Unit 6 Food and lifestyle
Study skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. read the vowels and consonants they have learned correctly;
2. pronounce the new consonants correctly;
3. read the sentences with the new sounds correctly and fluently.
II. Teaching contents
Consonants: /f/, /v/, / /, / /, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/, /tr/, /dr/, /t /, /d /dz/
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Read some difficult consonants like / / & / /, /θ/ & /ð/, /t / & /d 2. Judge if the same letter or letter group pronounces the same sound;
3. Read the sentences correctly and fluently.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Ask students if they like learning English and show them a video about a Tell the students that “Practice makes perfect.” T: Boyis very important, especially when you work in an international company or abroad, right? Let’s enjoy a video first.
T: What’s the man in the video doing?
S: He is practicing saying English. T: Right! He ipronunciation, you can be better by practicing more. Step 2 Revision 1. Revise phonetic symbols.
the phonetic symbol table.
2. Read tongue twisters.
Step 3 Learning and practicing
1. Listen and repeat.
T: Let’s learn to read the words with 14 new consonants.
Teach the consonants one by one through listening and imitating.
2. Pair work.
Show the phonetic symbol table and help students practice reading the them to your deskmates, and ask your deskmates to help you the pronunciation if necessary, and then exchange.