1Period4ListeningTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodInthisperiodthestudentsaretolistentothreelisteningmaterialsaboutgreatwomen.Oneisabouttheparticularproblemswomenhavewhentheywantacareeroftheirown.ThesecondisaboutthewesternMulan,JoanofArc,abraveandpatrioticFrenchwomanwhofoughttofreeFrancefromtheEnglish.ThethirdandlastisaboutJodyWilliamsandherICBL(InternationalCampaigntoBanLandmines).Whendoingthelisteningpractice,thestudentsshouldlearntopredictthecontentofthelisteningmaterialbyreadingtheexercisesbeforehand.Whilelistening,theyshouldlearntograspthegistbycatchingthetopicsentencesandsomekeywordsandatthesametimemakesomenoteswhennecessary.TeachingImportantPointsUnderstandingthethreematerials.Howtocatchthetopicsentences.TeachingDifficultPointsCatchingthetopicsentences.Understandingthelisteningmaterials.TeachingMethodsListening-and-answering.Cooperativelearning.TeachingAidsAtaperecorderAprojectorThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeandSkillsEnablethestudentstogetthegistofthelisteningmaterialsbycatchingsometopicsentences.EnablethestudentstolearnsomethingaboutJodyWilliamsandJoanofArc.ProcessandStrategiesTrainthestudents’listeningskillsthroughlistening.FeelingsandValueThroughthelisteningmaterialsthestudentswillhaveabetterunderstandingoftheroleswomenplayinsociety.TeachingProceduresStep1Revision1.ReviseAGoodExampleforMebyaskingsomequestions:T:YesterdaywelearnedsomethingaboutoneofthemostimportantdoctorsinChina.Whowasit?Ss:LinQiaozhi.T:Shewasaspecialistin...?Ss:Shewasaspecialistinwomen’sdisease.T:Whatmadeherfamous?Wasithardworkandsuccessatuniversity?Ss:No.Shebecamefamousbecauseofherkindnessandtheconsiderationthatwasshowedtoallherpatients.T:Good.2.Checkworkbookexercise1onPage45.T:Irememberedaskingyoutoreadapassageaboutanothergreatwoman.Haveyoudonethat?Ss:Sure.T:Whichgreatwomanistalkedabout?Ss:ElizabethFry.2T:Whatdidshedo?Ss:Shedevotedallhereffortstoimprovetheprisonconditions.T:Good.Nowlet’schecktheanswerstoexerciseone.Getthestudentstochecktheanswer.Suggestedanswers:NotesonEnglishprisonsinthe19thcenturyElizabethFry’ssuggestionsThewomenweretreatedlikeanimals.Shetaughtthewomentosew,knitandmakegoodstosell.Theyhadnobeds,cleanclothes,foodorheating.Sheprovidedfood,cleanclothesandstrawforbeds.Thechildrenborninprisonhadtostaythereandhadnochanceofaneducation.Shebeganaprisonschoolforthechildren.Step2ListeningonPage7Theteachershouldaskthestudentstoglancethewholeexercisesbeforelistening,sothattheycanrealizewhatthemaintaskisinlistening.1.BrainstormingT:Thesedayswehavebeentalkingaboutimportantandgreatwomenandtheirachievements.Weknowwomenareabletomakethesameachievementsasmen.Butwasiteasyforthemtomaketheachievements?Ss:Ofcoursenot.T:Youareright.Theyhavetoovercomealotofdifficultiesinachievingtheirgoals.Evennowifwomentrytogetthesameasmentheywillcomeacrossquitealotofproblemsthatmenwillnothave.Todaywe’lllistentotheproblemsthatexist.2.ListeningforthefirsttimeT:Whenwelistentoacertainmaterialforthefirsttime,weshouldnottrytocatcheverysingleword,andthatisimpossible.Weshouldtrytocatchthegeneralidea.Tocatchthegist,catchingthetopicsentencesisofgreatimportance.Thestructureofthismaterialisveryclear.Itisorganizedbythethreeparagraphs.Sowhenyoulistenforthefirsttime,trytogetthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Nowlet’slistenforthefirsttime.Playthetapeforstudentstogetthetopicsentencesoftheparagraphsandfinishtheexercises.Makeapausewhennecessary.Thenaskstudentstodiscusswiththeirpartnersandtrytoretellwhattheyhaveheard.Itdoesn’tmatterwhethertheygetwordsorsentencesbecausethepurposeofdoingthisistoletstudentsknowhowtogetthemainideafromthetopicsentence.Collectwhattheyhaveheardandwritesdownthemontheblackboard.ChecktheanswerstoExercise2withthewholeclass.Suggestedanswers:Thethreeproblemsthatwomenhaveandthatdonotapplytomenare:1)Theyhavemoredifficultygettinganeducation.2)Theyhavemoredifficultygettingtothetopoftheirchosencareer.3)Theyhavetogiveuptheircareersforthechildcareandrunningthehome.3.ListeningforthesecondtimeThepurposeinthistaskistoletthestudentsgetsomeusefulinformationtofinishExercises1and3.Beforeplayingthetapeforthesecondtime,asksthestudentstoreadthroughthetwoexercisesandtrytopredicttheanswers.Thentheteacherplaysthetapeagain.4.Listeningforthethirdtime3Thisisagoodchanceforthestudentstochecktheiranswers.Afterlisteningtwice,moststudentscanhaveagoodunderstandingaboutthematerial,andcanwritedownmostoftheanswers.Sothistimeisforthemtocheckandaddtheiranswers.Thentheteacherhasthestudentschecktheanswersingroups.Atlasttheteachercheckstheanswerswiththewholeclass.SuggestedanswerstoExercise1.1)Girlsoftenleaveschoolearlierforfamilyreasons.(T)2)Whenthereislittlemoney,theschooloftenpreventsgirlsfromtraining.(F)Whenthereislittlemoney,thefamilyoftengivesthechancetotheboysinsteadofthegirlstogotoschool.3)Girlsdon’thaveachancetorunacompany.(F)Womenhaveachance,buttheyneedtoprovetheycanrunbusinesssuccessfulbeforetheygetthechance.4)Whenwomenhavechildren,theyhavetostopwork.(T)5)Menhavemorechancestogettothetopoftheircareerthanwomen.(T)6)Mencandowhatevertheylike.(F)Thisistooabsolute.Menonlydon’thavetoover