Unit Four Lesson Two

An Interview with

a Good Language Learner

(period 2)

Teacher: Hu Xinyi

Grade Eight Class One

Time: 18/12/2008

Your learning aim:1. Review new words

2. Review the importance of English

3. Tuning in

4. Learn the Text and find out good ways to improve English skills

5. Have a contest

With a good command of English,what can you do ?

II. Review the importance of English

watch English television programmes

talk with native speakers of English

Tuning in: Good ways to learn English

listen to English broadcacts

keep an English diary practise speaking English

take every opportunity to practise English

buy an English newspaper

Do a questionnaire to see whether you are a good language learner.

Do you often …?1) listen to English songs? 2) keep an English diary? 3) read English stories or newspapers? 4) listen to English broadcasts? 5) watch English cartoons or films? 6) watch CCTV-9 programmes? 7) remember eight or ten words a day? 8) take every opportunity to practise English?

If the answer is yes, you can get 100 marks.

If you get 0~300 marks,that means you need to do better;

If you get 400~600 marks, that means you are doing well;

If you get 700~800 marks, that means you are excellent.

Comment

TextTask 1

• What's your problem when you learn English?

• How can we solve them?

Skills Ways to improve English skills

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Listen to English __________ and watch TV programmes.

practise ________ Englishin and out of class

read English ______ and ___________

keep an English _____

broadcasts

speaking

storiesnewspapers

diary

Task 2 listen twice and find out 4 ways to improve English skills

Task 3 Listen again and judge “true” or “false”.

2. She thinks “If you speak English in and out of class,

you can improve your spoken English .”

3. Keeping an English diary helps her a lot in writing .4. She reads English newspapers after she gets up .

5. Li fang says the key to her success is to practice .

6. She only wants to be a teacher of English when she grows up .

1. Li Fang won third prize in the English Speech Contest.F

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1. Li Fang won first prize in the English Speech Contest.

4. She reads English newspapers before she goes to bed.

6. She wants either to be a teacher of English or to be a diplomat when she grows up .

Li Fang won f_____ prize in the English Speech

Contest . Now she is telling us how she has d_______

his English . She thinks the best way is to p_______ .

She takes every o__________ to practise speaking

English i__ and o__ of class . She keeps an English

diary . She listens to English b_________ and watches

English p___________ in her spare time . She enjoys

r______ English stories and newspapers before she goes

to bed . Her dream is e____ to be a diplomat or to be a

teacher of English .

Task 4 Read the Text in pairs and then

complete the passage to consolidate the Text

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Suppose you are a Language Doctor, give a classmate of yours

some English learning advice.

★ discuss in pairs★ Have a contest between

boys and girls, see who can

give more tips.

Homework

1. Write an English study plan for winter holiday.

2. Try to recite the Text