Objectives:
1. Develop the ability to describe what people do.
2. Develop the ability to talk about the kind of job they like
best.
3. Develop the ability to talk about the advantages and disadvantages
of different professions and occupations.
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Pre-class Assignment
1. Study Lesson 4 of BB before the class. Students
should study the lesson by themselves before the class. The teacher
can check the students' preparation by conducting dictation or asking
comprehension questions about the lesson. The teacher can also encourage
students to make sentences with the new words and sentence patterns, and
ask one student to read aloud the sentence(s) as a dictation exercise
for the rest of the class.
2. Listen to the recordings for Lesson 4 of BB.
During-Class Activities
1. Q&A about the text, if you have any.
2. Teacher-led pattern drills with the new words
and sentence patterns of the lesson. We will start with practice
at the sentence level and then move to paragraph level.
3. Ask students to take turns talking about her/his job: what they
do, the nature of the job and the advantages and disadvantages of
this job. This report can be real or hypothetical. This exercise
requires the students to prepare well before coming to the class.
4. When the student is done with the report, other people of the class
can ask questions and continue to talk about the advantages and disadvantages
of the job. The teacher will encourage students to use the
new words and structures from the lesson and should keep bringing
up interesting topics for discussion.
Post-class Assignments
1. Do Exercises 1-3 of BB Lesson 4 and turn them in by the end of Tue.
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on handing in your assignment on line, click here.
2. Pair-work: discussion on the questions at the end of Lesson 4 of
BB.
3. Prepare to discuss your favorite occupation/profession.
During-Class Activities
1. Q&A about Lesson 4 of BB.
2. Meaningful pattern drills with the new words and sentence
patterns of the lesson of Lesson 4 of BB.
3. Discussion and wrap up of Lesson 4 of BB. 3.
Continue to take turns talking about her/his job: what they do, the nature of
the job and the advantages and disadvantages of this job. This report can be
real or hypothetical. This exercise requires the students to prepare well
before coming to the class.
Post-class Assignments
1. Exercises III. 1 (Page 48) of Lesson 8 of ATS.
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on handing in your assignment on line, click here.
2. Pair-work: Listen to the recordings of Lesson 8 of ATS and discuss
the content.
3. TA session begins Thur. Introducing yourself to Guo Laoshi, welcome
her and ask her about what she does in China and ask about what occupations/professions
are most popular among college graduates.
Pre-class Assignment
1. Click here, go and do the reading assignments for
Chapter 4 (optional).
2. Pair-work: Review of Lesson 4 of BB and Lesson 8 of ATS.
3. Problem-solving activity on Page 17 of BB4.
During-Class Activities
1. Exercise 5 of Lesson 4 of BB
2. Q&A about the text and etc.
3. 5-minute report on current events (2 students each class).
Post-class Assignments
1. Write your summaries of and responses to "the current
events"
2. Exercise 4 and 5 of Lesson 4 of BB.
3. Since you know how to talk about professions/occupations etc. It
is time to add a paragraph to you zi4zhuan4 telling us what you plan to
do professionally in the future and why you plan to do what you plan to
do.
4. Enjoy the weekend!