1、Unit5Language aims1. To ide ntify specific characteristics indescripti ons ofan imals.2. To liste n for gist and detail to obta in gen eralin formatio nImporta ncesDifficultiesTo extract speck in formatio n from liste ning to a con versati on to-complete aletter.To use informationpresented in text a

2、nd pictures to infer generalmeaning and con textTeach ing procedures:Step 1 ReviseCreate an interest in the situation.Tell students that lots of people are afraidof an imals. Revise the differe nt adjectives to describe fear using a visualrepresentation: afraid and frightened.Step2 Prese ntati on:1.

3、 Tell stude nts that they are going to liste n to con versati on about fears ofanimals between a teacher and a student.First, ask students to study the picturesof the differe nt ani mals in Part A1. Stude nts match the n ames to the pictures.2. Check an swers as a class activity-3. Ask students to r

4、ead the notes in Part A2. Ask some general questions to check un dersta ndin glye.g. Do you know how many bones there arein a giraffe s neck? Only focus onthe word bon es Do not give them the an swer at this stage. Prete nd that youdo not know either. Create a situati on where you are all lear ning

5、together.Ask what do you know about tortoises ?Have you see n one?Where do they live?Where do camels live? (elicit the ideas of sand, wind, desert, etc.)What do you know about an ts, (elicit in sects)Do you know of any other in sects?2How do you feel about in sects?4. Play the record ing. Ask stude

6、nts to liste n to specific words to complete thenotes. Make it clear that they are listeningfor real informationto the questionsyou asked them earlier1) . Ask students to compare their note with a partner and identify any differences.If most students were not able to identifythe correct words , play

7、 the recordingaga in.2) Ask students read Suzy s letter in Part A3. Ask them to complete the letterfrom the information they have already identified in the previous listening andthe no tes they have made.3) Play the record ing aga in and ask stude nts to check their an swers.4) . Then check student

8、s understanding. Ask several students to each read onesentence aloud to the class, pay ing atte nti on to nuance and pronun ciati on. Thencheck an swers as a class. En courage all stude nts toStep3 Practice1. For stron ger classes, tell stude nts to close their books and liste n to you.For weaker cl

9、asses, allow students to follow the conversation in the book.2. Present the conversation line by line focusing on intonation and linking ofwords. Ask students to repeat complete phrases as they hear them. Make sure that they donor soundmonotonous OE mecha ni cal. If they have problems pronouncing pa

10、rticular words, practice the wordseparately and the n in tegrate it into the complete phrase aga in.3. Ask students to practice the conversationin pairs and then change roles. Thenask stude nts to con struct their own con versati ons based on the model. For lessable students, allow them to write down their conversationsbefore the role-play.Vehicle stude nts are practici ng the con versati ons, move around the