Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/7B/Lesson 1

Grades 7&8 Second Semester Lesson One FUN WITH ENGLISH 7B Chapter One Version 0.3 Last Updated 2 March 2010 Lesson Used In Class Week of 1 March 2010 to 5 March 2010

INTRODUCTION

 * New Students

MATERIALS

 * Camera

0 Before Class

 * Draw a blank seating chart on the board.
 * Write seating chart above it.

1 Opening Greeting

 * How are you?
 * Did you have a fun winter vacation? What did you do?
 * How was your new years dinner? Whad did you eat?
 * Do you have any questions for me?

2 Introduce the Tests and Grading Policy

 * This semester will be different. There will be tests.
 * Your grade will come from the tests and your classroom performance.
 * Do you have any questions?

3 Seating Chart
names. seat. girls usually works best, but do not tell them you will be mixing, just do it.
 * Now we are going to create a seating chart, so I can learn your
 * I am going to give everyone a new seat.
 * After I give you a seat, please write your name on the board in your
 * You can use your Chinese name or an English name.
 * If you use your Chinese name, please write it in pinyin.
 * If you want to pick a new English name, that's OK.
 * One by one select students and give them new seats. Mixing boys and

4 Rip Out the Textbook Answers
sections. practice their names.
 * Now, please rip out the answers from your textbook.
 * Write the page numbers on the board.
 * 7B: Pages 99 - 108
 * 8B: Pages 103 - 111
 * Leave some answers in so you keep all the Tapescript and Wordlist
 * Call the students up one by one, use it as an opportunity to

5 Textbook

 * Please open your textbooks, and do parts A and B on page two.
 * 7B:
 * Page 2 Let's get ready A & B
 * 8B:
 * Page 2 Let's get ready A & B

Extra Time

 * 7B:
 * Page 4 Let's listen 2 A
 * Page 5 Let's listen 3


 * 8B:
 * Page 3 Let's listen 1 A
 * Page 5 Let's listen 3 B

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Acknowledgments
Foreign Language School who had this lesson for their participation and feedback. I would also like to thank the Anqing Foreign Language School for allowing me to teach there.
 * I would like to thank all the 7th and 8th grade classes at Anqing

After Class Notes
Ver 0.2 1 Mar 2010 so I can learn faster? much English was learned. students.
 * have the stuff about the tests written in chinese.
 * seating chart takes a really long time.
 * Should I try having them write their names on the board in pinyin,
 * Have them take out the answers as they are sitting down?
 * Lessons went fast. Kids and I both had fun. Not totally sure how
 * Next week I really do not want to do this again.
 * 7A The wording of "Let's Listen" B was too difficult.
 * 7A Were not excited to hear about the tests.
 * 8A Let's listen was easy overall, but challenged a few of the

Changelog
Ver 0.1 24 Feb 2010 coffee shop.
 * Drew up a basic plan in a meeting with a colleague at an Anqing

Ver 0.2 28 Feb 2010
 * Handwrote it onto a new sheet, adding detail and expanding it.

Ver 0.3 1 Mar 2010
 * Revised following my 5 classes.
 * Wrote it into Aquamacs as a text file.

Ver 0.31 7 Nov 2010
 * Made it Mediawiki friendly, and deleted irrelevant parts, incl. "Symbols used".