UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS
C: LISTENING
I. AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
1. Language focus
- To develop students’ listening skills for general, specific information.
- To provide students with the way to report a book new words and phrases
2. Skills: To develop their listening skills for general ideas and specific
information
3. Attitudes: To encourage Ss work in pairs and groups
II. PREPARATION
1. Teacher: - Teaching aids: Lesson plan, text book, radio, tape
- Teaching method: Communicative language teaching
2. Students: - Read Unit 12 – listening at home
III. PROCEDURE
1. Class organization (1 minute)
2. Check – up (5 minutes) - Some pairs of Ss do task 2 and task 4 (speaking)
again
3. New lesson (35 minutes)
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
1. Before you listen
- Work in pairs, discuss the questions
+ This kind of sports is called synchronized swimming. It’s
played in a pool without equipment. People play it in a team.
- Read out the words in “listen and repeat” and check
understanding
Before you listen
Instructs Ss to read the words in
“listen and repeat”
2. While you listen
Task 1
- Read out the information in task 1, check understanding
and guess the answer if possible.
- Work individually listen to the tape and do task 1
- Compare the answer with their partners
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
Task 2
- Read out the information in task 2, check understanding
and guess the answer.
- Work in pairs ask and answer the questions
1. Annette Kellerman did 2. In 1923
3. Katherine Curtis did 4. In 1946 5. In 1984
While you listen
- Asks Ss to pay attention to key
words
- Plays the tape twice
- Calls some Ss to give the answers
- Plays the tape again, checks the
answers
- Plays the tape twice
- Calls some pairs of Ss to give the
answers
- Plays the tape again, checks the
answers
3. After you listen
- Work in groups, talk about the history of synchronized
swimming
After you listen
4. Consolidation (3 minutes) - Words and phrases
- Summarize the listening passage
5. Homework (1 minute) - Words and phrases
- Talk about the history of synchronized
swimming