11advance U9-Listening

LESSON PLAN
Unit Nine Nature in Danger
Lesson N
o
3 Listening
Outcomes - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to listen and understand general ideas.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to listen for specific details.
Type of lesson
- Skill-based (listening).
Key Vocabulary - environment-friendly - disturb
- intention - wash away
Key structures
- So ecotourism is environment-friendly, isn’t it?
Anticipated problems
- Some students at the back may have difficulty listening to the CD player.
Materials
- Textbook - CD player - Poster
- Chalk and board - Cards
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Stage/
Timing.
Procedure. Aims. Focus. Materials.
1.
Warm-
Up
(5 – 6’).
Game: Word girl
- Prepare a poster of a word girl with 10 rows. (You can prepare a poster
with all the words in their rows and cover each row with a piece of
paper. When SS get it right, you just need to uncover that row.)
(Appendix)

- Ask SS to work in two groups, A and B.
- Tell SS to take turns to choose a numbered row.
- Read the explanation for the word in that row, and the group try to say
what the word is. If the group get it right, they score 1 point. If they get it
wrong, the other group have the chance to say the word and score the
point.
- After 5 rows have been revealed, the groups are allowed to guess the
key word in the column. If they get it right, they win 5 points.
- The group that have more points will win the game.
- Check SS’ understanding of instruction and have them start the game.
- Keep a running total of pointd for each group on the board.
- Declare the winner.
Transition: - Ecotourism is a popular kind of travel to day. You’re going
to listen to a talk about the effects of ecotourism on the invironment. But
first, what do you know about ‘Ecotourism’?
- To create
Interest,
Check up
Vocab, and
introduce
the topic.
Groups.
T-class.
T-class.
- Poster.
- Chalk &
board.
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2. Pre-
listening

(5 – 6’).
( 5 – 7’).
3.
While-
llistening
(5 – 8’).
- Write down on the board: Unit 9 Nature in Danger – Listening
Brainstorming.
- Ask SS to wrote down things they know about ecotourism.


environment-friendly
currently popular

- Note down SS’ ideas on the board.
Talking about the pictures (Task a. p.129)
- Tell SS the tourism in the pictures are talking an eco-tour.
- Ask SS to say what these people might be doing, and then ask them if
what these eco-tourism do any harm to the environment.
Activity 1: True – False Statements (Task b, p.130)
- Tell SS they are going to listen to a talk by an environmentalist about
the effects of ecotourism.
- Ask, SS to listen to the first par of the talk and decide if the statements
in Task b are True (T) or False (F).
- Let SS listen for the second time if necessary.
- Go over the answers with the class.
- To
engage SS
and elicit
ideas.

- To
prepare
SS for the
listening.
- To give
practice in
listenig
for details.
T-
class.
T-class.
Indivi-
duals.
- Chalk &
board.
- Chalk &
board.
- Textbook.
- Textbook.
-CD player.
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Ecotouris
m
(7 – 8’)
4. Post-
listening
(8 – 9’).
5.
Home-
work

(1’).
Activity 2: Listen and Complete the table (Task e, p.131).
- Ask SS to listen to the second part and complete the table about the
acticities done by eco-tourism and their effects on the environment.
- Tell SS to compare answers with a partner.
- Call on SS to read their name the activities and their effects, and check
with the class.
Speaking: Discussion
- Arrrange SS into small groups.
- Ask them to discuss the possible effects of eco-tour activities, both
positive and negative ones.
- Move around to monitor and give help if necessary.
- Call on SS to report about their groups’ discussion.
- Give comments and feedback.
Sentence Building
- Give SS the following handout and ask them to do the exercise at
home.
Make meaningful sentences using the words given.
1. Eco-tourism / be very popular today / be a fashionable label/
travel / concerned / environment.
2. Eco-tourists / feel / they / part / solution / not part / problem.
3. However, / many/ activities / cause / harm / environment /
without.
- To focus
SS on
specifie
details.
- For SS
to express
themselves

and share
ideas.
- For SS
to practice
sentences
structures
and
review the
content of
the text.
T-class.
Indivi-
duals.
Pairs.
Groups.
SS-SS.
Indivi-
duals.
- Textbook.
- CD player.
- Chalk &
board.
- Handouts.
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/ awareness.
Expected answers:
1. Eco-tourism, which is very popular today, is a fashionable label
for
travel concerned with the environment.
2. Eco-tourists feel they are part of the solution, not part of the

problem.
3. Howerver, many of their activities cause harm to the
environment
without their awareness.
Appendix: Word grid
The explanations for the word gird:
1. A verb that means ‘increase quickly’.
2. A verb that means ‘ see sth that is not present’.
3. A sum of money paid in advance for sth rented.
4. The noun that means ‘try,or make an effort’.
5. The noun that means ‘the way to somewhere’.
6. Mt. Everest is called a ……. Because of garbage.
7. A verb that means ‘ continue to exist or live’.
8. A person who leads an expedition and show them the
way.
9. A verb that means ‘write your name in a list’.
10. The peak or top of a mountain.
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