Why don’t you learn to sing English so

ngs?

Julia zhouDongfang middle sc

hool

Do you know any singing contest?

Who is the winner?

She is able to sing English songs just as well as a native speaker.

discussion

1. Be modest.Modesty makes one to go forward.

2. Be hard-working.

3. Be interested in.=take an interest in

4.Be patient( 耐心 ).5. Have good ways.

6. Keep on learning

Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?

Make a list:

How can singing Ehnglish songs help your English?

1.We can learn sone new words.

2.___________________

3.___________________

4.___________________

Skimming: read for the first time and match the main idea of each paragraph.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

There are many fun ways to learn English.

Many Chinese want to improve their English.

This kind of contest encourages people to speakEnglish.

The singers came from all age groups and from all over China.

Scanning: read for the second time

While reading, you can guess the new words from the context.

Statements

T F Not menti-oned

Three good ways of improving English are mentioned.

The winners both agreed that they were the best singers.

Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize.

Singing songs doesn’t mean you can speak English well.

Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies.

Questions you want to ask

who

what

wherehow

why

How old

How many

Study reading: read for the third time

Try to get more details( 细节 ).

Para 1 something about the contest

3.Nearly all the singerssang clearly.A.almost B.near C.most

1.What kind of contest was it?

2.How did the singers sing and look?

Para 2 something about the winners

1.What did the winners say?

2.What made Jiang Mei interested in learning English?

A

Para 3&4 1.What is Beijing speaks English?

2.What other ways of learning English are mentioned?

Many Chinese people are trying to _________ their

English in different ways. ______ English songs is one

way. Singers from _______ China entered a contest by

singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing

English songs just as well as _______ speakers. A

winner said singing English songs made her more

____________ in learning English. So this kind of

contest encourages people in China to speak English.

And it is a good idea to have ___ with English. Besides

singing English songs, there are many other fun ways

to learn English, like watching English movies and

reading English books.

improve

Singing

across

native

interested

fun

Reading English newspapers Communicate with each other

Doing business have international meeting

DiscussingIf your English is good enough,what will you do/be?

summaryimprove Sing English songs

enter the contest encourage

be interested in other ways

Because China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics,

Writing:

write a summary of the reading using no more than 100 words.

我们今天学了几种提高英语水平的方法。我们何不仿效呢？

1. Finish Exercise Books.

2. Try to recite Section 2.

3. Make a plan to improve your English.