Module 12 Unit 3 Language in use

Target language 1. Words & phrases

wash up, smoke, passport, litter, pavement, waste bin 2. Key sentences

You must say Mr. and Mrs. when you speak to older people. You can use first names with your friends. You mustn’t talk too loudly.

In some trains you can’t even use your mobile phone. Ability goals

Enable students to use must, mustn’t, can and can’t. Teaching important/difficult points How to use must, mustn’t, can and can’t. Teaching methods Task-based learning Teaching aids

Some pictures and a tape recorder Teaching procedures and ways Step I Revision and lead-in

Check the homework. Then ask students to listen to a teenager talking about his life.

T: As a teenager, there are some things you must or mustn’t/can’t do. Now we’ll listen to a passage. A teenager is talking about his life. Listen carefully and check the things he must and mustn’t do. Ask students to listen to the tape and choose right answers.

Then ask students to listen again and answer the questions in activity 2.

Go through the answers with the students and play the tape again to check their answers. Step II Grammar practice

Reviewing the use of must, mustn’t, can, can’t as follows. Show the following. Must

You use must to talk about something you're strongly advised to do. You often use it when you talk about safety instructions.

You must fasten your seat belt. Must not, (mustn't)

You use must not, (mustn't) to talk about something you aren't allowed to do or you're strongly advised not to do. You mustn't lean out of the window.

Then ask students to do activities 2—7. Check the answers with the class.

After this, ask students to read Sings around the world on page 103 and then work in pairs and guess the meanings of the signs in activity 11.

Step III New words and expressions

Learn the new words by asking students to do activity 9.

T: Let’s play a game. Guess what it is! Work in groups, one group chooses a word or an expressions from the box and describe it to the class. The other group should guess the words or expressions in turn. The one who got it will win the game.

Then ask students to finish activities 8 and 10. Check the answers with class.

Step IV Module task

In this procedure, students will work in pairs and discuss the advice for foreign guests to a Chinese family and then write the advice down. Dress Code:

Casual clothes are acceptable everywhere, although smarter clothes can gain more respect. Revealing clothes should be avoided.

Give the students a few minutes to the advice. Ask some students to read their passages before the class. You must use your whole hand rather than your index finger to point. You can’t hold hands of the opposite sex in public. You must blow your nose with a handkerchief. Step V Homework Ask students to 1. Revise this Module.

2. Finish the rest activities in the workbook. Blackboard Activity:

1. You must say Mr. and Mrs. when you speak to older people. 2.You can use first names with your friends. 3. You mustn’t talk too loudly. 4. In some trains you can’t even use your mobile phone.

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