Period 4 Listening and speaking
Target language
1. Words & expressions
Breakfast, lunch,
2. Key sentences
Does Tom like carrots?
Yes, he does
I like carrots!
Ability goals
Enable students to talk about likes and dislikes and diffe rence between fruits and vegetables
Learning ability goals
Help students learn h ow to talk about likes and dislikes of three meals
Teaching important / difficult points
How to talk about what others like and don’t like
Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式
Step I Revision and Lead-in
Check the homework. Talk with students freely and ask them to give some English names for food. And then ask some of them to tell what food others like and dislike.
T: Glad to meet you again, boys and girls. Now you know much fruit and food, don’t you?
S: Yes, we do.
T: Can you tell me some?
S: OK. Apples, pears, strawberries.
T: Very good. What else?
S: Salad, hamburgers.
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T: Great! Now, I’d like some of you to tell us what food your classmates like and dislike. Now who’d like to show your writing?
Sample version:
Cai Jun likes apples. He doesn’t like hamburgers. Chao Jun doesn’t like tomatoes. He likes bananas. Du Lin likes French fries and salad but she doesn’t like salad. Wu Han and Sao Bing both like strawberries but they don’t like chicken.
T: Well done! As we know, we have various food s for three meals, ie, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now, who can tell me the meanings of these words?
S: Breakfast means the food we have in the morning, lunch means the food we have at noon and dinner usually refers to what we have in the evening.
T: Excellent! I see you have known a lot about the eating habits of your classmates. But what about yourself? Can you tell me what you usually have for three meals? You may talk with your partner and prepare for it first. Try to speak in English,
S: I usually have eggs , noodles, milk for breakfast, rice, chicken, fish, carrots, potat oes for lunch and for dinner my parents usually prepare a variety of food, for example, pork, fish, broccoli, tofu, fried ducks…
T: Good! Next we will learn more about the food for three meals every day and talk about people’s likes and dislikes.
Step II Match work (1a: P34)
Ask students to read the w ords, talk about the picture, and then match the words with the food in the picture.
T: First practice reading the words by yourselves and then read after me and correct the pronunciation.
After reading.
T: Now, please look at the pictures. Do you like the food in the pictures for three meals every day?
S: Yes. / No.
T: Can you name them in English? Talk with your partners and give the English names for them.
Ask the students to work in pairs and talk about the foods in the picture.
Check the answers with the students.
Step III Pairwork and Listening (1b, 1c, 1d)
Ask the students to work in pairs, look at the chart (1b), tell the difference between the fruits and vegetables and add to the lists within the limited time.
T: Now, please look at the list s in the chart. We can see that apples are fruits while carrot is a kind of vegetable, so can you tell the fruits from the vegetables?
S: Yes. A fr uit is the part of a plant or tree that contains seeds and that is used as food while a vegetable is a plant which you eat as food, e.g. potatoes, carrots, onions.
T: Good! Look at the pictures in 1a again and tell me what the vegetables are.
S: salad and carrots are vegetables.
T: Right! Now, Can you add some words to the lists on the right? I’ll give y ou three minutes to work with your partner and list as many fruits and vegetables as you can.
Sample list of words:
.pears, strawberries, watermelon, grapes, and bananas are fruits
cabbage, cucumber, eggplants, carrots, broccoli and potatoes are vegetables
Ask students to read the words in 1a again and then listen to a conversation, circle the words from 1a and then finish the chart in 2b.
Check the answers by asking students to read their answers.
T: Here I have a question for you. Can you tell the names of the two students who speak in the conversation? What do they talk about? You may look at the chart in 2b for help.
S: Sandra and Tom talk about what food they like and dislike.
T: Very good! We know from the chart that Sandra likes salad and Tom likes carrots. But what do they dislike? Next listen to the recording again and finish the chart in 2b.
After listening, check the answers by asking some students to read their notes.
Step IV Pairwork (1e:)
Ask students to talk about the likes and dislikes for three meals of Tom and Sally and then tell which picture shows the food either of them has for the meal.
T: Since we have listen to the recording for many times and you may know a lot about the eating habits of Tom and Sally. Now please work in pairs, ask and answer questions about what Sally and Tom like and don’t like. You may look at the chart above when necessary.
Sample dialogue:
S1: Does Sally like apples?
S2: Yes, she does.
S1: Does she like vegetables?
S2: No, she doesn’t.
Ask students to look at the breakfast, lunch, and dinner in activity 1a and decide whom each of them belongs to.
T: (Point to the completed chart in 2b) Look at the foods each person likes. Look at the foods each person doesn’t like. Now decide who each meal belong to.
Check the answers with the students.
Step V Homework
Ask the students to practice talking about the food Sally and Tom like and don’t like.