Date of preparation : 5.12.2008 Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE Date of teaching : 9.12.2008 Section: Listening I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :  Language content: To help Ss listen for general ideas and specific information To introduce some new words relating to the topic - Vocabulary : incredible, centenarian, life, expectancy, fatal, eradicate, eternal life - Structure : the simple past tense, the simple present  Language function: - listen for the understanding of the passage. Educational aim : - Students should know about the factors help people have a long and healthy life. Skill : Integrated skills : listening II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION: 1. Method : Communicative Approach. 2. Techniques: Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering. 3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing. 4 Students’ preparation : Reading the lesson at home, prepare the new words 5 Previous exercises: III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS. 1. Stabilization : (2ms) a. Warm – up : Greetings. b. Checking absence : Who’s absent today ? 2. Checking up previous knowledge: Time needed: (5ms) Questions Key to questions: 3. Presentation of the new material : Time Teacher’s activities Student’s activities The content of the lesson 3ms 10ms Warm-up: - A story about age. Before-listening: Before you listen: - Ask students to look at the book and answer the question in the book. - Let them work in pairs. - Listen and correct for them. Listen and repeat - Turn on the tape and ask students to listen - Let students listen again and repeat. - Explain the words that will appear in the listening text. + incredible (a) + centenarian (n) + life expectancy (n) + fatal (a) T- whole class Answer the questions copy down repeat guess the meaning of the new words Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE Period3: Section : Listening New words + incredible (a) + centenarian (n) + life expectancy (n) 10ms 10ms 3ms + eradicate (v) + eternal (a) - Correct. While-listening: Task 1: Ask students to read the statement at least once first. Ask them to guess the answers Play the tape once then check how many answers can students find. Play the tape again. Check and give remarks. Call some students to say out their answers and the evidences they get to prove their answers. Keys: 1 F 2F 3 F 4 T 5 T Task 2: - Ask them to guess the answers. Play the tape once then check how many answers can students find. Play the tape again. Check and give remarks. - Call some students to say out their answers and the evidences they get to prove their answers. - Let students work in pairs. 1. Eating more healthily food, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes. 2. The development in medical science. Because nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older. 3. In ten years’ time AIDS will also be brought under control. After-listening: - In group, ask students to discus the guided question, find the answer. - Move around to help if necessary. - Give remarks or even suggestions. Advantages : + do many things they want to do + see their children and grandchildren grow up individual work Listen to Speak out Work in pairs Copy down Work in groups + fatal (a) + eradicate (v) + eternal (a) Task 1: True or false 1 F 2F 3 F 4 T 5 T Task 2 : Answer the questions 1. Eating more healthily food, cutting down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes. 2. The development in medical science. Because nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older. 3. In ten years’ time AIDS will also be brought under control. + help their children and grandchildren Disadvantages + too weak to do things + feel lonely when their children are busy with work .5. Consolidation Confirms the content of the lesson. 4. Homework: (2ms) Asks Ss to learn by heart all new words. 5. Preparation for the next lesson () - Prepare for section : Writing - Self – evaluation : …………………………………………………………………. . Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering. 3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing. 4 Students’ preparation : Reading the lesson at. Confirms the content of the lesson. 4. Homework: (2ms) Asks Ss to learn by heart all new words. 5. Preparation for the next lesson () - Prepare for section