U4CyberspaceCommunicationWorkshopObjectives■TomakenotesfrominformationonanInternetpage.■TowriteanInternetpagewiththehelpofamodelandinstructions.■Tolistentoasongandextractimportantwords.■Tolistentoaradioprogrammeformainfacts.■Todiscussandplanascienticexperimentinspaceandgiveatalkaboutit.ResourcesusedCassette,WritingHelp1.PossibleproblemsSomestudentsmayhavefewerimaginativeideasthanothersandsocarefulgroupingisneeded.BackgroundListening:KraftwerkareaGermangroupandwerethefirstgrouptostartproducing“techno”musicinthe1970s,usingsynthesisersandcomputers.Routesthroughthematerial■Ifyouareshortoftime,omittheTalkbackstageofthewritingandspeakingworkshops.■Ifyouhavetime,studentscandotheOptionsactivities.■Ifyouhavetwoperiodsforthislesson,thenaturalbreakisafterthewritingactivity.LanguagePower:pages62?C63.Writing:AnInternetPageBeforeyoustart■AskstudentswhattheyalreadyknowaboutSydney?Cencouragethemtosayasmuchaspossible.■Studentsworkinpairsreadingthetextandcompletingitwiththeextrainformation.■Checkstudents’answersbyhavingthemreadoutthecompletetext.Answers1Pacificcoast/over500,000/originalname-GasTown2GalleryofTribalArt/VancouverAquarium3skiing/icehockey■Inpairs,studentschooseoneofthesectionsofthetextandgivetheinformationinfullsentencesasifinatalk,e.g.'TherearealotofinterestingthingstoseewhenyouvisitSydney.…'■Remindstudentsthatthefirststageofwritingisalwaysplanning.用心爱心专心■Youmaywishtoletstudentspreparesomeofthisprojectforhomeworkiftheywishtofindoutinformationfromreferencesources.■StudentsmakenotesforthethreeparagraphsaboutHistory,Thingstosee,Thingstodo.Monitortheactivity,assistingstudentsifnecessary.Stages2■Remindstudentsthatthefirstsentenceofaparagraphisusuallythekeysentencebecauseitgivesthetopicfortherestoftheparagraph.■Studentswritetheirkeysentences.Stages3■Studentswritetheirtexts.ReferthemtoWritingHelp1andremindthemofthelinkingwordstheyhavepractised.■Studentsunderlinethe“hotwords”intheirtextswhichsomeonecouldclickontogetmoreinformationaboutthetopic.Stages4■Inpairs,studentsreadtheirtextsandchecklanguageused,usingWritingHelp1(checking).■Encouragestudentstoimprovetheirownandtheirpartner’stexts.Talkback■Formsmallgroupsandreadtheexampleexchangewiththeclass.■Studentsreadtheirtextsandaskformoreinformationabouttheunderlinedwords.■Groupsshouldensurethatallthegroupmembers’textsarereadanddiscussed.Movearoundandmonitortheactivitybutdonotinterrupt.■Commentonanyimportantmistakesyouhearandtrytogettheclasstosuggestcorrections.Listening■Askstudentswhatwordstheywouldexpectinasongcalled“TheTelephoneCall”.■Studentsreadthesevensentencesandguesswhatthemissingwordsmightbe.■Playthetapeforstudentstocompletethesentences.Answers1number2time3telephone4far5night6day7time8voice■Studentsdiscusswhythesingerisalwaysphoning.Ifstudentshavedifferentopinions,askthemtogivereasonsfortheiropinion.TapescriptThenumberyouhavereachedhasbeendisconnected.Thenumberyouhavereachedhasbeendisconnected.IgiveyoumyaffectionandIgiveyoumytime.用心爱心专心Tryingtogetaconnectiononthetelephoneline.You’resoclose,butfaraway,Icallyouupallnightandday.IcallyouupfromtimetotimeTohearyourvoiceonthetelephoneline.Thenumberyouhavereachedhasbeendisconnected.Speaking:PlanningascientificexperimentBeforeyoustartExercise1■Studentslookatthepicturesanddiscussinpairsaboutthescientificexperimentsthathaveeverbeendonein...
