a)       arouse the students’ interest in English

b)      students are to grasp some vocabularies like : subject, science, why, because and revise some description words.

c)      help students successfully to describe their preferences by using “favorite” correctly and give reasons.

d)      cultivate the students’ ability of speaking and listening skills like how to get key information while listening

e)       students should know the importance of learning all the subjects well

Teaching focal points:

a)       Students are learning to describe their preferences and give reasons by using the sentence structure: What’s your/his/her favorite..? My/Her/His favorite… is …. Why …Because…

b)      maintain some listening skills

a)       How to correctly use the personal pronouns like “my/his /her favorite…”

b) The pronunciation of “math”, “subject” and the sentence structure: What’s your/his/her favorite..? My/Her/His favorite… is …. Why …Because…

Lesson type: listening and speaking

a)       task-based approach

b)      audio-lingual method

Teaching aids: some Christmas cards and Christmas hat, a tape recorder

T: Good afternoon, everybody! Just now, you watched a video. Who can tell me: What can Father Christmas do?

Ss: …

T: Yes, you are very clever. He can sing and dance. I can sing, too. Do you want to listen to me?

Ss: …

T: (sing a song for them) Do you think I can sing well?

S: Yes.

T: Thank you very much.

T: I like singing very much. So I like music. And you know I am an English teacher, so I like English, too. What about you? Do you like English?

Ss: …

T: Do you like music?

Ss: …

T: I am happy that many students like English. And you know music, English and Chinese, these are…

Ss: Subjects.

T: You are very clever. These are subjects. Read after me: subject.

Ss: …

T: What other subjects do you know?

Ss: …

T: Ok. Let’s have a look. What subject is it?

Ss…

(Show pictures and teach different subjects)

T: Let’s read them twice.

Ss…

T: This time, please show me your books. If I say “Chinese”, please show me your Chinese books, ok?

Ss: Ok!

T: Math

Ss: (show their math books.)

T: Say with me: This is my math book.

Ss…

T: (show books and repeat)

Ss:…

T: Well done! Here are so many subjects, right?

Ss: Yes.

T: (Ask one student) What’s your favorite subject?

Ss: My favorite subject is …

T: (Another) What about you?

Ss:…

T: (Ask this student to ask another one. Then go on.)

Ss:…

T: Now ask and answer with your partner and tell me your favorite subjects.

Ss: …

T: (Ask some pairs to ask and answer)

 

T: You know many subjects, right? Here are some subjects, what can you hear? Please listen.

Ss: …

(listen to the tape)

T: What subjects can you hear?

Ss:…

T: Ok, let’s check.

T: It’s a little difficult. Let’s listen to it again.

Ss:…

(listen and repeat and read together)

T: I like English best. Do you know why? Guess, please.

S…

T: Maybe you are right. Any more?

Ss:…

T: Yes, I like it because I can sing English songs, I can speak English well, I can learn a lot about English history, and so on. What about you?

Ss:…

T: Do you like math?

Ss:…

T: Why do you like it?

Ss: …

T: (Present some description words and let them make dialogues)

Ss:…

 

T: Look at this picture. What’s his favorite subject, and why?

Ss: …

T: Please listen.

Ss: …

T: (check and let them repeat)

T: Now let’s talk about more. What’s your favorite food, color, sport or subject?

Ss: …

T: Choose one and make a survey. Do it like this: (Model is given)

Ss:…

(Do the survey)

T: Finish?

Ss: Yes.

T: Now please make a report like this: Hello, my name is … Merry Christmas. Let me tell you about our favorite things.

Ss:…

T: You did a good job. Here are some cards for you.

Ss:…

T: Look, what’s this?

Ss:…

(Teach some Christmas words)

T: who got my cards?

S:…

T: read it, please.

Ss: Merry Christmas.

T: Say it to the whole class.

Ss:…

T: Great, let’s look at the blackboard. Read them. So you should learn all the subjects well.

S: …

T: Homework : Ask your partners’ favorite things and why. Finish workbook 1. Bye!

Ss: Bye.