2. Finding out about a boy’s feelings

Part A 　Listen to the investigation and take notes for your report to the headmaster.

Part B Listen to the investigation again and decide whether he is angry, afraid or ashamed.

1. Lead-in

1) Recognize some emotions

2) Listening for emotions expressed by tones

When people are speaking, they are not only expressing facts and ideas, but also revealing something about how they feel. As we know, the tone of voice is the most obvious way. Many different emotions can be expressed through different tones.

Role-play

Dialogue 1　 Excitement

A: Hello, Jane. How was your day at the theme park?

B: It was great. We went on all the rides. The best one was the roller coaster. It stats really slowly. Then when you get to the lightest point, it suddenly drops really quickly. Everyone screamed and waved their hands in the air.

Dialogue 2　 fear

A: Oh, no! Help, somebody, help!

B: What’s wrong?

A: In the bath, there’s a big spider. It’s huge!

B: Don’t worry. It can’t hurt you. I’ll put it outside.

Dialogue 3　 shame

　A: Did you have a good time at your friend’s birthday party?

B: I did, until it came to the birthday cake. I’m afraid I was very greedy and ran towards the cake. I tripped, and fell into the cake. It was so embarrassing.

A: The important thing is you’re not hurt.

Dialogue 4　 anger

A: What’s wrong? Your face is like thunder.

B: I was on the bus home, and I think someone stole some money out of my pocket. It wasn’t much, but it made me so mad.

A: Oh, no! At least the thief didn’t get very much money though.

Dialogue 5　 happiness

A: Congratulations on your exam results. You must be so pleased.

B: I am. I worked really hard studying, and it all paid off.

A: Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate.

Summary

With anger or annoyance, a person’s tone of voice will be louder and stronger than normal.

If someone is afraid, his or her tone of voice will probably be soft and shaky.

A person who is ashamed will be likely to speak very quietly and hesitantly in a flat tone of voice.

2. Check the homework assigned last period.

1. Make a dialogue in a formal or informal language style.

A recorder；A computer and a projector

Teaching Procedure

2. Discussion and task-based activities.

1. Listening and speaking

2. Improve students’ speaking skills and make the students master the writing skills on writing a report.

1. Listening for the speakers’ feelings and taking notes.

2. Help the students practice how to ask and answer questions in a polite way and how to organize information properly for a report.