Experiencing English
Advanced Listening and Speaking
Book II
大学体验英语听说教程
下册
Unit 1 International Conferences
Teaching Objectives:
In this unit, students will listen to an introduction speech at an English Language Teaching Conference in the Listening Task section and a speech on mnemonics for real world listening. They are expected to find many useful concepts and practices for English language learning in this unit, so tell them to pay particular attention.
Teaching Difficulties:
1. Students may encounter some difficult words while listening, and they are
required to figure out the contextual meanings of these words. It takes time and the instructor has to take pains to gradually acquaint students the skill of how to understand unfamiliar words while listening.
2. Students may come across difficulties of taking down notes while listening. The
instructor has to pause while listening to tell the students how to jot down brief notes in process of listening comprehension.
Teaching Procedures:
1. Warming-up exercise
The purpose of this task is to draw students into the unit by asking them to reflect on their personal experiences and linking those with the unit topic. Instructors are advised to ask students as many questions as they can think of, relating to the conference a student talks about to the class. The purpose of your questions is to give the students an opportunity to speak up in English, and also to get students thinking about the unit topic.
2. Vocabulary—Read and Choose
strategy: n. a particular plan or method for winning success in a particular activity insight: n. deep understanding, the power of using one’s mind to understand
something deeply
effective: a. having a noticeable or desired effect; producing the desired result honored: a. feeling very proud and pleased
principle: n. a general truth or belief that is used as a base for reasoning or action
or for the development of further ideas
overall: a. including everything
acclaimed: a. publicly praised by a lot of people
currently: adv. at present
fundamental: a. of or forming the basis or foundation of something; essential meticulous: a. very careful; with attention to detail
fluency: n. the quality or condition of speaking a language very well
issue: n. an important point; a point in question or a matter that is in dispute or
may be argued about because of its importance
3. Listening Task
Pre-listening Activity: Students are asked to present their problems in learning
English and discuss these problems in pairs.
Listening Activities:
1) First Listening
The chairperson at an International English Language Teaching Conference is introducing three speakers. Listen and choose the best summary of each introduction.
2) Second Listening
Who are the most likely to attend educational conferences? What do people share at an educational conference? Discuss the words below. Then listen to Part 1 of the introduction again and circle the words that are mentioned.
Learning Strategies: Staying Motivated
Studies have shown that motivation plays a huge role in learning and achievement. However, after many years of study, our enthusiasm can diminish. There are many ways to stay motivated and different methods to work well for different people. It’s important to find the method that works best for you.
4. Real World Listening 1
1) Ingrid Anderson is giving her speech to the conference. Listen to Part 1 and complete the sentences. Then choose the sentence that best states what Ingrid will talk about in the rest of her speech.
2) Listen to Part 2 and complete the outline of this part of Ingrid’s speech.
3) Listen to Part 3 and complete the following tasks.
5. Real World Listening 2
1) Listen to Part 1 and circle the best answer.
2) Listen to Part 2. Which of the following is NOT one of Karl Grass’s concerns?
6. Post-listening Activity
What would you ask if you were at the Q&A session with the three speakers? Look at the following three examples and then write down three questions of your own.
7. Homework
Students are asked to listen to Listening Tasks and Real World Listening materials one more time in their spare time.
Tapescript for Listening Tasks:
Introducing Speakers at a Conference
[Part 1]
Host: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the fifth annual International English Language Teaching Conference. Every year English language educators of all kinds—teachers, lecturers, researchers, authors and publishers—come from all over the world to share research results, strategies and fresh insights for
effective English language teaching and learning. As usual, this year, we’re honored to have here some very highly regarded speakers, who are all leading experts in their fields.
[Part 2]
Host: We have three speakers tonight. Our first speaker this evening is Professor
Ingrid Anderson. She will be talking about using mnemonics in vocabulary learning. Mnemonics are often mentioned as useful memory aids but how do they work? Ingrid Anderson will be telling us about some general principles behind mnemonics and how these principles can improve our overall learning. Ingrid Anderson has been an English language teacher for the past twenty-five
years; she is the author of the widely acclaimed book Vocabulary and Language Learning and is currently a senior professor of ELT at The Institute of Foreign Languages in Shanghai. It’s my great pleasure to introduce to you Professor Ingrid Anderson.
[Applause]
Host: Mr. John Bhudrani will follow Professor Anderson to talk to us about another
fundamental area of language—grammar. In particular John Bhudrani will be focusing on the confusing area of grammar and natural language. Why do some second language learners who pay meticulous attention to grammar, sometimes lack a natural fluency? John Bhudrani will be tackling this and other related issues in his speech.
John Bhudrani’s career has taken him through twenty-two years of study,
lecturing and research at Edinburgh University in the UK and Harvard University in the United States, where he is currently the head of the linguistics department. He wrote his Ph. D thesis on language teaching theory and is a leading expert in ELT pedagogy. Please welcome Mr. John Bhudranni.
[Applause]
[Part 3]
Host: Our final speaker will talk on a subject that teachers spend a great deal of time
thinking about: motivation. Motivation has long been recognized as an important area of language learning—so how do educators create the best conditions to stimulate motivation? What can educators do when faced with a classroom of unmotivated students? Or, if a teacher is lucky enough to have well motivated students, how can that teacher get the most out of the students’ motivation? To help us find answers to these and other questions about motivation Ms. Naomi Green will be our third speaker.
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