Period Two

(Speaking)

Step 1 Listening

 Have Ss listen to a piece of music and tell what kind of musical instrument the music is played with.

Step 2 Brainstorming

 Have Ss tell as many kinds of musical instrument as possible by asking the question: What other kinds of musical instrument do you know? T collects kinds of musical instrument: organ, harp, piano, maracas, violin, saxophone, gone, cymbals, castanets, flute, timpani, tambourine, triangle, drum, xylophone, etc.

Step 3 Creating a situation (textual authenticity)

 Have Ss work together with his\her partner. Take turns asking for and giving advice.

Step 4 Listening

 Listen to the sample dialogue and make sure what the dialogue is about.

Step 5 Practice

 Practice reading the dialogue, using one of the names of musical instrument mentioned above to replace CD and paying attention to sentences of asking for and giving advice.

Step 6 Dialogue

 Have Ss choose one from the following situations to create their own dialogue.

Step 7 Demonstration

 Have several pairs to demonstrate their dialogues.

Step 8 Sum-up

 Have Ss think hard and summarize how to make suggestions and give advice and possible responses.(See Slide)

Step 9 Consolidation

 Work in pairs or groups. Use one or more of the situations below to practise giving and asking for advice.

1.       You want to learn to play the piano, but you don’t know how.

2.       You would like to write a song about your mother, but you are not sure what you should write.

3.       You want to learn an English song, but you don’t know which one.

Homework:

1.       Finish off the workbook exercises.

2.       Try to memorize names of different kinds of musical instrument.

Find as much information about music as possible.