Listening in
I. Time Allotment
2 periods
II.Teaching Objectives and Requirements
1. Develop the Ss’ awareness of involving of talking about stories.
2. Ask Ss to remember useful words and expressions;
3. Strengthen Ss’ ability to listen for the specific information;
4. Provide Ss some information about how to hold an discussion.
III. Teaching Procedures
News report
Step1 Provide students information about " the Duke of Cambridge", "open day", "open afternoon" and so on.
Step 2 Detailed study of the news.
Step 3 Summarize the news report.
Passage 1
Step 1 Predicting task
1. What is a stroke?
It is damage to part of the brain because the blood supply to the brain gets blocked or the blood leaks. A person with a stroke may not be able to move, feel or speak.
2 What kind of problems do people have after a stroke?
Part of the brain gets damaged and this may limit their movement, their feeling of sensation and ability to speak and use language.
Step 2 Go through the vocabulary list and students can be familiar with them.
New words
stroke n. 中风
recovery n. 恢复健康, 复原
aphasia n. 失语症
therapist n. 治疗专家
therapy n. 疗法,治疗
apparently ad. 显然地
Step 3 Detailed study of the text.
A. Listen to Passage 1 and match the answers with those questions.
1 Can Martin remember much about having the stroke?
2 When he woke up in the hospital, why did Martin feel frightened?
3 How did the speech and language therapist help him?
4 What did Martin work with to help himself when he got home?
5 Did Martin make a full recovery?
6 What were the main things that helped him?
a. She used exercises to help him learn to speak again
b. No, not that much
c. A special computer programme
d. Because he couldn’t speak
e. Being given the right drug at the right time and having a lot of therapy.
f. Yes, he did
B. Work in the groups of three and role play a TV interview.
Student A is a TV journalist who will conduct a shortinterview with two experts, B and C, about strokes.
Procedures
Introduces B and C as two experts on strokes …
A asks B and C three main questions: “What exactly is a stroke?” “Can you tell us what causes a stroke?” “What is important for the recovery of stroke victims?”
thanks B and C …
B and C: give the best answers you can, based on the information you learn and its implication and also your experiences.
Example answer
1.A stroke is basically damage to part of the brain which is caused when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or the blood leaks, so the brain doesn’t get the blood it needs.
2. More specifically, there are three main causes, in all of them the brain is deprived of blood.
Cerebral thrombosis: a blockage [thrombosis] from a blood clot in the artery that goes to the brain [cerebrum] (40-50% of strokes are caused in this way)
Cerebral embolism: a blockage from a clot [embolus] from somewhere else which is pushed through the artery into the brain (30-35% of strokes)
A haemorrhage: this is bleeding in the brain area, which is caused by a break in the blood vessels so that the blood leaks (20-25% of strokes)
Passage 2
Step 1 Warming-up activity
Talk about the nursery days: Recall and tell your partner the most impressive person or incident in your nursery school.
Step 2 Cultural background information about Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952)
the first female medical doctor
famous as a teacher and philosopher of education
founded schools and teacher training courses
Her principles include:
The central importance of setting up a safe, practical learning environment;
Teaching adults to be good observers of children, to analyse their needs, abilities and natural developments in a “hands on”practical approach which pays great attention to the learner;
Step 3 Go through the vocabulary list and students can be familiar with them.New words
sandpaper n. 砂纸
imagination n. 想象力
Montessori method
蒙台梭利教学法
Claudia Rosella
克劳迪娅 • 罗塞拉
Sarah Harrington
萨拉 • 哈林顿
Step 4 Detailed study of Passage 2
Step 5 Developing critical thinking
Group discussion:
The whole class forms three groups and each group chooses one questions to answer.
1. What do you think of Montessori methods?
2. What do you think is the most important thing to remember when teaching young children?
3 What makes a good school for young children?

