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)