Ask one st to read his/her confirmation letter aloud .
- Ask another st to give remarks.
- Check and give a mark.
2. Pronunciation: (10 mins)
- Aims: to introduce two sound /ə / and /ɜ:/ and help sts
to practise these sounds.
a. Write two sounds on the board and pronounce them
clearly twice, then ask sts to repeat.
- Move around to help .
- Ask two sts to read again and give remarks.
b. Ask sts to look at sentences in page 60 in the book.
- Ask them to work in pairs to read the sentences and
then find out the words containing sound /ə / and the
words containing sound / ɜ:/.
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud.
- Listen and give remarks.
3. Grammar: (29 mins)
Aims: to revise the present progressive with a future
meaning, " be going to" and have sts do Ex 1, EX 2 and
EX 3.- Give two examples:
eg: Fiona is having a birthday party next Saturday.
I'm feeling unwell so I'm going to see the doctor
some time this week.
- Ask sts to think about the use of present progressive
and " be going to" in these sentences.
- Ask one st to present.
- Remind sts that "be going to" can also be used to
predict something with some evidence.
Eg: The ceiling looks unsafe. I think it's going to fall.
- Notes: Avoid using the present progressive with " be"
and " go"
- Ask some sts to give examples.
+ Exercise 1:
- One st speaks aloud in front of the
whole class.
- Give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Write down two sounds.
- Listen to the teacher and repeat.
- Look at the book , listen and repeat.
/ ə / / ɜ:/
teacher bird
together work
about church
.................
- Read these words in pairs and check
for their partners.
- Look at the book and work in pairs.
- Answers:
/ ə / / ɜ:/
about heard
pagoda excursion
father birds
teacher learning
river German
................
- Read the examples.
+ The present progressive: a definite
arrangement.
+ "Be going to": an intention to do
something in the future although no
definite arrangement has been made.
- Listen to the T attentively and take
notes.
- Do the task individually and then share
their ideas with their friends.