UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA
LESSON 5. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: - how to pronounce the sound / eɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ correctly.
- Students revise the present perfect and because of and in spite of.
2. Knowledge: + Language:
- Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/.
- present perfect tense.
- Because of and in spite of.
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: Students may confuse the use of because of and in spite
of.
III. Teaching aids: board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking: (5mins)
- Ask one st to tell the whole class the advantages and
disadvantages of one of the mass media.
- Ask another st to give remarks.
- Check and give a mark.
2. Pronunciation: (10 mins)
- Aims: to introduce three sounds /eɪ/,/aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ and
help sts to practise these sounds.
a. Write three sounds on the board and pronounce them
clearly twice, then ask sts to repeat.
- Then ask sts to work in pairs to read the words again
so that they can check for each other.
- Move around to help .
- Ask two sts to read again and give remarks.
b. Ask sts to look at sentences in page 79 in the book.
- Ask them to work in pairs to read the sentences and
then find out the words containing sound /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and
/ɔɪ/
- Ask them to work in 2 minutes.
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud.
- Listen and give remarks.
3. Grammar: (29 mins)
Aims: to revise the present perfect and "because of"
and "in spite of" and have sts do Ex1, EX 2 and EX3.
a. The present perfect tense: - Give two examples:
eg: I've known her for five years.
We have been here since 7.00 a.m.
- Ask sts to think about the use of the present perfect in
these sentences.
- Report and recall the use of since and for.
b. Present the use of because of and in spite of through
some examples.
- One st speaks aloud in front of the
whole class.
- Give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Write down three sounds.
- Listen to the teacher and repeat.
- Look at the book , listen and repeat.
/eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/
play time voice
today wildlife noise
radio height toy
...........................
- Read these words in pairs and check
for their partners.
- Look at the book and work in pairs.
- Answers:
/eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/
afraid ninety-nine noisiest
made type Royce
mistake Friday oil
changed like boy
...............................
- Read the examples.
Eg1: Because of being ill Mary didn't
go to school.
In spite of being ill Tom went to
school.
Eg2: Because of the rain we stopped
playing football.
In spite of the rain they continued
playing football.