Teaching Aim:
To learn and practise their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
To learn how to write down the answers, how to express agreement and disagreement, as well as how to write a letter.
To learn how to write a letter
To get some practical advice on making lasting friendship
Teaching Key Points:
The usage of ‘anxious’
Teaching Difficulties:
How to write a letter
Teaching Procedure:
Step One: Skill Building 1
T: (Greet the class as usual) In this part we will learn how to write a letter and it is divided into three steps. And now we’ll go through them one by one to improve your language skills. Please open your book to page 12. Read the instructions and tell me the guidelines for writing down the answers when interviewing someone and the sentence patterns you can use when you do not understand or hear an answer
Ss: Guidelines are:
Think about what questions to ask and write them down in advance.
Write brief notes only, not whole sentences.
Make meaningful notes. You need to be able to understand them later.
Use contractions and abbreviations whenever possible
We can use following expressions to ask the other person to repeat
Could you say that again?
Could you repeat that, please?
Did you say ... or …?
T: Ok. Next will listen to a interview and then write short answers to the questions. The first one has been done for you. Before the listening, read the instruction in the speech bubble and then think about the following questions:
1) What things might worry you when you move to new place?
How to find your way around, meet new people, make friends
2) What are some ways to meet a new neighbour?
Visit their homes with a small gift; join a local club or activity group
3) What are some things you should do when you meet a person for the first time?
Be open and honest about yourself; ask the other person about herself or himself; actively listen to her/his words
4) If you want to meet people with similar interests to yours, what can you do?
Join a local club or activity group
5) What are some things you should do if you want to make true friends?
Always be there for them; listen to what they have to say; be honest about yourself and your feelings
(First ask students to discuss freely. Then ask them to share their answers. This discussion can help students to understand the recording better. Then play the recording twice, stopping after each answer so that students have time to fill in the blanks)
Step Two: Calling Teen Talk for advice
T: Good! I think after we have learnt this you will get on better with others but if you are in trouble, what will you do? Please talk about the next questions:
1) What do you do when you have a personal problem?
2) Would you talk to your parents or your friends and ask them for advice?
3) Have you ever called a radio programs for advice?
(After the discussion, have students read the leaflet about Teen Talk and do the exercise in part A)
Teen Talk
1. You can contact Teen Talk by: e-mail/fax/phone/website.(circle)
2. Teen Talk never closes. True □ False □
3. Callers problems will be reported to parents. True □ False □
4. Teen Talk listen to ______________________________________
5. Teen Talk offers ________________________________________
Suggested Answers:
1. phone 2.T 3.F 4.teenagers’ problems 5.advice
T: Well done. Next we will listen to a conversation between a student and Barbara from Teen Talk. The student is having problems at school with two friends and decides to phone Teen Talk for some advice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks:
1) Reasons for calling Teen Talk: _____________________________
2) Description of the problem: _______________________________
3) Feelings about the problem: _______________________________
4) Teen Talk’s advice: ______________________________________
5) Planned actions to overcome the problem: ____________________
Suggested Answers:
1. Have a problem and don’t know who to talk to
2. Have two very different friends and they don’t like each other
3. feel trapped and divided between the two
4. Write a letter to each friend and explain the problem; let the three of you meet outside of school
5. Write a letter, ask friends to meet at their favorite café on Sunday; talk and get to know each other better.
( Ask students to read their answers one by one. Check for mistakes.)
Step Three: Skill Building 2
T: Now let’s go on with the next step. We will learn how to express agreement and disagreement in English in a polite way. Please read the instructions to tell me useful expressions or sentence patterns.
Agreeing Disagreeing
I agree with you on/that …
I am of the same opinion (as…)
Exactly
That’s a good point.
That’s how I feel (about…) too.
That’s right.
You’ve got a point. I don’t agree.
I’m not sure that’s true
I see things slightly differently.
Perhaps you are mistaken.
Really? I don’t think that …
I take your point, but …
That’s true, but …
T: Ok. Next we will use these expressions to discuss the topics below:
1) Friendship is an important part of my life.
2) A good friend must be honest, kind, and have a sense of humour.
3) One or two food friends are better than 100 acquaintances.
( Put the class into three groups, each group chooses a different topic listed above. Encourage them to express themselves freely. Make sure every student have a chance to speak.)
Step Four: Writing a letter to a friend
T: So in the last step we will write a letter to a friend. You should pay attention to the form of a letter in English. The following information should be included:
your feelings about friendship
the qualities of a good friend
our feelings about best friend
what makes a good friendship last
Step Five: Language Points
1) anxious adj. 令人焦慮不安的；充滿焦慮的
be anxious about … 憂慮；擔心；害怕 ……
be anxious for … 渴望有……；渴望得到……
be anxious to do … 渴望去做某事
e.g. We are anxious about his safety.
e.g. Tom has been anxious for the promotion for years.
e.g. He is anxious to enter for the competition.
Step Six: Homework:
to go over the Task
to complete the letter after class
to preview the Project