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Starter Unit 2 What’s this in English?
(3a-4d)
Teaching Aims
· Language goals
Learn to spell words.
· Key words and phrases
spell, please
· Key sentences
—What's this / that in English?
—It's a map.
—Spell it, please.
—M-A-P.
Teaching Difficulties
Let Ss learn to spell words.
Teaching Aids
multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Teaching Procedures
Tips
Step 1 Warming up
· Revision
Show PPT P5, ask Ss to match each big letter with its small letter.
· Lead in
Pair up, ask Ss to guess what is behind the shadow. They are expected to use the structure: —What’s this / that in English? —It’s a / an ...
Answers: pen, orange, key, cup (a cup of tea / coffee)
Step 2 Presentation & Practice (3a-3d)
While-listening
3a
· Try 3a as a “Listen, draw and label” task.
Have Ss close their textbooks. Play the recording, pausing after each item so Ss can quickly draw the item. After the recording is finished, have Ss label their pictures (orange, key, map, etc.). To make the activity easier, write a list of possible labels on the board for Ss to choose from and copy. Check answers as a class.
Answers: Top row (left to right): 5, 2, 7, 1
Bottom row (left to right): 4, 6, 3, 8
3b
· Ask Ss to listen and complete the words under the pictures in 3a.
Have Ss try to spell the words first and then listen to check their answers. In this way, Ss have more time to think about the words. T can also instruct Ss to listen for specific sounds in the words based on what they have written.
Answers: Top row (left to right): a ruler, a map, a jacket, a key
Bottom row (left to right): a quilt, an orange, a pen, a cup
3c
· Ask Ss to listen to the conversation, then practice with their partner.
Explain to Ss that there are many ways to ask someone how to spell a word. Write the following on the board:
Spell it, please.
How do you spell that?
How do you spell “cup”?
How is it spelled?
What’s the spelling?
After completing 3c, have Ss practice the c