Unit 6 I like music that I can dance to.
I. Teaching aims and teaching demands:
(1) Knowledge Objects: In this unit , students should learn to express preferences using the target language with the relative clause.
(2) Ability Objects: To train students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with relative clause.
(3) Moral Objects: Music is a kind of language that can be understood by the people all over the world.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Vocabulary
Lyric, gentle, remind of, exhibition, prefer, photographer, energy, taste, be bad for, stay away from,
B. Target language
What kind of music do you like?
I like music that I can sing along with. What about you?
I prefer music that has great lyrics.
C. Structures
Relative clauses with that and who.
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods and communicative approaches.
IV. Learning strategies: Reflecting and transforming information
V. Teaching aids: a tape recorder and CAI
VI. This unit is divided into seven periods.
The First Period
I. Teaching aims and demands:
1.Knowledge Objects
key Vocabulary: prefer, lyric
Target language: I
What kind of music do you like?
I like music that I can sing along with. What about you?
I prefer music that has great lyrics.
2.Ability Objects
(1).Train students’ listening skills.
(2).Train students to express preferences.
3. Moral Objects
Let’s enjoy music. It always brings us happiness.
II. Teaching key and difficult points:
A. Target language
B. prefer, lyric
III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods
IV. Teaching aids: a tape recorder ,some tapes of different kinds of music.
V. Teaching procedure
Activity 1. Revision
1.Dictation. Words in Unit1-5.
2.Ask and answer: What kind of music do you like best?
pop music, classical music, jazz music, country music.
Activity 2.Vocabulary
Task 1. Introduces the new words to the students with sentences.
Say the words and have the students repeat over again until they are pronounced fluently and accurately.
prefer, lyric
Present the relative clauses:
Write: …that are red . on the blackboard. Point to it and say a sentence with it.
e.g.: I like flowers that are red. I like gloves that are red.
I like shoes that are red. I like cars that are red.
…. that is big I like the apple that is big.
I like music that makes me relaxed.
I like music that I can sing along with.
that has great lyrics.
that I can dance to.
that isn’t too loud.
Repeat the sentences .Read the instructions to the class and finish the task.
Activity2. Listening
This activity provides students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.
Task 1 . Ask the students to read the instructions: Say , you will have a conversation.
Task 2.Play the recording the first time .Students only listen.
3.Play the recording again. Ask the students to check the kinds of music Yony and Betty like.
Then check the answers.
Activity 3. Pairwork
This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.
Read the instructions to the class. First ask a pair of students to read the conversation in the box. Then get them practice in pairs using the information in 1a.
Call the students’ attention to the phrases in the left box. Invite a student to read the statements in Activity 1a.
Write the sentences on the Bb. Ask the students to work in pairs.
