Lesson plan - Unit 12: The asian games listening skill

**Activity 2: 9m - Asks Ss to work in groups of 4 and talk about a famous athlete they know... What is his/her name?.[r]

LESSON PLAN UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES

Listening Skill

1 Objectives:

- Skill: After the lesson, Ss will be able to develop such listening skills as listening for specific information and detailed information

- Language: Ss will be able to build a wider range of vocabularies related to the topic

and can talk about athlete they know or like

2 Assumed knowledge:

Students have already known some basic vocabulary items and have had some background knowledge of the Asian Games

3 Teaching aids:

Textbook, blackboard, chalk, cassette tapes

4 Procedure:

4.1 Settlement: Check Ss’ attendance (2m)

4.2 Lecture (43 m)

- Asks Ss to look at the pictures on p.141 and

answer the questions:

1 What are the names of these sports? (from the

left to the right and top to bottom)

High jump, swimming, gymnastics and long jump

2 Have you ever watched sports like these on

television?

3 Which sport(s) do you like best? Why?

- Listen to the instruction and the questions

- Answer the questions

- Read the words out loud

the teacher.

1 coming live

2.freestyle

3 to land

4 Gymnasium - Gymnast

5 Bar

6 Vichai

7 Lee Bong-ju

* Task 1 (10m)

- Asks Ss to look through all questions in task 1 to

check whether there are any new words

- Asks Ss to listen to the tape once to do task 1

- Asks Ss to discuss the answers in groups and

exchange the answers

-Calls some Ss to write down the answer on the

board

- Then, replays the tape and pause at the sentence

where the answer is revealed for Ss to check by

themselves easily

Key:

Task 2(10m)

- Asks Ss to listen to the tape again and do task 2

-Listen to the instruction

- Read though all questions

- Listen to the tape and

do the task individually

- Discuss the answer in groups

- Write down the answer

on the board

- Correct the answer

- Listen to the

- Checks with the whole class and asks Ss what

they hear in the tape to answer the questions

- Lets Ss listen again if necessary

- Key:

1 10.15 (It’s 10.15 and it’s time for “The Asian

Games report”)

2 6 (in the first 3 days they have won 6 gold

medals)

3 2 (this is the 2nd time he competed in the long

jump at the Asian Games)

4 high jump

5 disappointed

instruction

- Listen to the tape and

do task 1 individually

- Answer the questions and give evidence

* Activity 1: (6m)

- Asks Ss to work in group of 4 to fill in the

blanks with no more than three words

The programme was on at…….(1) It was "The

Asian Games Report" The most important event

was the women`s 200-metre…….(2) The

Japanese, Yuko got the gold medal She made a

new world record time of……… (3) By the third

day, the Japanese athletes had won ………(4) gold

medals In the Gymnasium, Lily, the Chinese

gymnast won the gold medal with an average

of………(5) points Lee Bong-ju, a Korean athlete,

won the gold medal in the……….(6) event at the

distance of 8.9 m The last event mentioned

was…………(7) Vichai from Thailand still failed

- Listen to the instruction

- Work in groups of 4 and do activity 1

- Write the answers on the board

- Check the answer

at his third attempt He felt very…………(8) as he

couldn`t do what he himself had wished

Key:

(1) 10.15

(2) freestyle

(3) 1 minute 58 seconds

(4) 6 gold medals

(5) 9.5 points

6) long jump

(7) high jump

8) disappointed

- Asks some Ss to go to the board and write down

the answer

- Check the answers

**Activity 2: (9m)

- Asks Ss to work in groups of 4 and talk about a

famous athlete they know

Suggested questions:

1 What is his/her name?

2 How old is he/she?

3 When did he/she begin playing the sport?

4 Where did he/she train?

5 What are his/her achievements and

success?

- Goes around and helps Ss

- Calls some pairs to tell their athlete in front of

the class

- Gives feedback

- Listen to the instruction

- Discuss in groups

- Make presentation on what they have prepared

- Listen and give feedback