An overview of a class（Listening and speaking）

·班级Class

Class 20, Senior 1

·题目 Topic

Chapter 6, Part2, Taking notes on similarities and differences

·教学目标和要求 Teaching objectives

1. Get familiar with common expressions that signal similarities and differences

2. Differentiate and apply the differentways of taking notes on similarities and differences

3. Get familiar with the new vocabularies in the body language lecture

4. Get familiar with the common body languages in different cultures mentioned in the lecture

·重点难点 Difficulty and key points

1. Apply the different ways of taking notes on similarities and differences

2. Taking notes on keywords, not sentences

3. Identify difficult vocabularies

·上课内容 Course content

1. List the common expressions that signal similarities and differences. Ask students to read these expressions by themselves and clear students’ confusions if they have.

2. Illustrate the different ways of taking notes on similarities and differences by examples respectively.

3. Practice the ways of taking notes on similarities and differences by sentence practices. Check answers with students to make sure they understand the sentences and be able to take notes correctly and effectively.

4. Practice the ways of taking notes on similarities and differences by listening to a lecture. Ask one student come to the board. Use this student’s notes as an example to further explain the key point of this class: how to take notes on similarities and differences.

5. Recap what we’ve learned.

·作业任务 Assignments

1. Extensive Listening on the lecture

2. Circle common expressions of similarities and differences, circle new vocabularies and highlight the words or phrases where students find thepronunciations are unfamiliar to them

·存在问题及解决方法 Problems and solutions

1. Some students find it’s difficult to fully understand the sentences and the lecture.This group of students needsto devote more time doing their homework in order to have a better understanding of the teaching materials.

2. Taking notes on similarities and differences. As this is the first timestudents do this kind of practice, some students are not sensitive enough toidentify and differentiate the expressions of similarities and differences. This should not be a problem as they keep practicing though.