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Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms
are?
Section A（Grammar Focus-4c）
Language goals
Learn objective clause and how to ask for information politely.
Key words and phrases
Teaching grape; central; nearby; pardon me; mail; east; go east.
Aims Key sentences
1. Pardon me, do you know if there’s a restaurant around here?
2. Ben is wondering if there’s a bank in the shopping center.
3. Helen needs to know when the bike shop closes.
Teaching
Practice the target structure in daily speech and learn to be polite
Difficulties
to others.
Teaching
Aids A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warm-up & Revision
The T can play an English song about magic words and
encourage Ss to have a discussion. The T may use the prompt:
Do you often use these magic words in our daily life?
Do you think they work well?
The T can guide Ss to review what they have learned by asking
them to describe the picture of asking way. Pay attention to the
accuracy of Ss’ words and remind Ss to use the target
structure:
Excuse me, do you know where I can take the subway?
Could you please tell me how to get the metro station?
1 Then Ss can be asked to make some conversations about asking
for directions with partners according to the given map. Be
polite!
The teacher can observe Ss’ performance and offer feedback
and make assessment.
Step 2 Grammar learning
Grammar Focus
The T can ask Ss to read aloud the sentences. The T can
pay attention to their pronunciation. Then the T can present
all the questions in two ways: direct way and indirect way
so that Ss can find the rules of the target structure. For
example:
Where can I buy some medicine?
Excuse me, do you know where I can buy some medicine?
Then the T can introduce the usage of the target grammar
structure from several aspects. Focus Ss’ attention to the changes
of tense and word order of the objective clause.
Step 3 Presentation & Practice
4a
The T make Ss read the sentences in 4a. Then the T can
ask several questions to guide Ss to have a discussion.
Are these questions polite or impolite?
Do you think these questions are more likely asked between
friends or between strangers?
4a
Ss finish the tasks in 4a and check their answers in pairs
to correct them. The T can invite some Ss to share their
answers.
Suggested answers:
1. Could you please tell me where I can buy some grapes or other
fruit?
2. Excuse me, do you know how this CD player works?
3. Can you tell me how to get to the Central Library?
4. I wonder if the Italian restaurant nearby is open on Mondays.
2 4b
Ss finish the task in 4b and then communicate with their
partners.
Then the T can invite some Ss to share their answers in class
and the T can make assessments.
Suggested Answers:
2.Excuse/Pardon me, could you please tell me where the post
office is?
I’d like to know where I can buy some stamps.
Do you know where the nearest post office is?
3. Excuse/Pardon me, could you please tell me when the bike shop
closes?
Do you happen to know when the bike shop closes?
I’d like to know when the bike shop closes.
4. I’m wondering if there’s a bank in the shopping center.
Do you know whether there’s a bank in the shopping center?
Could you please tell me if there’s a bank in the shopping center?
4c
The T can guide Ss to figure out some situations. For the
less active Ss, the T can give some prompts like these:
To visit a local place of interest
To get money
To buy some gifts for friends
To go to a shop selling CDs/clothes/books etc.
To ask the way to a local address to visit a friend
4c
Then Ss finish the task in 4c and check their answers in
pairs to polish their answers. The T may invite Ss to role
play according to the questions they write.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary The T can encourage Ss to summarize the key points The
of this class to help Ss consolidate the knowledge. homework
Homework: can vary
Preview the new words and phrases in Section B(1a-1e). with the
Do the exercises in students’ book. specific
conditions.
3After they learn the main structure in the grammar focus frame，students
can practice grammar by using what they have learned in different
Teaching
activities.And we'd better give them some written work after speaking and
Reflection
reading.So as homework, we can ask them to write a conversation about
“asking and telling the way to the museum politely”.
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