内容正文:
Teaching and Learning Design
Book3 Unit3 Diverse Cultures
教学设计
Period 5
Teaching and learning contents: Listening and Talking
Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives:
By the end of this period, the students will have been able to:
1) Know about ethnic minority cultures in Guizhou, China and listen to the conversation for specific information;
2) Talk about a trip to an ethnic minority region in China and experience of ethnic minority cultures.
Teaching and learning important points:
Listening comprehension and talking about ethnic minority cultures in China.
Teaching and learning difficult points:
Listening comprehension and talking about ethnic minority cultures in China.
Teaching and learning procedure:
Step 1 Review
Activity 1 Review
1. Revise the usages of ellipsis and check the answers to the grammar exercises in reference book.
2. Review the words learned in the previous period.
Step 2 Listening
Activity 2 Pre-listening
1. Lead in the topic—talking about ethnic minority cultures in China by watching a video about Guizhou and introducing the learning objectives of this period.
2. Look at the photos below and guess what ethnic minority groups might be talked about.
Picture 1 & 2: Miao villagers in Guizhou (Men playing Lusheng, women wearing silver accessories giving performance).
Picture 3: Zhaoxing Dong Village in Guizhou (traditional village).
3. Learn about some back ground information about ethnic minority cultures in Guizhou.
The Miao ethnic group has a population of more than 9 million, most of whom live in the provinces of southwest China. Decorated with embroideries (刺绣) and silver accessories made by themselves, their clothes are very colourful and unique in various patterns. The Miao ethnic group is well-known for their music and dance, which has a long history, and the most famous dance is the lusheng dance.
Zhaoxing Dong Village is one of the largest Dong villages in Guizhou. The village has a theater stage, singing platforms and grain barns. Drum towers are the village's special feature. Zhaoxing village is also a cradle of Dong festivals and dances. There are many kinds of Dong song and dance. Zhaoxing is also the place where Dong people gather to perform the Dong drama every year.
4. Learn about the meaning of new words in listening.
collection n.作品集;收集物;收藏品
collector n. 收藏家,采集者;收集器
collect vt. 收集;收藏;积累;聚集;募捐;收款
accessory n. 配饰;附件;配件
souvenir n. 纪念物;纪念品
percentage n.百分率;百分比
Activity 3 While-listening
1. Go through the listening tasks. And then listen to the conversation to answer the following questions and fill in the blanks.
Questions:
1) Who are the two speakers in the listening? What is their relationship?
Justin and Wu Yue, a foreign tourist and a travel guide.
2) What is the main idea of the first part of the listening? How about the second part?
First part is about Miao villagers in which men playing Lusheng (music+ dance) and silver accessories.
Second part is about Zhaoxing village Zhuang village, including drum towers, wind and rain bridges, and Grand Song (大歌)。
2. Listen to the conversation again, complete the blanks and then check the answers.
Part 1: Justin and Wu Yue watched some Miao people play the Lusheng. The instrument has a history of over 3000 years and it is even mentioned in the oldest collection of Chinese poetry. Then they watched the Lusheng dance. Justin wanted to buy some hand-made traditional/silver accessories as souvenirs. He was told that the price will depend on the percentage of silver.
Part 2: They will go to a pretty Dong village called Zhaoxing. They will see the drum towers and the wind and rain bridges. They may also see a performance of the Grand Song of the Dong People.
3. Listen to the conversation to understand it better and reconstruct the listening text by summarizing the main content of the conversation.
Step 3 Talking
Activity 4 Talking about a trip and experience of ethnic minority cultures
1. Work in pairs. Imagine Justin is telling some friends about his trip to Guizhou. One of you is Justin and the rest of you are his friend. Ask Justin questions about his trip and experience. Try to use the following expressions to show you are listening.
1) Expressions to show you are listening
Exactly! You’re right! I see. I know what you mean.
No way! You’re kidding! Really? I can’t believe it!
Great!/Super! That’s interesting. Wow! Tell me about it!
2) Questions you may ask
What ethnic minority will you talk about? Where do they live?
What are their traditional activities? What cultural activity do you like most?
Where did you go? Who went there with you?
How did you go there? Where did you stay when you were there?
Where did you visit? Did you find any special food / snack?
What did you think of people there? Did you join in their traditional activities?
What impressed you most? …
2. Read the sample conversation for reference.
Phil: So, Justin, how was your trip to Guizhou?
Justin: It was great. I went to this Miao village.
Robyn: I see. What was that like?
Justin: People were dressed up in these wonderful ethnic costumes, and some men were playing a musical instrument called a lusheng.
Bill: Tell me about it.
Justin: The lusheng is made of bamboo, and it was invented more than 3,000 years ago.
Phil: Wow! That's interesting.
Justin: Yes, it is. Then I bought some souvenirs made out of silver.
Robyn: You're kidding! Were they expensive?
Justin: Well, these weren’t that expensive. They don’t really have that much silver in them.
3. Get a few pairs to show their conversations to the class.
Step 4 Evaluation and summary
Activity 5 Self-evaluation
Guide the students to reflect on their learning of this period by considering the following aspects.
1. How is your understanding of the ethnic minority cultures in Guizhou? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor)
2. How is your listening comprehension? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor)
3. How is your talking? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor)
Activity 6 Summary
Summarize the main contents of this period briefly.
Homework:
1. Complete the exercises in reference book.
2. Preview reading for writing.
3. Search for more information about an ethnic group and write a passage to introduce it. (Optional)
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