Period Two

(Speaking)

Step 1 Listening

 Have Ss listen to a piece of music and tell what kind of musical instrument the music is played with.

Step 2 Brainstorming

 Have Ss tell as many kinds of musical instrument as possible by asking the question: What other kinds of musical instrument do you know? T collects kinds of musical instrument: organ, harp, piano, maracas, violin, saxophone, gone, cymbals, castanets, flute, timpani, tambourine, triangle, drum, xylophone, etc.

Step 3 Creating a situation (textual authenticity)

 Have Ss work together with his\her partner. Take turns asking for and giving advice.

Step 4 Listening

 Listen to the sample dialogue and make sure what the dialogue is about.

Step 5 Practice

 Practice reading the dialogue, using one of the names of musical instrument mentioned above to replace CD and paying attention to sentences of asking for and giving advice.

Step 6 Dialogue

 Have Ss choose one from the following situations to create their own dialogue.