Unit 2 Making Friends D Listening and speaking 教学设计 2025-2026学年沪外教版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 2 D Listening and speaking 教学设计 I. Teaching Objectives Improve listening skills by understanding conversations about starting a friendship and the Best Friend Challenge, and extracting key information. Enhance speaking skills by discussing friendship advice, solving friendship problems, and role - playing conversations, using appropriate vocabulary and sentence patterns. Learn about cultural aspects of friendship (Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi story) and use useful expressions to give advice and discuss friendship. II. Language Knowledge 1. Key words & phrases advice, make friends, study buddy, get along with, common, secret, friendship, solve problems, useful expressions (Why don’t you...? Maybe we should... Would you like to...? My suggestion is... I suggest that... If you ask me...) 2. Key sentences School is the best place to start a friendship! Sit with other students... Find someone to... together. Join a... or club. Follow a... on social media. What do you like the most about me? How do we keep in touch? Can I keep a secret? What things do we have in common? Why don’t you...? Maybe we should... Would you like to...? My suggestion is... I suggest that... If you ask me... 3. Key and challenging points Understand conversations about starting a friendship and the Best Friend Challenge through listening. Use appropriate vocabulary and useful expressions to discuss friendship advice and solve friendship problems. Understand the cultural story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi and its meaning about deep friendship. III. Teaching Procedures Learning activities: Step 1 Lead - in Ask Ss: Sophie will begin her new school life soon and she’s worried. What do you think she might be worried about? Invite Ss to share their ideas. Then say: Today, we will listen to Sophie’s conversation with Amy and learn about starting friendships and the Best Friend Challenge. Step 2 Listening Work on Activity D1 T: Sophie calls Amy for some advice. Tick what the advice is possibly about. Ask Ss to tick the possible topics before listening. Then play the audio and check the answers. Work on Activity D2 T: Listen and choose the best answers. Play the audio. Ask Ss to listen and choose the correct answers. Then check the answers. Work on Activity D3 T: Listen again and complete the notes about starting a friendship. Play the audio again. Ask Ss to fill in the blanks with key information. Then check the answers. Work on Activity D6 T: Listen and put the questions in the order asked in the challenge. Play the audio. Ask Ss to listen and order the questions. Then check the answers. Work on Activity D7 T: Listen again and complete the table about the Best Friend Challenge. Play the audio again. Ask Ss to fill in the table. Then check the answers. Step 3 Speaking Work on Activity D4 T: Answer the question in pairs: What do you think of Amy’s advice? Divide Ss into pairs and ask them to discuss. Then invite some pairs to share. Work on Activity D5 T: Answer the questions about the Best Friend Challenge. Ask Ss to answer the questions individually or in pairs. Then invite some Ss to share. Work on Activity D8 T: Discuss the questions in groups. Divide Ss into groups and ask them to discuss the questions about friendship. Then invite some groups to share. Work on Activity D9 T: Work in pairs. Choose a friendship problem to discuss. Describe the situation and explain how you can fix it. Then act out the conversation. Divide Ss into pairs, ask them to choose a problem, discuss solutions, and act out. Then invite some pairs to perform. Step 4 Culture link Learn about Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi T: Read the Culture link about Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi. What does this story tell us about friendship? Ask Ss to read and discuss the story’s meaning about deep friendship. IV. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness Assess Ss' listening comprehension by observing their answers in Activities D1, D2, D3, D6, and D7. Observe whether Ss can discuss friendship advice and solve problems fluently in Activities D4, D5, D8, and D9, using appropriate vocabulary and expressions. Evaluate Ss' understanding of the cultural story by observing their discussion about Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi. This lesson helps Ss improve listening and speaking skills related to friendship. It also enhances their cultural awareness and ability to use useful expressions for advice and discussion. V. Design Purpose The lead - in activates Ss' prior knowledge about new school worries and connects to the lesson topic. Listening activities help Ss understand conversations about starting friendships and the Best Friend Challenge, extracting key information. Speaking activities provide practice in discussing advice, solving problems, and role - playing. The Culture link introduces a traditional Chinese story about friendship, enhancing cultural awareness. Activities D4 - D9 encourage Ss to express opinions and practice communication skills. VI. Blackboard Design Unit D Listening and speaking “Sophie’s worry & Best Friend Challenge” Key phrases: make friends, get along with, in common, solve friendship problems Useful expressions: Why don’t you...? Maybe we should... Would you like to...? My suggestion is... I suggest that... If you ask me... Culture link: Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi — deep friendship VII. Homework Review the useful expressions for giving advice and discussing friendship. Write a short dialogue with a friend about solving a friendship problem, using the useful expressions. VIII. Teaching Reflection The listening activities effectively helped Ss understand conversations about friendship. Ss showed good engagement in speaking tasks. However, some Ss might need more practice in using useful expressions naturally. In future lessons, more oral practice with these expressions can be added. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$