Period 4 Using Language

Teaching Goals:

1. To improve Ss' listening ability.

2. To ensure Ss have really grasped the important words and phrases of the unit.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Listening

Purpose: To help Ss improve the listening ability.

1. Pre-listening

(1) Ask Ss to look at the photos of the three great scientists on P30 and say something about them. Then ask them the following questions.

① Do you know about some background knowledge of these three great scientists ?

② Can you say something about them?

(2) Ask Ss to look through Ex1 and Ex2 on P30 and get fully prepared for listening to the tape.

2. Listening

(1) Ask Ss to listen to the tape and finish Ex1 on P30.

(2) Play the tape again and ask Ss to check the answers in pairs.

(3) Ask Ss to listen to the tape for the third time and finish Ex2 on P30. Then have some of them explain their answers.