LESSON PLAN

Unit Nine Nature in Danger

Lesson No 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













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.










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.











(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