The General Idea of This Period

This class, we are going to do some listening exercises to enable the students' abilities of listening. Also train the students writing ability. Besides, ask the students to answer questions, using the correct expressions.

Teaching Aims

1. Learn listening and writing.

2. To learn and use Everyday English.

3. To train the students' abilities of listening and writing.

4. Pay attention to word stress.

Teaching Important Points

1. To learn Everyday English and complete the sentences.

2. To train the students' listening and writing.

Teaching Difficult Point

To improve the students' listening ability.

Teaching Aids

1. a tape recorder

2. the multimedia

3. some pictures.

Teaching Procedures

 Step 1 Greeting and Lead-in

1. Introduction:

(Show a picture.)

Do you know this great woman? She is a 90yearold silent movie actress called Mary Lennon. She was born in England, but went to America to make films in the 1930s.

 Step 2 Listening

1. Play the tape for the students to listen for the first time.

2. Get the students to look at the questions carefully.

3. Show the questions on the screen.

Q1: When did the first go to America?

Q2: How old was she?

Q3: How did she get there?

Q4: What did she do in New York?

Q5: How did she get from New York to California?

Q6: Where did she stop on the way?

Q7: What did she think of Los Angles? 4. Play the tape for the second time, then give suggested answers: 

(1)In 1934

(3)By ship

(4)She met a lot of people and she went to some parties.

(5)By train.

(6)Chicago