UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA
LESSON 3. LISTENING
I. Objectives:
1. General knowledge: Sts understand 2 news stories on the radio.
2. Language:
- The simple present tense.
- Vocabulary on adjs to describe weather.
3. Skills:
- Listening: tick on the word they heard, fill in the gaps, answer the questions
- Speaking: Retell the stories
II. Anticipated problems:
- Sts have to fill in the gaps with long groups of words.
- The answers to some question are too long.
III. Teaching aids: Textbook, tape
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Before you listen: (10mins)
Aims: focus sts on the topic and review/ introduce the
words and phrases used in the listening text.
+ Pairwork:
- Work in pairs and asks each other questions.
- How often do you listen to the radio?
- Which program do you like listening to?
- Do you like listening to strange stories?
- Ask some sts to give their answer.
+ New words
+ Mount (n): e.g.: Mount Everest
+ in spite of + N (phr): = despite + N = Although +
Clause
- Give some examples
- Ask some sts to read the words again.
2. While you listen:
+ Task 1: (7 mins)
Aims: Practise listening and tick the word they hear.
- Play the tape twice and ask sts to compare their answer
in pairs.
- Check sts’ answer.
- Play the tape once again, stop the tape where necessary
and conduct the correction.
+ Task 2: (10 mins)
Aims: Practise listening for specific information by filling
in the gaps.
- Ask sts to have a look at the stories in the textbook and
read them in pairs and make sure they understand them. T
encourages sts to guess the words/ phrases to fill in the
gaps.
- Ask sts to listen to the tape once or twice again to fill in
the gaps with the missing words/phrases.
- Ask sts to compare their answer in pairs.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer the
questions
- Some sts stand up and give their
answer.
- 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.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the tape and do the task
- Compare their answer.
- Give their answer.
News story 1: strong, cloudy.
News story 2: healthy, young, highest,
wonderful
- Check their answer, say it aloud, and
then correct their work if they have the
wrong answer.
- Work in pairs to read the passages
and try to fill in the gaps.
- Listen and do the task.
- Give their answer.
News story 1
1. has caused floods
2. has left their homes
3. have risen
4. two metres
5. has stopped
6. cloudy
7. strong wind