# Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/8B/Lesson 1

Grade 8 Second Semester Lesson One FUN WITH ENGLISH 8B Chapter One Version 0.3
Last Updated 2 March 2010
Lesson Used In Class Week of 1 March 2010 to 5 March 2010

## INTRODUCTION

* New Students

## MATERIALS

* Camera

## LESSON PLAN
### 0 Before Class

* Draw a blank seating chart on the board.
* Write seating chart above it.

### 1 Opening Greeting

* How are you?
* Did you have a fun winter vacation? What did you do?
* How was your new years dinner? Whad did you eat?
* Do you have any questions for me?

### 2 Introduce the Tests and Grading Policy

* This semester will be different. There will be tests.
* Your grade will come from the tests and your classroom performance.
* Do you have any questions?

### 3 Seating Chart

* Now we are going to create a seating chart, so I can learn your
names.
* I am going to give everyone a new seat.
* After I give you a seat, please write your name on the board in your
seat.
* You can use your Chinese name or an English name.
* If you use your Chinese name, please write it in pinyin.
* If you want to pick a new English name, that's OK.
* One by one select students and give them new seats. Mixing boys and
girls usually works best, but do not tell them you will be mixing, just do it.

### 4 Rip Out the Textbook Answers

* Now, please rip out the answers from your textbook.
* Write the page numbers on the board.
** 7B: Pages 99 - 108
** 8B: Pages 103 - 111
** Leave some answers in so you keep all the Tapescript and Wordlist
sections.
* Call the students up one by one, use it as an opportunity to
practice their names.

### 5 Textbook

* Please open your textbooks, and do parts A and B on page two.
* 7B:
** Page 2 Let's get ready A & B
* 8B:
** Page 2 Let's get ready A & B

## Extra Time

* 7B:
** Page 4 Let's listen 2 A
** Page 5 Let's listen 3
* 8B:
** Page 3 Let's listen 1 A
** Page 5 Let's listen 3 B

## APPENDIX
### Materials Used Whose Copyright is Owned by Others

* I used these because it was allowed within the rights given by the
people who made the materials.
* The copyright of this lesson plan does not reflect the copyright
of these materials. Please contact the creators to see how it is OK to use their materials.
* If I used something created by you and you would like me to change
the way I use it or the attribution, please let me know.

### Acknowledgments

* I would like to thank all the 7th and 8th grade classes at Anqing
Foreign Language School who had this lesson for their participation and feedback. I would also like to thank the Anqing Foreign Language School for allowing me to teach there.

### After Class Notes

Ver 0.2 1 Mar 2010
* have the stuff about the tests written in chinese.
* seating chart takes a really long time.
** Should I try having them write their names on the board in pinyin,
so I can learn faster?
** Have them take out the answers as they are sitting down?
* Lessons went fast. Kids and I both had fun. Not totally sure how
much English was learned.
* Next week I really do not want to do this again.
* 7A The wording of "Let's Listen" B was too difficult.
* 7A Were not excited to hear about the tests.
* 8A Let's listen was easy overall, but challenged a few of the
students.

## Changelog

Ver 0.1
24 Feb 2010
* Drew up a basic plan in a meeting with a colleague at an Anqing
coffee shop.
Ver 0.2 28 Feb 2010
* Handwrote it onto a new sheet, adding detail and expanding it.
Ver 0.3 1 Mar 2010
* Revised following my 5 classes.
* Wrote it into Aquamacs as a text file.
Ver 0.31 7 Nov 2010
* Made it Mediawiki friendly, and deleted irrelevant parts, incl. "Symbols used".