The target students who are from Senior One, after a few months’ English learning in senior high school, have master a certain knowledge of English so that they can briefly express their ideas. Besides, “Festivals and customs” is a very familiar and interesting topic to them, so they are willing to get involved in the class actively to read, listen, speak and write. However, writing an article to promote traditional Chinese festivals is a difficult task to them, so they need teacher’s guide to complete those tasks one by one throughout the class activities.
Concerning English ability, senior one students have already mastered certain words and expressions, which means they can say or write something in English with the help of the teacher. However, students’ critical thinking abilities are not fully developed. What’s more, their language skills--- reading, listening, speaking and writing--- still need to be enhanced through practice. All of these will be considered in today’s lesson.
