Lesson 3 Experiment in folk

Teaching aims:

To practice the vocabulary relating to music

To read and understand a newspaper article

To practice using adverbial clauses of cause, result and purpose with because, as, since, so that and so/such...that.

To express opinions and give reasons for them

Teaching difficulties:

To practice using adverbial clauses of cause, result and purpose with because, as, since, so that and so/such...that.

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

First listen to a piece of music called "Er Quan Ying Yue"

T: Then ask students "What do you think of the music you just listen to?" "What kind of music is it?"

S:

T: Chinese folk music sounds so wonderful and special. It is our cultural treasure. Our nation is proud of Chinese folk music. We have a lot of top musicians, can you name some famous musician?

S:

T: Show some slides such as Nie Er, Xian Xinghai, Hua yanjun. Then give some information about musician and ask students to guess who it is.

1. He was born in Guangdong province in 1905. He is called people's musician.

2. He wrote many songs such as On Taihang Mountain and the famous Yellow River chorus.

3. He died in Russia when he went there to study.

S:

Answer: Xian Xinghai