Module 3 Music

Speaking and Writing

Teaching Aims:

1. Knowledge and Skill

a. To develop speaking ability by talking about likes and dislikes.

b. To learn about some vocabulary and knowledge related to music and composers.

c. To develop writing ability by presenting a biography of a famous Chinese musician or composer.

d. Train the ability of collecting and dealing with information, and develop their abilities of getting new information, communication and cooperation.

2.Emotion and Values

a. To raise students' interests in science and form the right attitude towards all kinds of music.

b. To help them know Chinese traditional music well and cultivate their interest in playing some Chinese instrument.

3. Character-building:

a. To make them know how to enjoy different kinds of music.

b. Arouse their interest of playing some kinds of instrument and enrich their leisure time.

4. Cross-cultural awareness

a. To help them know the difference between China and some western countries in instruments.

b. Cultivate their awareness of cultural communication through the special language-music.

Difficulties and Importance:

a. To make the students understand and grasp the vocabulary and knowledge related to music.

b. To enable the students to know how to use adverbial clause of time.

Teaching Method:

a. Task-based methodology

b. Communicative Approach

Teaching Procedures：

Step 1 Pre-reading