UNIT 15: CITIES
C: LISTENING
I. Aim:
- Listen for specific information.
II. Teaching aids: pictures of the Statue of Liberty, some pictures of
some famous cities, lesson plan, textbook.
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
* Warm up: Matching:
- Uses a poster: Match the names of the
cities in column A with the names of the
countries in column B
- Corrects
* Pre-listening
- Gets Ss to work in pairs to answer 6
questions in textbook
* While-listening
Task 1.
- Explain the instruction and has Ss read
the task quickly in 1 minute before
listening
- Play the tape twice
Task 2
- Explain the instruction
- Get Ss to read quickly Task 2 in 1
minute
- Play the tape twice
Students’ activities
- Go to the board and match the words
Ss’ answers may vary
1. It is the Statue of Liberty
2. It is the Statue of a woman /It is tall/
It is big
3. It got a crown in her head
4. It’s got a tablet in her left hand
5. It’s holding a burning torch
6. It’s wearing a robe
- Read the task quickly
- Listen and choose the correct answers
Answer key:
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
- Give their answers
- Listen again to correct their answers
- Listen to teacher’s explanation
- Read the task quickly
- Listen to the tape and fill in the table
- Give their answers
- Ask Ss what they have heard.
- Listen to Ss’ answers
- Play the tape the last time to make sure
that Ss can fill in the table enough with
correct information
- Listen to the tape and correct the
answers
Answer key
1. Liberty Enlightening the World
2. 46 meters
3. 205 tons
4. Copper (outside) and iron (frame)
5. (Made of) stone and concrete
6. 9.30 a.m to 5 p.m daily
(everyday) except Christmas Day
- Work in groups
* Post- listening
- Divide the class into 2 groups
- 2 Ss present their talks in front of class
- Have the students sit in groups of six and
retell their friends what they have learnt
- Other Ss listen to their friends’
about the Statue of Liberty, using the
presentation
information in the table.
- Go around to help students
- Get 2 representatives of two groups to
present their talks
- Give feedback
Homework
Assigns homework
Write a paragraph (about 50 words)
about the Statue of Liberty