Period 1 Introduction and Reading
Teaching aims:
1. To know about some English vocabulary related to music.
2. To have a discussion about music and express their own opinions freely. 3. To develop the Ss’ speaking ability by practicing saying the familiar topic. Important and difficult points:
1. Get the Ss to know about as much music knowledge as possible. 2. Enable the students to recognize some musical instruments. 3. Arouse the students’ interests in music. Teaching procedures: Speaking Lead-in
Firstly, ask the students “How many kinds of music do you know?” Then ask them to speak the general categories about music as follow:
Popular music Rock music
Classical music
Jazz music Symphony
Folk music
Traditional Chinese music
After this, continue to ask the students “Which kind of music do you like best? Why?” to encourage the students to express their opinions freely.
And then, develop the Ss’ speaking ability by practicing saying the familiar topic as follows: Activity 1
Work in groups of four to answer the questions and make a list of your answers: 1. What is your favourite kind of music? 2. How long have you been listening to it? 3. When do you listen to music? 4. How do you listen to music? 5. Why do you listen to music? Activity 2
Write a short report about the music interests and habits of your group. Use these expressions:
My favourite kind of music is …but Yang’s favorite music is… My favorite artist is…
I’ve been listening to music…for/since… I like listening to music when I’m… Introduction
Step 1. Leading-in
Firstly, lead in by playing a piece of music Liang zhu（梁祝）played by violin or
Guzheng for the students to listen. Then ask them “What kind of musical instrument is the piece of music played by?”
Next, brainstorm musical instruments: “How many kinds of musical instruments do
you know?” At the same time, in order to make the students know about some English vocabulary related to music, show the students some pictures and ask them to recognize the musical instruments as follows:
brain-storming: Are you familiar with these instruments? piano drum
Musical instruments
violin erhu
After this, say to the students, “Most of you are familiar with these musical instruments. Today we’ll know more Chinese and western musical instruments. Now let’s know more musical instruments.”
flute guitar saxophone
Step 2. Activity 1
Continue telling the Ss that the following photos are almost the same with those of their book on page 31. And ask them to look at the photos of Chinese and western musical instruments and answer the following questions.
1. Which instruments have strings?
2. Which Chinese and western instruments look similar.
3. Which of the instruments does the musician hold when he / she is playing? Step 3. Activity 2
Ask the students to look at the pictures and read the information about Chinese and Western musical instruments.
The konghou is an instrument with strings. It came to China from the
West during the Han Dynasty about 2,000 years ago.
The guzheng has been used for more than 2,300 years.
It looks like a table harp.
The pipa is a lute with four strings and is a relative of the European
lute. It came to China from Central Asia in the fourth century.
The yueqin is a round instrument like a mandolin. It was called qinpipa during the Han Dansty.
Step 4. Discussion
Get the students to discuss the following questions with other students. 1. How many of the above Chinese instruments have you heard? 2. Do you know any artists who play them? Reading and Vocabulary Teaching aims and demands:
⒈ To learn about some vocabulary and knowledge related to music. ⒉ To catch the general idea of the whole passage. ⒊ To understand the affection of the author.
⒋ To be good at grasping the key words and recognizing the new words according to the context.
⒌ To develop their love and interests in music by knowing more about some musicians. Teaching key points:
To make the students grasp the usage of some vocabulary and phrases. Teaching difficulty:
To develop their reading abilities and the awareness of the appreciation. Teaching aid: Multi-media
Teaching procedures: Step 1. Fast reading Activity 1
Ask the students to read through the text quickly and find out the information about Liu Fang Year of birth Hometown The place she is living now The school she went to The person who first taught her the instruments The musical instruments she plays Activity 2 Ask the students to find out the answers to the following questions, while listening and
reading the text: 1. How many the musical instruments she plays? 2. What has an influence on her in her music career? 3.What’s her ambition regarding Chinese music?
Answers: ①The pipa, the guzheng, the yueqin.②The main influence is traditional singing. ③she wish to introduce classical Chinese pipa and guzheng music to every corner of the world.
Step 2. Intensive reading Activity 1
Ask the students to match the words with their meanings: concert conservatory repertoire soloist technique tune 1. a musician who performs alone ________ 2. a way of doing something, for example, playing an instrument ________ 3. another word for melody or in the air ________ 4. an event where musicians play ________ 5. all the pieces of music that a musician can play ________ 6. a school where musicians study ________ Answers: 1.soloist 2. technique 3. tune 4. concert 5. repertoire 6. conservatory Activity 2
Ask the students to complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. challenge combine interpret silence title traditional 1. She likes to __________ musical styles from east and west. 2. What is the _____of the piece she played?
3. I like listening to ___________Chinese folk songs.
4. It’s a great __________ to play an instrument like the pipa. 5. Sometimes there is a long ________in the middle of the piece. 6.I like the way she ___________classical pieces.
Answers:1. combine 2. title 3. traditional 4. challenge 5. silence 6. interprets Activity 3
Ask the Ss to read part 1 of the passage and explain the following references.1)...during her visit to China. Who visited China? 2)...each one has its special way of interpreting the classical pieces. Each what? 3)The same is true of my second instrument. What is true about the second instrument? 1. (The Queen of England) 2. (Pipa school) 3. (To respect traditional but add her own style when playing) Activity 4
Ask the Ss to read part 2 of the passage and choose the correct answers. 1. When people listen to her playing,________. (a) they also hear her singing
(b) they think they can hear her singing 2. Liu Fang thinks that _________.
(a) Chinese music is like the Chinese language (b) Chinese music and language use the same tones
3. Chinese classical pieces often have poetic titles,______. (a) which is understandable (b) which is very surprising
4. Empty spaces in Chinese paintings_______. (a) are like the silent parts of Chinese music (b) mean the pictures have no life Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. a Activity 5
Ask the Ss to read part 3 of the passage and answer the following questions. 1. What does Liu Fang enjoy about performance? 2. What makes her feel depressed or lonely?
3. What does she want to do with other musicians?
Answers:1. The atmosphere in a concert hall. 2. When she has no concert for along time 3. Work with them. Activity 6
Ask the Ss to complete the passage use the correct words in the text.
Liu Fang, who was _____ in 1974, is an __________ music star. Since the age of six, she has played ____, and since the age of eleven she has given concerts including the performance for ___________________. She studied _______________ during her university. When she was five years old, her mother, who was ______________, taught her to play the ________. In 1996, she and her husband moved to ________.
For her ,the biggest challenges of playing the pipa and guzheng are________________________________________. The main influence on Liu Fang is ________________. When she is playing, listeners say that they can _____________ in her music.
Chinese music ___________ the Chinese language. Chinese classical pieces have poetic titles,
高中英语：Module 4《Music》教案3(13页)
