Unit8 Adventure -Communication Workshop教案
Objectives
■ To speak about a chosen holiday.
■ To show interest when interacting orally.
■ To write an informal letter.
■ To use informal linking words in a letter.
■ To listen to a radio programme and extract the main information.
Resources used
Cassette, Writing Help 2.
Possible problem
If some students in the class do not interact confidently in their own language, they may feel awkward using interactive strategies in English.
Background
There is spectacular white-water rafting on the Colorado River, the river which runs through the Grand Canyon.
Greenland is covered by a vast ice cap and lies mostly within the Arctic Circle. It is inhabited by a population of about 50,000, mostly Inuit.
The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides, a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland.
The features of informal written style in the letter are commonly used nowadays in personal letters and in e-mails.
Routes through the material
. If you are short of time, omit the Talkback stage of the Speaking and the Writing Workshops.
. If you have two lessons for this unit, a suitable natural break is after the Speaking activity.
Language Power: pages 74-75.
Speaking: Choosing a Holiday
Before you start
Exercise 1
Useful vocabulary: ancient ruins, rafting, reserve, snowmobile, vehicle
■ Do not pre-teach this vocabulary, but encourage students to guess the meaning of the words after they have done the exercise and listened to the dialogue.
■ Students read the advertisements to extract the main information about the holidays.
■ Then they listen to the dialogue to find out which holiday Ricky and Shulah choose.
Answer
White-Water Experience
Tapescript
Shulah: Which holiday would you like to go on, Ricky?
Ricky: I don’t know. They all look very interesting. Er,I think I’d like to go on the wildlife safari.
Shulah: Really?
Ricky: I prefer hot places, you know. Like South Africa.
Shulah: Mm. I think the most exciting one is the trip to Greenland.
Ricky: Yes?
Shulah: I mean you can really explore somewhere which isn’t full of people, especially other tourists. It would be great ’cos you can go skiing and mountaineering as well.
Ricky: Right.
Shulah: I wouldn’t like to go on the safari. You know, sitting around watching giraffes. You can see them in the zoo, can’t you?
Ricky: Yes, but the weather’s terrible in Greenland. It’s worse than the weather here!
Shulah: That’s true.
Ricky: And the Greenland trip sounds quite uncomfortable.
Shulah: But they do everything for you. Tents, snowmobiles. Wouldn’t you like to go on a snowmobile?
Ricky: No, not really. I don’t like snow. I’d prefer to go to Africa.
高一英语communication workshop教案