UNIT 9 – LESSON 3: C. lIsTENING
I. Objectives:
1. General knowledge: - Sts know about the whales
2. Language: - Parts of the world - Vocabulary on sea animals.
3. Skills: - Listening: choose True/ False statements, answer the questions
- Speaking: Talk about whales
II. Anticipated problems: - Too many new words. - The tape's quality is not very
good.
III. Teaching aids: Textbook , tape, pictures of whales and other sea animals.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Homework checking: (7 mins)
One sts talks about what people should do to protect the
oceans.
2. Before you listen: (10 mins)
Aims: to focus sts on the topic and review/ introduce the words
and phrases used in the listening text.
a. Focus sts on the picture of a whale and ask sts to answer the
following questions:
- What animal is the largest in the world?
- What do you know about whales?
- Why do people think whales are not fish?
- Why do people keep hunting whales?
- Ask some sts to give their answer.
b. Introduces some new words
- 'mammal (n): the animal that raise the young on milk
- whaling (n): hunting whales
- krill(n): tiny shellfish found in the seas (whales feed on
krill)
- mig'rate(v): to move from one place to another according
to season
- conser'vation (n): taking care of st, the prevention of loss,
damage.....
- feeding / bearing ground (n): the place where a species of
animal find food/ give birth.
- an/a/the increase/ decrease in st(phr):
- International whaling Commission: an organization
responsible for the number of whales hunted.
- measure(n): an action taken to achieve a purpose
- Read the words and ask sts to repeat.
- Ask sts to read the words in pairs.
- Ask some sts to read the words again.
- Ask sts to refer to the map of the world in the textbook (p.
94) and revise parts of the world, the oceans and discuss where
there are cold waters.
3. While you listen: (17 mins)
+ Task 1:
Aims: Sts practise listening and marking True/ False
statements.
- Tell sts that they are going to listen to a talk about whales.
One st presents. Others listen and
give remarks.
- Discuss in groups.
Some sts stand up and give their
answer.
Sts copy the words and phrases.
- Listen and repeat.
- Read the words in pairs and correct
each other’s mistakes.
- Some individuals read the words
aloud.
- Look at the map, recall parts of the
world, the oceans and discuss where
there are cold waters.
- Listen to the T.
- Work in pairs to guess if the
statements are true or false.
- Listen to the tape and do the task
- Compare their answer.
- Give their answer.
1. F. It's the largest animal on
earth.
2. T 3. T
4. F. They are in danger because
some people are still killing them for
food
5. T