e11-unit 13 listening

English 11- - Unit 13
Date: 10/3/2010
Unit 13 : Hob bies
Period 27 : Listening
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Develop their skill of listening for specific information.
- Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading.
II. Materials:
Textbook, posters, pointer, pictures, cassette player, etc
III. Anticipated problems:
Ss may not have catch some information, so T should be ready to assist them.
IV. Procedure:
Stage/Time Procedure Interaction
Check-up
5’
- Ask one student go to the board and talk about his/her
hobbies.
- Elicit comments from the class and give marks.
Whole class
Warm-up
5’
GAME: CROSSWORD
1. I often chat with friends on ___.
2. I wouldn’t call myself an avid stamp ___ .
3. He likes reading ___.
4. I bought these books from the ___ near my house.
5. I also love ___ computer games.
1 P H O N E
2 C O L L E C T O R
3 B O O K

4 B O O K S H O P
5 P L A Y I N G
- T asks some questions:
1. How do you like spending your free time ?
2. Do you like reading books?
Why/ why not:
- Introduce the new lesson.
Group work
Before you listen
8’
- Brainstorming:
- Ask Ss to list benefits of reading books (ask Ss to find
out as much as they can if necessary).
- Ask for Ss’ ideas and write on the board.
- May add some more benefits if necessary.
Whole class
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Widen knowledge
Relaxing Build self-esteem
Improve memory Reduce boredom
- Pre-teaching new words:
- Ask Ss to look at the new words in the book and give
their meanings in Vietnamese.
- Play the cassette twice and ask Ss to repeat.
- Call 3 Ss to read these words aloud.
Whole class
While you listen
10’
* Task 1:
- Instruction: You are going to hear a man talk about his

hobby. Listen to his talk and choose the best answers A, B,
C or D.
- Before Ss listen, ask Ss to look through sentences in task
1.
- Play the tape twice for Ss to listen and do the task.
- Ask Ss to share their answers with their partners.
- Call some Ss to give their answers and explain their
answer in front of the class.
- Play the tape again for Ss to check their answers, pausing
at the points of the answers.
- Give correct answer:
1. Speaker’s hobby is _____.
A. reading B. meeting people C. fishing D. swimming
2. He always wanted his father to read ____ when he was
young.
A. magazines B. novels C. fairy tales D. funny stories
3. He started reading with ___.
A. any kind of books B. the books he liked C.
ABC books D. his father
4. By reading, he learned about _____.
A. how people to make friends.
B. how to cook.
C. the life all over the world.
D. how people lived in bygone days.
5. He said he will ___ .
A. stop reading B. not read in future
C. continue to read D. enrich his book collection.
1. A 3. C
2. C 4. D 5. C
Individual work

Pair work
Whole class
Individual work
Pair work
Whole class
Reading
book
English 11- - Unit 13
8’ * Task 2:
- Instruction: You are going to the talk again. Listen
again and fill in the missing words.
- Ask Ss to read the paragraph silently, predict the missing
words and write them on a separate sheet of paper.
- Play the tape more than once if necessary and ask Ss to
get the answers and compare with their prediction.
- Call some Ss to give their answers and explain.
- Check with the whole class by playing the tape again and
pause at difficult points if Ss cannot complete the task.
- Give correct answers:
1. wonderful
2. disease
3. jungle
4. certainly
5. ignorantly
After you listen
7’
- Ask Ss to discuss about the disadvantages of over-
reading (encourage Ss to find out as many disadvantages
as possible).
- Walk around and help if necessary.

- Call some Ss to give their ideas and write on the board.
- Comment and give suggested ideas:
+ Becoming shortsighted.
+ Not having enough physical exercise.
+ Lacking of practical knowledge.
+ Becoming bookworm.
etc.
Pair work
Whole class
Wrap-up
2’
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.
- For homework, Ss learn by heart all new words and
prepare for the next period of writing (look up for new
words, phrases & models).
Whole class
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