Step 1

　　Draw a Festival tree.

　　Festival

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　　Chinese Festivals Western Festivals

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　　Step 2

　　Talk about the festivals.

　　Do you like festivals?

　　Why?

　　What kind of festivals do you like, Chinese or western?

　　What do people do on festivals?

　　What festivals do you like best? Etc.

　　Task 2: match the words with the pictures in activity 1 on page 8.

　　Step 1

　　Ask: What is the biggest festival in China?

　　What do you think people usually do to get ready for the Spring Festival?

　　Read through the words in activity 1 on page 8 and have the Ss. repeat them after you chorally and individually.

　　Step 2

　　Ask the students to do activity 1 on page 8. Play the recording and ask the Ss. to listen

　　Step 3

　　Play the recording again and have them check the words individually.

　　Check their answers with a partner.

　　Step 4

　　Call back the answers in a whole- class setting

　　Step 5

　　Talk about the pictures

　　Activity 3: Listening

　　Task 1:. To understand conversations about getting ready for the Spring Festival.

　　Step 1

　　Give the Ss 2 questions:

　　What are Lingling and her mother doing ?

　　Where is Lingling’s father?

　　Make sure the Ss understand the 2 questions:

　　Step 2

　　Play the recording and have them listen .

　　Step 3

　　Play the recording again and have them write the answers individually.

　　Step 4

　　Play the recording and have them check their answers with a partner

　　Step 5

　　Call back the answers from the whole class.

　　Task 2: activity 3 on page 9.

　　Step 1

　　Choose the best answers in Activity 3.

　　Step 2

　　Call back the answer in a whole- class setting.

　　Task 3: Listen and read:

　　Step 1

　　Play the recording and ask the Ss. to listen and read the conversation.

　　Step 2

　　Play the recording again and pause after each phrase, asking the Ss. to repeat chorally and individually.

　　Step 3

　　Put the Ss. into groups of 3 to practise the dialogue.

　　Step 4

　　They should repeat it several times, changing the roles each time.

　　Task 4: activity 4 on page 9

　　Step 1

　　Explain by saying “This activity is designed to check if you have grasped the main structure.

　　Explain that the students have to answer the questions in full sentences.

　　Step 2

　　Put the Ss. into groups to ask and answer the questions.

　　Step 3

　　Call back the answer in a whole- class setting.

　　Step 4

　　Ask different students to practice them in front of the class.

　　Activity 4: Pronunciation

　　Task: Grasp 3 phonemes / l

　　Step 1

　　Play the recording and ask the Ss. to listen and read the phonemes/ l.

　　Step 2

　　Play the recording again and ask the Ss. to repeat chorally and individually.

　　Step 3

　　Put the Ss. in pairs to practice them.

　　Activity 5: A test

　　Listen to the tape and translate some of the sentences into Chine se.

　　Activity 6: Homework

　　Recite the short passage as fluently as possible.

　　Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary

　　1、Teaching Content: Reading and Vocabulary

　　2、Teaching Aims and Demands:

　　1) Language knowledge:

　　New words: tradition, bad, luck, paint, mean, decorate, decoration, everyone, haircut, dumpling, fireworks, few, week, round, bring

　　Key phrases: paper cut, New Year, New Year’s Eve, sweet pudding, a few, all the year round.

　　2) Reading skill: To understand the text. (重 點)