The Battle Against AIDS Review & Extension
Students: 1st-year English majors Time: 45 minutes Course: English Intensive Reading Students: 1st-year English majors Time: 45 minutes Purpose: to deepen the students’ understanding of the text through review and extension Background: The students have finished learning the text.
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Activities Objective Time Vocabulary Review 1. Students’ group work: “My favorite new words” (Choose – Explain why – Make sentences) 2. Vocabulary test: Blank filling To get students motivated to practice using the newly learnt words & expressions. 15 mins
Step 2 Activities Objectives Time Summary 1. Students’ pair work: to summarize the major points of the text part by part. 2. Class discussion: to report the summaries in three parts 3. Teacher: to give feedback on students’ reports. To learn to summarize the main idea of the text. To review the content for the mental preparation for the following oral activity. 10 mins
Step 3: Oral Extension Group Interviewer Note-taker Interviewee
Step 4: Homework Essay writing (about 100 words): According to you, which of the suggested solutions is the most practical one? Why?