Unit11Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?Languagegoals:Inthisunitstudentslearntoaskforinformationpolitely.Newlanguages:DoyouknowwhereIcangetadictionary?Couldyoutellmehowtogettothelibrary?CanyoupleasetellmewhereIcanbuysomeshampoo?Somenewwords:exchange,stamp,mall,elevator,furniture,interviewer,advantage,disadvantageDifficultpoints:1.Askforinformationpolitely.2.HowtousetheIndirectquestiontoexpress.3.Howtoimprovethestudents’writingabilityaccordingtothereadingmaterials.Teachingaids:computer,video,recorderTeachingperiods:Period1:SectionA1a/1b/1c/2a/2b/2c/GrammarfocusPeriod2:SectionA3a/3b/4Period3:SectionB1a/1b/2a/2b/2cPeriod4:SectionB3a/3b/3c/4/SelfcheckPeriod5:SectionBReadingPeriod1Teachingaims:1.Teachvocabularywords.2.Targetlanguages:Excuseme,whereIcanbysomeshampoo?Sure,thereisadrugstoreonthesecondfloor.Couldyoutellmehowtogetthepostoffice?Sure,taketheescalatortothesecondfloorandturnright.CouldyoutellmeifthereareanygoodmuseumsinNewtown?3.Trainthespeakingandlisteningabilities.4.Learntohelpothersbypointingthedirections.Teachingprocedures:Step1.WarmingupLet’sstudentssayoutsomethings(accordingtothepictures):Showthepictures:shampoo,magazines,dictionarywritingpaper,somestampsTheteacherasks:Whatisit?/Whatarethey?Wherecanyouget/buythem?Step2.PresentationIntroducetargetlanguages:(showthepicture)CanyoutellmewhereIcanbysomeshampoos?Couldyoutellmehowtogetthepostoffice?CouldyoutellmeifthereareanygoodmuseumsinNewtown?1.Askstudentstopretendtheyarenewtothisschool.Say:Youneedtoaskteachersandotherstudentswheretofindplaceslikethelibrary.Let’spracticesomepolitewaystoaskforthelibrary.Let’spracticesomepolitewaystoaskforinformation.[T=Teacher,S=Student]T:Youarenewtothisschool.Youneedtoknowwherethemainofficeis.Howcanyouaskwherethemainofficeis?S:Where’sthemainoffice?T:That’sonewaytoask.Butthereisamorepolitewaytoask.Yourcansay,“Canyoutellmewherethemainofficeis?”(Writeontheblackboardandthenaskthestudentstoreadloudly.)T:That’scorrect.Nowlet’ssayyouwanttoknowwherethelibraryis.Howcanyouask?S:Canyoutellmewherethelibraryis?T:Good!There’sanotherpolitewayyoucanask,“Couldyoutellmehottogettothelibrary?”(Theteacherthenwriteitontheblackboard:Couldyoutellmehowtogettothelibrary?Thenaskthestudentstoread.)2.Askstudentswhatotherplacestheymightneedtofind.Writethenamesoftheseplacesontheboard.3.Askdifferentstudentstoaskpolitelyhowtofindtheseplaces.She’sbabysittinghersister.(PracticeboththeCanyoutellmewhere…andtheCouldyoutellmehowtogetto…forms.)Step3.SectionA1a1.Readtheinstructionstotheclass.2.Readthelistofthingstotheclass.Toreviewthemeaningofeachitemonthelist,askdifferentstudentstosayeachphraseintheirownwords.3.Pointtotheletteredpartsofthepictureonebyone.4.Pointoutthesampleanswer.5.Whilestudentsareworking,movearoundtheroomofferinghelpasneeded.6.Checktheanswers.(showthepicture)Keys:shampoo:aorcmagazines:aorddictionary:dtelephonecall:aorcinformation:dorcwritingpaper:aorcstamps:csavemoney:bStep4.SectionA1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.1.Readtheinstructionstostudents.Pointoutthetwoconversationsthatareshowninthepicture.2.Say:Asyoulisten,fillintheblankswithwordsyouhearintherecording.3.Playtherecordingforthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playthesecondtime.Say:Nowlistentotheconversationagain.Thistimefillintheblankswiththewordsyouhear.4.Checktheanswers.(...
