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Lesson 3 Tips for good communication
1. Four Core Competency Goals
1. Language Ability
Master key communication tips vocabulary; grasp the usage of the first conditional sentence structure ; finish reading, grammar and dialogue exercises; use target language to give communication advice in real situations.
2. Cultural Awareness
Understand polite communication manners in daily social interaction; realize that respect, honesty and good listening are basic social virtues; form polite communication habits in school and daily life.
3. Thinking Quality
Classify and summarize effective communication skills from the passage; analyze logical rules of conditional sentences; apply tips flexibly to solve real communication problems.
4. Learning Ability
Use skimming to get main ideas and scanning to find details; cooperate in group discussion; transfer grammar knowledge into oral advice independently.
2. Teaching Key Points & Difficult Points
Key Points
1. Master all practical communication tips from the text: smile, listen carefully, be honest, keep promises, remember names, find proper topics. 2. Grasp the first conditional grammar rule: If clause (present simple), main clause (will/can/imperative).
2. Complete text comprehension, grammar blank-filling and dialogue matching exercises correctly.
Difficult Points
1. Distinguish three forms of main clauses in conditional sentences (future tense, modal verb, imperative sentence).
2. Integrate text tips and grammar structures to make original advice sentences for daily communication scenarios.
3. Understand the hidden meaning of body language in communication.
3. Teaching Methods
Task-based Language Teaching, Reading Strategy Training, Grammar Inductive Teaching, Situational Dialogue Practice, Cooperative Group Work
4. Teaching Aids
Textbook, PPT (emoji pictures for communication actions, grammar rule charts, scenario cards), worksheet
5. Detailed Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Warm-up & Lead-in
Teacher’s Activities
1. Review Unit 2 former lessons briefly: We learned communication helps friendship and makes school better. Today we will learn practical skills: Tips for good communication.
2. Show Activity 1 checklist on screen; ask students to tick important tips and share one simple reason. Invite 3–4 intermediate students to speak out their choices.
3. Introduce the lesson objective: We will check our ideas with the passage and learn how to give advice with if sentences.
Students’ Activities
Mark important tips; share personal opinions; connect old knowledge with new lesson theme.
Design Intent
Activate students’ prior life experience; create a natural transition from unit theme to specific communication skills; stimulate learning interest, achieve Thinking Quality and learning preparation.
Step 2: Pre-reading:
Teacher’s Activities
1. Present key words & phrases combined with communication actions:honest, promise, eye contact, body language, interrupt, proper topic, ahead of time
2. Lead whole-class reading, then check individual pronunciation for average-level students; match phrases with daily gestures to lower memorization difficulty.
Students’ Activities Read aloud; take notes; link vocabulary to real-life communication actions.
Design Intent
Clear vocabulary obstacles for reading; fit students’ learning rhythm; lay foundation for later text understanding, improve Language Ability.
Step 3: While-reading
Task 1: Skimming
Activity1
1. Ask students to read the whole passage quickly, find which tips are mentioned in the article: Smile, Listen carefully, Be honest, Keep your promises, Find a proper topic.
2. Compare with their original choices in Activity 1, make corrections. Task 2: Scanning
Guide students to underline each tip and its explanation one by one; organize tips into a clear list on the blackboard.
Task3: Grammar Discovery (Activity 3)
1. Highlight yellow-marked sentences in the textbook, guide students to sum up the rule:
If + simple present tense, main clause (will / can / imperative sentence)
2. Finish the fill-in blanks together:
A. will let B. want C. will catch
Explain rules one by one for students who struggle with tenses. Students’ Activities
Check pre-class choices; locate detailed tips; conclude grammar rules; finish grammar exercises with teacher guidance.
Design Intent
From general text comprehension to grammar induction, follow students’ cognitive order; layered tasks reduce learning pressure for intermediate learners; cultivate logical summarizing ability for Thinking Quality. Step 4: Post-reading
Teacher’s Activities
1. Introduce three options A/B/C; explain core meaning of each sentence:
A. Body language carries hidden messages
B. Don’t cut in while others speak
C. Focus fully when listening
2. Guide students to match sentences according to context:
First blank: C; Second blank: B; Third blank: A
3. Read the complete dialogue in pairs; practice pronunciation and intonation.
Students’ Activities
Analyze context and finish matching; do pair reading to consolidate expressions.
Design Intent
Shift knowledge from input to contextual application; combine reading content with oral dialogue; strengthen the practical use of communication rules.
Step 5: Group Oral Production
Teacher’s Activities
1. Divide students into groups of 4; assign real scenarios: quarrel with classmates, new classmate introduction. Ask groups to make advice sentences using the if structure and text tips.Offer sentence frames for reference:
If you smile at your new classmate, he will feel friendly.
If you listen carefully, your friend will be glad to talk with you.
2. Walk around the classroom to give hints for intermediate students; invite 2–3 groups to present their dialogues.
3. Theme summary:
All these tips show respect for others, which is the core of good communication.
Students’ Activities
Discuss in groups; create original advice sentences; show performances; understand the emotional value of polite communication.
Design Intent
Realize knowledge transfer from textbook to daily scenes; improve oral output ability; shape polite communication awareness to reach Cultural Awareness goal.
Step 6: Summary & Homework
In-class Summary
1. Six key communication tips
2. First conditional sentence three structures
Homework
1. Basic Task: Recite 6 communication tips and finish textbook exercises. 2. Medium Task: Write 3 advice sentences with if for making new friends. 3. Extended Task: Use today’s skills to communicate with a new classmate and record one short sentence.
Design Intent
Classify homework to match different student levels; consolidate in-class knowledge and extend learning to real social life.
6. Blackboard Design
Lesson 3 Tips for good communication
Six Key Tips
1. Remember others’ names
2. Smile
3. Find proper topics
4. Be a good listener (eye contact, no interruption)
5. Be honest
6. Keep promises (be on time)
If Conditional Rule If + Simple Present,
1. will + verb (future result)
2. can + verb (ability)
3. Imperative sentence (advice)
Examples:If I find your pen, I will let you know.If you want to listen well, focus your attention.
Body language: It speaks louder than words.
Appendix: All Exercise Answers
Activity 2 Mentioned tips in passage
Smile, Listen carefully, Be honest, Keep your promises, Find an interesting/proper topic
Activity 3 Grammar Fill-in
A. will let B. want C. will catch
Activity 4 Dialogue Completion 1. C 2. B 3. A
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