UNIT 9 : DESERTS
C _ LISTENING
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I/.Aims : Listen about the desert .
II/. Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know the
information of a desert .
III/ Materials : Textbook , posters , cassette
IV/. Procedures :
Time
Content Teacher’s
activities
Students’
activities
5’
I/. Warm up : Kim’s game
camel
What can you see
in a
desert ?
_ guides
_ check
_ read
_Memorize
_ go to the board
& write down
the words
_ answer
_ listen and
repeat
10’
18’
II/. Pre – Listening :
Pre – teach vocabulary :
Frightening speed ( n )
Fire wood ( n)
Rabbit ( n)
Agent ( n)
Needle ( n)
Check R.O.R
Before you listen :
Ask and answer the
questions :
1. What is a desert ?
2. How is a desert formed ?
3. Can human beings make
a desert ? Why ? Why not ?
III/. While – listening :
_ elicits
_ models
_writes
_ asks
_ ask Ss to read
the instruction on
_ run through the
_ listen
_ repeat
_ Copy
_ work in pairs
Task 1 : True / False
statements .
Listen to an expert talking
about deserts and decide
whether the statements are
true ( T ) or false ( F) .
Correct answers
1.T 2.F 3. T 4. F 5.
T
Task 3 :
Listen to part of the
expert’s talk again and fill
in the missing word(s)
task
_ ask Ss to
predict .
_ play the tape (
1 or 2)
_ Ask Ss for
answer
_ ask Ss to give
the correct
informationof the
false sentences .
_ give feedback
and correct the
answer .
Asking Ss to
listen the passage
and fill in the
_ read
_ listen
_ work in pairs
_ listen
_ answer
_ give the
information
Goupwork
10’
Key:
1. 90 percent 2. smaller
plants
3. prevent 4.
spreading
5. capital 6. canals
Task 2 :
Listen and answer the
following questions
Key:
1.It examines deserts , what
they are and how they are
formed .
2. It is a hot , dry , sandy
place . The sun shines , the
wind blows , and time and
space seem endless .
3. Nature and humans .
missing words .
_ correcting
_ elicits
_ run through
_ check
_ listen
_ listen to the
tape the second
time work in
groups
_ correct .
_ work in groups
2’
4. By eating every plant
they can find . This makes
the land become desert .
5. People cut trees down .
When the trees are gone ,
the smaller phants die , and
the land becomes desert .
IV/ Post – listening :
After you listen :
Summarize the main idea of
the expert’s talk
Suggestions :
What is a desert ?
What causes the growth of a
desert ?
What should humans do to
prevent the growth of
deserts ?
_ elicits
_ models
Assigns
Takenotes
V/. Homework :
Write a short paragraph
about the desert .