1. The document outlines the objectives, materials, procedures, and evaluation for an English listening course about naming stars. 2. It describes an interview where a man named a star after his fiancée and explains how stars get their names. 3. Students listen for main ideas and details, discuss vocabulary, and complete activities where they find sentences using course vocabulary from sections of the transcript.

1. Name a Star after His Fiance’e Instructor: Dr. Poyi Hung Presenter: Jessica 9522609 Nov,19, 2008

2. A. Course Objectives This course is designed for the purpose to 1. teach real-world English 2. Students will listen to lively, natural language from various contexts, such as dialogues.

3. Course Objectives The course would 3. enlarge their word size 4. improve students’ listening comprehension 5. train students to use proper listening skills, such as listening for main ideas, and for more detail.

4. Setting Intermediate class for 20 students in a college Time: 2 class periods

5. Materials 1. Let’s Talk 2 (Cambridge) 2 Computer, projector, transcript, worksheet, mp3 3. website http:// www.oup.com/elt/global/products/openforum / 4. Reference website CNN SF Learning Resources http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/ Sounds Good Website http://www.sounds-good-online.com

6. Procedure 1. Pre-Listening 2. Listen for Main Ideas. 3. Listen for More Detail. 4. Class activities 5. Evaluation

7. Pre-listening Individual practice Think about : 1. Do you know the names of any stars or constellations?

8. Pre-listening Individual practice Think about : 2. How do you think those stars and constellations got their names? Read through the transcript quickly. Listen to the MP3.

9. Listen for Main Ideas pair work 1.Erica is interviewing Adam Richards because he ___________. a. works for the International Star Registry and sells the right to name new stars. b. is an astronomer who recently discovered a new star. c. recently named a star after his fiance’e in honor of her birthday.

10. Listen for More Detail pair work 2. According to Adam, most of the stars we can see with the naked eye _________. a . have already been named. b. no longer exist. c . have already been purchased. More Q

11. Class activity group work 1 class activity 1 Each group is in charge of ¼ of the script , checking up 5 vocabulary words in 5 sentences. Each group, 5 students together, come to the front of the class and report the finding of the vocabulary item and sentence. .

12. ¼ of the script For Group 1

13. ¼ of the script For Group 2

14. ¼ of the script For Group3

15. ¼ of the script For Group 4

16. Class activity group work 1 class activity 1 ~continued eg. Fiance’e – He met his fiance’e’s parents on the best restaurant in town. Before next class time, post them in blog

17. Class activity group work 2 class activity 2 On the 2nd activity, each group needs to select two sentences from its’ 1/4 script, containing vocabulary mentioned before.

18. Class activity group work 2 class activity 2 ~continued One representative from each group talk to the whole class the finding of 2 sentences. Discussion in class – teacher would inform the meaning, grammar…

19. Evaluation Quiz – 20 vocabulary items. Assignments –posted in blog Attendance Class activity 1

20. Thank you for Your Listening.