2、e west, people like talking about the weather instead of asking Have you eaten? or Where are you going? It’s impolite to ask such question in the west.Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points Key words Learn to talk about the weather using the target language Present progressive tense.
3、Ⅲ. Teaching Difficulties The key vocabulary. Learn to talk about the weather using the target language. Train students’ listening skill.Train students’ communicative competence. The Present progressive tenseⅣ. Teaching Methods Listening and speaking methods Pairwork S
4、cene teaching methodsⅤ. Teaching Aids A tape recorder A computer A map of the world.Ⅵ. Teaching ProceduresStepⅠGreetingGreet the class as usual.Check the homework.StepⅡ 1a 1b 1 Point out the numbered list of words. Ask a student to read them out. 2 Then ask s
5、tudents to match the picture with words from the list. 3 You are to listen and write the city names in the boxes to go with its weather.StepⅢ 1c 1. Work with a partner. Make conversations about the weather in the five places in the picture in activity 1a. 2.
6、 Ask different students to say their conversations to the class.StepⅣ 2a 2b 1. Play the tape twice. Students listen and number the pictures the second time they hear it. 2. Play the same recording again. Listen and match the names with the activities. 3 Go ov
7、er the answers.StepⅤ 2c Grammar Focus 1. Get students to work in pairs. After they practice for a few minutes,2. Ask some pairs to present their conversations to the class.Remind students that all the questions end with a falling intonation.StepⅥ 3a 3b Please wr
8、ite the letter of each face next to the word it goes with. Check the
