现代大学英语（第三版）口语1 教案 Oral_English_I_Unit_14 Celebrating Holidays and Festivals.pdf

Unit14CelebratingHolidaysandFestivals

Theme:holidaysandfestivals

Languagefunctions:Describingwhatpeopledoonholidaysandfestivals;talkingabout

futureplans

Objectives:Studentsshallbeabletodescribeholidays&festivalsandtalkabouttheirfuture

plans;theyshallalsoconsolidatetheircommandofthefunctionalexpressionsusedtoshow

agreement&disagreementaswellasdescribepastexperiences.

Warm-up

Procedures:

1.Dividestudentsintogroupsoffourandaskthemtoguesswhatthefestivalsareaccording

tothedescriptionsandthendiscussthequestionsinthetextbook.Theholidaysandfestivals

describedinpartonearetheMid-AutumnFestival,Tomb-SweepingFestival/QingMing

Festival,Thanksiving,andHalloween.

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Activity1

1.Conversation

Thistextisadialoguebetweentwofriends,ZhangJuanandPeter,discussingholidaysand

festivalsintheirrespectivecultures,ChinaandtheUnitedStates.Thetextprovidesan

introductoryculturalexchangeandcomparisonoftraditionalholidaycelebrationsinChina

andtheUnitedStates.Ithighlightssomeofthemajornationalholidaysineachcountryand

someuniquecustoms.

Gothroughtheconversationanddrawstudents’attentiontoexpressionsofaskingaboutand

describingtheholidaysandfestivals.Thenleadstudentstohavealookattheusefulwords

andfunctionalexpressionsintheLanguageBank.Inaddition,theteachermayaskstudentsto

addotherimportantholidaysandfestivalsinChinaorothercountries.

2.Pairwork

Focus:Thistaskaimstoengagestudentsinconversationalexchangesaboutcultural

eventsandmakinglogicalguessesaboutwhichfestivalisbeingdepictedbasedonthe

visualinformationprovided.

Procedures:

Arrangestudentsinpairs.Askeachpairtomakedialogsbasedonthegivenpictures,

followingthepatterninthetextbook.Theymaychoosetomakethreeshortdialogsorone

dialogincorporatingdescriptions