Topic:Countries, nationalities, and languages

Functions:

Talk about countries, nationalities and languages

Ask and tell about where people live

Structure:

Where's/Where're ...from?

Where does/do ...from?

What questions----What language does/do ...speak?

Target language:

Where is she from? She is from....

Where does she live? She lives in....

What language does she speak? She speaks....

Vocabulary:

words about countries, languages

Teaching design:

The whole unit needs 5 periods, 4 for new lessons and 1 for test

Period 1 ( 1a----Grammar Focus )

Key points:

Where is your/John's pen pal from? He/She is from...

Where does he/she live? He/She lives in....

(Homework for preview)Pre-task:

Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their pen pals' information, such as their names, countries and cities they live even the language they speak.

T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countries which can be used by the Ss. T gives the Ss Chinese words for the countries, they are following: 加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国( The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they are new for them)

The example is following:

Name: Curry Muray

Age: 75

From(Nationality): the United States

City: New York

Language: English

Teaching Steps:

Key points:

Where is your/John's pen pal from? He/She is from...

Where does he/she live? He/She lives in....

(Homework for preview)Pre-task:

Let the Ss give themselves pen pals and they should write down their pen pals' information, such as their names, countries and cities they live even the language they speak

T can give the Ss an example meanwhile T gives the different countries which can be used by the Ss. T gives the Ss Chinese words for the countries, they are following: 加拿大，法国，日本，美国，澳大利亚，新加坡，英国，中国( The Ss can look them up in the dictionary if they are new for them)

The example is following:

Name: Curry Muray

Age: 75

From(Nationality): the United States

City: New York

Language: English

Teaching Steps:

Step 1 Leading-inThe information of the teacher's own pen pal's information.

"I have a pen pal. His name is Curry Muray. He is from the United States. Do you have a pen pal? Where is your pen pal from? What's your pen pal's name?"

Different students say the information about their own pen pals. T should choose the different countries. T writes the different countries on the Bb(both Chinese and English)

Step 2 Learning

Section A 1a Learn the new words on the Bb. The new words are:

pen pal; Canada; France; Japan; the United States(the US/the USA/America); Australia; Singapore; the United Kingdom(the U.K./Great Britain/England)

Pay attention to the pronuciation of the new words.

Step 3 Listening

1b Listen and circle the countries in 1a they learned

Step 4 Competition

Two groups of students to write the new words to see which group does better. First write down the Chinese words with looking at the English meanings, then write down the English words with looking at the Chinese meanings.

(This step is a memory game. It can help the Ss consolidate the new words they learned)

Step 5 Pairwork

1c Practise the following conversation:

---Do you have a pen pal? ---Yes, I do.

---Where's your pen pal's from? ----He/She is from ....(Write it down on the Bb)

First T has a conversation with one student as an example then let the Ss practise in pairs. At last let several pairs do it again in class.

Step 6 Leading-in

Revise the countries names with looking at the Bb. Then T writes down the city names on the Bb. Let the Ss try to find out which countries the cities are in. The city names are following:

Toronto; Paris; Tokyo; New York; Sydney; Singapore; London;

Step 7 Learning

2a Learn the city names together with the whole class just like Step 2

2b Listen and circle the cities and countries

2c Listen and complete the chart

Have a similar competition to consolidate the new words in this part.

Step 8 Pairwork

T has a conversation with one student like the following:

---Do you have a pen pal? ---Yes, I do.

---What's your pen pal's name? ---His/Her name is....

---Where is your pen pal from? ---He/She is from...

---Where does he/she live? ---He/She lives in....(Write it down on the Bb)

Let the Ss practise after the T's example in pairs then several pairs do it in class.

Step 9 Exercise

My pen pal is from Australia.(划线提问)

John's pen pal is from Japan. (划线提问)

He lives in Paris. (划线提问)

Homework:

Read and copy the new words .

Copy the sentences in Grammar Focus

Make up the questions about Jodie in 2c The questions are:

Does Jodie have a pen pal? Where is Jodie's pen pal from? Where does he/she live? What's his/her name?(This one can be chosen by themselves)