Teaching Contents: Listening to a dialogue about Frank ' s inviting Betsy to his party. Teaching Objectives:

(1) Knowledge objectives

①Students will learn some new words or expressions, like promotion, throw a party, the more the merrier.

②Students will know how to invite people for parties, as well as how to react to people' s invitation.

(2) Ability objective

Students' listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be improved.

(3) Emotional objectives

①Students will learn to share their happiness with their friends.

② Students will be willing to apply their English into daily use.

Teaching Key and Difficult Points:

(1) Teaching key point

Students will know how to invite people for parties and how to react towards people' s invitation.

(2) Teaching difficult point

① Students ' listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be trained.

② Students will make offers for their own party to their friends.

Major Steps:

Step 1 Warming up (3 minutes)

I will begin the class by sharing my experience of a fantastic birthday party last week. Then I will give them 1

minute to think about one of their unforgettable parties. And they can share it with the whole class by telling the time,the theme, the activities of that party.

(Justification: By talking about their own parties, they will recall back some related expressions under this topic.

And this will prepare them for the following listening.)

Step 2 Pre-listening (5 minutes)

I will present some new expressions first, like promotion, throw a party, the more the merrier by making up ashort paragraph--People celebrate important occasions, like weddings, promotions or birthdays. Usually they like tothrow a party to get their families and friends together and have fun. For most parties, it is the more the merrier andthat' s why people will invite a lot of people to their parties.

(Justification: It is easier to teach the new expressions with the help of context. For example, if I tell students that"throw a party" means "have or hold a party", they will not only understand the explanation, but also get to know howto use the expression by comparing the context provided.)

Step 3 While-listening (6 minutes)

First, I will play the tape once. And before they are ready, I will remind them that during listening they should notpay much attention to any specific words or expressions and all they need to do is to get the main idea of it. Afterlistening, I will invite some students to tell the class what happened, and why it happened.

Next, I will ask them to listen to the dialogue for the second time with a filling task on the blackboard.

(Justification: Listening for the first time is to train students' listening ability for general ideas and the secondtime is to train their listening ability for detailed information.)

Step 4 Post-listening (6 minutes)

(1) Students need to work with their desk-mates to do the dialogue with the help of the chart on the blackboard.

(2) Then they will be divided into groups of 4 to design a party for their parents' anniversary. They need to figureout the theme, the time, the activities and the invitation letters of this party. Two groups will be invited to share their

ideas.

(Justification: The first activity is for students to practice the targeted language point--how to invite people forparties and how to react to people's invitations. The second activity is to provide a chance for them to use thelanguage actively.)