Period 6 Listening & extensive reading

Step 1 revision

1. Check homework

2. revise part 1 and part 2

Step 2 lead-in

Let's go on with Journey Down The Mekong River (part 3) with Wang Wei. The next day the travellers see a girl walking along the road. Wang Kun speaks to her.

Turn to page 23 and do the listening text. Before listening to the tape, please read the words fast, then tick the words you hear on the tape.

Ex 1,2,3

Step 3. Reading

read the passage: The End Of Our Journey on page 59

Task 1 Fast reading

1. Do children in Cambodia have a good education?

2. Why did Wang Kun say that he felt lucky?

3. What's the difference between Vientiane and Phnom Penh?

4. Which country is larger, Cambodia or Vietnam?

5. How many times did the farmer grow a new rice crop every year?

Task 2 Ss fill in the form with the information from the travel journal.

Topic Laos Cambodia Vietnam Population Half the population of Cambodia

Twice the population of Laos

Seven times the population Cambodia

Weather Dry and cool in autumn

Warmer in the south, cooler in the north

Learning Half of its people can't read or write