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第1课时 Section A (1a-1d)
一、Teaching Objectives
In this class, students will:
1. talk about the changes in a hometown by comparing the past and the present.
2. listen and identify specific changes in transportation, healthcare, shopping, and the environment.
3. discuss how these changes happened and how they make life better.
二、Teaching Advice
Lead-in
Look and Share
1. Have students look at the theme picture and discuss the questions.
2. Invite some students to share their answers.
3. Let students read the unit title and predict what they will learn in this unit.
Pre-listening
1a
1. Present the two photos to students. Tell them that these two photos show the changes in Li Rui’s hometown over the years.
2. Let students discuss the changes in the two photos and answers the questions in 1a.
3. Choose some students to share their answers.
While-listening
1b
1. Ask students to read the questions before listening and remind them to pay attention to the key information while listening.
2. Let them listen to a telephone conversation and answer the questions.
3. Check the answers with the class.
1c
1. Ask students to read the table and try to summarize what changes have happened in Li Rui’s hometown.
2. Let them predict what information to write down in the table.
3. Play the audio. Ask them to listen and complete the table.
4. Check the answers with the class.
Post-listening
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1. Have students work in groups of four. Let them discuss how these changes happened and how they make people’s life better.
2. To help students better think about the question(s), the teacher can model the answer first.
E. g. All these changes happened because people in the town worked hard to make it better. They built new roads, a hospital, and a supermarket. They also planted many trees on the hills. Now life there is much better. People can travel faster, see a doctor easily, and buy things nearby. The town is also greener and more beautiful to live in.
3. Invite some students to share their answers.
Summary
Ask students to summarize what they have learned in this lesson.
Homework
Finish the related exercises in the books produced by Youyi.
Blackboard Design
Write the sentence patterns and language points on the blackboard.
Teaching Reflection
This lesson successfully engaged students in discussing hometown changes through visual prompts and structured listening tasks. The pre-listening prediction activity effectively activated prior knowledge and guided listening focus. While group discussions were lively with the support of modeled answers, future lessons could incorporate brief individual thinking time before sharing to ensure broader participation.
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