1 Period 4 Listening The General Idea of This Period In this period the students are to listen to three listening materials about great women One is about the particular problems women have when they want a career of their own The second is about the western Mulan Joan of Arc a brave and patriotic Frenchwoman who fought to free France from the English The third and last is about Jody Williams and her ICBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines When doing the listening practice the students should learn to predict the content of the listening material by reading the exercises beforehand While listening they should learn to grasp the gist by catching the topic sentences and some key words and at the same time make some notes when necessary Teaching Important Points Understanding the three materials How to catch the topic sentences Teaching Difficult Points Catching the topic sentences Understanding the listening materials Teaching Methods Listening and answering Cooperative learning Teaching Aids A tape recorder A projector Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills Enable the students to get the gist of the listening materials by catching some topic sentences Enable the students to learn something about Jody Williams and Joan of Arc Process and Strategies Train the students listening skills through listening Feelings and Value Through the listening materials the students will have a better understanding of the roles women play in society Teaching Procedures Step 1 Revision 1 Revise A Good Example for Me by asking some questions T Yesterday we learned something about one of the most important doctors in China Who was it Ss Lin Qiaozhi T She was a specialist in Ss She was a specialist in women s disease T What made her famous Was it hard work and success at university Ss No She became famous because of her kindness and the c onsideration that was showed to all her patients T Good 2 Check workbook exercise 1 on Page 45 T I remembered asking you to read a passage about another great woman Have you done that Ss Sure T Which great woman is talked about Ss Elizabeth Fry 2 T What did she do Ss She devoted all her efforts to improve the prison conditions T Good Now let s check the answers to exercise one Get the students to check the answer Suggested answers Notes on English prisons in the 19th century Elizabeth Fry s suggestions The women were treated like animals She taught the women to sew knit and make goods to sell They had no beds clean clothes food or heating She provided food clean clothes and straw for beds The children born in prison had to stay there and had no chance of an education She began a prison school for the children Step 2 Listening on Page 7 The teacher should ask the students to glance the whole exercises before listening so that they can realize what the main task is in listening 1 Brainstorming T These days we have been talking about important and great women and their achievements We know women are able to make the same achievements as men But was it easy for them to make the achievements Ss Of course not T You are right They have to overcome a lot of difficulties in achieving their goals Even now if women try to get the same as men they will come across quite a lot of problems that men will not have Today we ll listen to the problems that exist 2 Listening for the first time T When we listen to a certain material for the first time we should not try to catch every single word and that is impossible We should try to catch the general idea To catch the gist catching the topic sentences is of great importance The structure of this material is very clear It is organized by the three paragraphs So when you listen for the first time try to get the topic sentence of each paragraph Now let s listen for the first time Play the tape for students to get the topic sentences of the paragraphs and finish the exercises Make a pause when necessary Then ask students to discuss with their partners and try to retell what they have heard It doesn t matter whether they get words or sentences because the purpose of doing this is to let students know how to get the main idea from the topic sentence Collect what they have heard and writes down them on the blackboard Check the answers to Exercise 2 with the whole class Suggested answers The three problems that women have and that do not apply to men are 1 They have more difficulty getting an education 2 They have more difficulty getting to the top of their chosen career 3 They have to give up their careers for the childcare and running the home 3 Listening for the second time The purpose in this task is to let the students get some useful information to finish Exercises 1 and 3 Before playing the tape for the second time asks the students to read through the two exercises and try to predict the answers Then the teacher plays the tape again 4 Listening for the third time 3 This is a good chance for the students to check their answers After listening twice