Module 4 period 4

The General Idea of This Period

Study the grammar: the Present Perfect Tense 1.Make sure the students know the differences between the Present Perfect Tense and the Past Tense. Do some listening and learn some new words.

Teaching Aims

1. Enable the students to learn and master some new words.

2. Improve the students' reading ability.

3. Study how to use the Present Perfect Tense.

Teaching Important Points

1. Help the students to learn the Grammar: the Present Perfect Tense.

2. Improve the students' listening ability.

Teaching Difficult Points

1. Help the students to learn the Grammar: the Present Perfect Tense.

2. How to improve the students' listening ability.

Teaching Methods

1. Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.

2. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids

1. a tape recorder

2. a projector and some slides 

Teaching Procedures

 Step 1 Greetings and Lead-in 

T: Good morning/afternoon, everyone.

S: Good morning/afternoon, teacher.

T: Sit down, please. Boys and girls, we have learned some new words and a dialogue. I think you have mastered the words and have read the dialogue for many times. What do I say? Who can repeat them?

S: We can.(Repeat)

T: Who can tell me what tense I used in the sentences?

S: I can. It is the Present Perfect Tense.

 Step 2 Discussion and Practice

T: Right. Let's look at these sentences.(Show them on the screen.)

1. I've seen quite a lot of China. 

2. I've visited some beautiful cities.

3. They've just completed it.

4. They've put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently.

5. A friend's told me about a nice little fish restaurant here.

6. It has been six years since we last saw each other, you know. (First get the students to discuss and compare these sentences. Then the teacher discuss with them.)