Unit 12 My favorite subject is science. Teacher: Ma Jing Contents: Unite 12 section A (1a-2d) I. Teaching aims and demands: Students learn to talk about preferences and give reasons. II. Teaching key and difficult points: 1 Vocabulary P.E. science, art, music, math, Chinese, favorite, subject, 2 Target language Whats your favorite subject? My favorite subject is P.E. Why do you like P.E.? Because its fun. III. Teaching methods: Audio-lingual methods IV. Teaching aids: muti-medium V. Teaching procedures Step1. Greetings Step2. Presentation Ask a student to tell what they see in each picture. Guide them to understand that each picture shows a different class in school. Then ask some students: Whats your favorite subject? My favorite subject is English/Chinese/math/history/art/music/P.E./biology/politics/ geography/computer. First, encourage the students to answer the questions and repeat. Then ask the students to match the words with the pictures. Finally check the answers. Step3. Listening 1b This activity provides practice in recognizing the target language in spoken conversation. First, listen carefully and circle the subjects the Ss hear. Then check the answers. And then read the conversations. Step4. Pair work Practice the conversations in pairs. Make sure the students can say the words and phrases correctly. Step5. Listening 2a & 2b This activity provides practice in recognizing the target language in spoken conversation. First, listen carefully and put the conversation in order and match the conversation. Then check the answers and read the conversation. Step6. Practice 1 Practice the conversation in pairs 2 Give students some pictures and make a dialogue Step7. Group work Hand out a piece of paper to each group and ask them to make a survey and give us a report. Step8. Summary Step9. Do some exercises Step10. Homework Write a passage about you and your friends favorite subject.