M7Unit1LivingwithtechnologyPeriod7Task:HelpingbuyanelectronicdictionaryI.Teachingaims:1.Toimprovethestudents’listeningandwritingskills.2.Tohelpthestudentstowriteanemailtogiveadvice.II.Teachingimportantpoint:Howtoimprovestudents’listeningandwriting.III.Teachingdifficultpoint:Studentswillapplywhattheyhavelearnttopracticebyfulfillingsomewrittentasks.IV.Procedures:Skillsbuilding1:listeningforwhatismostimportantSupposeyouarelisteningtotheannouncementaboutagather-together,whatinformationismostimportant?time,place,activityarrangement,attendance&otherdetailsSo,whenlistening,weneedtobeabletoselectandnotedownspecificinformation,whichisthewordsandphrasesthatthespeakerusestoletusknowwhatismostimportant.Youareexpectedtolearnsomeexpressionthatcanbeusedtoshowtheimportance.ReadtheguidelinesinSkillsbuilding1onPage10.Focusontheexpressionsthespeakermightusetoshowthatsomethingisimportant.Step1:takingnotesofrequirements1.Pairwork:Haveadiscussionwithyourpartner:Ifyouwanttobuyanelectronicdictionaryforstudy,whatshouldyoupayspecialattentionto?Wouldyoutalktoyourparentsoryourfriendsandaskthemforadvice?2.Anunclewantstobuyanelectronicdictionaryforhisson.Let’slistentotheuncle.Listtherequirementsandthenputacrossbesidetheitemthatisnotveryimportant.3.Now,let’slistentoasalesmanshowingtwotypesofnewelectronicdictionaries.Takesnotesofsomeusefulinformationbesideeachitem.4.Thesalespersonshowsyoutwoleafletsthatadvertisetwoelectronicdictionaries.ReadthroughthemandcompleteyournotesinPartBonPage11.CompletethenotesinpartB.5.Discussioningroupsoffourandchoosethetypeofelectronicdictionaryyouthinkismostsuitableforyouruncle.You’dbetterstateyourreasons.Skillsbuilding2:askingforinformationbytelephone1.Toobtaininformation,whatarewesupposedtodowhenwearemakingaphone?2.Readthefirstpairofspeechbubbles.Haveadiscussion:Arethereanyproblemsinthespeechbubbles?Ifso,whataretheproblems?3.ReadtheguidelinesinPart1and3.Learntousethelanguagementionedinthispart.Step2:telephoningacompanyNow,let’susetheskillswejustlearnedtohaveatelephoneconversationwithothers.Supposeyouneedtocallthecustomerservicedepartmentoftheelectronicdictionarycompanyandaskformoreinformationabouttheelectronicdictionary.1.Readthepointscarefullyandraiseasmanyquestionsasyoucanabouteachpoint.Forexample:Howlongcanthebatterieslast?2.Workinpairswithoneactingasthecustomerandtheotherasthesalespersoninthecustomerservicedepartment.Afterthat,I’dlikeyoutoactitoutinfrontoftheclassroom.Skillsbuilding3:writingtogiveadviceSometimesweneedtowritetosomeonetogiveadvice.Whatshallwepayattentiontowhenpresentingouradvice?Inaword,wearesupposedtoexpresstheadvicesimply,clearlyandpolitely.Inthispart,we’lllearnhowtowritetosomeonetogiveadvice.1.Readtheinstructionsinthispart.Keepthepointsinmind.2.Revisetheusageofthewordsadvise,suggestandrecommend.e.g.1)Iadvisedhimtostopsmoking.=Iadvisedthathe(should)stopsmoking.Icanrecommendtheirpizza.2)Theysuggestedanotherdevelopmentprogramtothegovernment.MayIsuggestgoingtherebytrain?Shesuggestedthatwe(should)havelunchatehnewrestaurant.3)Wouldrecommendagooddictionarytome?=Wouldyourecommendmeagooddictionary?Irecommendgoingbysubway.Thedoctorrecommendedmetotakealongrest.Theteacherrecommendedthatwe(should)readthenovel.=Theteacherrecommendedustoreadthenovel.Step3:writingane-mailwithadviceAsmentionedabove,youareexpectedtoexpresstheadvicesimply,clearlyandpolitely.Now,let’shaveapractice.Let’swriteane-mailwithadvicetorecommendoneoftheelectronicdictionariesusingtheinformationgatheredinSteps1and2.1.Firstlet’sdividedintosmallgroupsandthenmakeanarrangement.Remembereachmemberofthegroupshouldcontributetotheplanningoftheoutlineofthee-mail.2.I’dlikeseveraltoreadyoure-mailstotheclass.Step4.HomeworkFinishthewritingtaskafterclass.V.Designofwritingonblackboard:VI.Recordafterteaching:
