vocabulary and sentences related to the topic of this module.Besides,the providing some questions make them know what to write themselves.This activity can be divided into the following steps:the students read the passage and answer the questions individually;work in pairs asking and answering questions;the teacher raises the last question to inspire the students with the structure of the passage.Before writing the teacher had better make the students read the passage once more.Ask them to plan their writing by listing the problems and possible solutions.They may exchange work with a partner for peer-checking of language,structure and content.Time permitting,the teacher may ask a few good ones to read their work to the whole class.
Everyday English
This section requests the students to make sense of the four English expressions listed.First encourage the students to do this activity individually and then check with a partner.Call back the answers from the whole class,having one students read the original sentence,and another the paraphrase.To consolidate this section the teacher may say some sentences or phrases similar to the ones they learned in this part and then ask the students to paraphrase them.
Cultural Corner
The passage in this part introduces to us the Congestion Charge the London government adopted in order to lessen the stress of traffic problems.To start with,the teacher may ask the students some questions.With the questions in mind,the students may read the passage quickly.In answering them,the teacher may divide the students into a few groups.The Teaching Procedures can be planned according to the level of the students and the time permitted.If the students are good enough and the teaching time is abundant,activities can be carried out fully in class.Otherwise,some Teaching Procedures may be omitted or done after class.
Task
The task of this module is to complete a poster giving advice to visitor to a city or a town.The teacher may encourage the students to ask and answer questions using the questions listed in the text book or even come up with their questions themselves.They had better try to set as many questions as they can and provide solutions.The solutions may be written down in the form of key words for the writing of the poster.Remind the students to use proper modifiers to make the poster more attractive.The better ones may demonstrate their works to the whole class.
Module File
This part is a summary as well as a self-assessment of this module.It may help the students to know whether they have mastered the main points or not.If time permits,the teacher may have a revision of this module by analyzing this part and consolidate it with some exercises.
Five periods for teaching
Period 1:Introduction;Reading and Vocabulary
Period 2:Function;Listening and Speaking
Period 3:Vocabulary;Pronunciation;Grammar
Period 4:Speaking;Writing;Everyday English
Period 5:Cultural Corner;Task;Module File
Period 1 Introduction;Reading and Vocabulary
The General Idea of This Period
The topic in this module is "Traffic Jam".The Introduction introduces to us the vocabulary of all kinds of transportation and it includes three activities.To begin with,the teacher may ask the students a few questions.Or you may present to the class the pictures of means of