1、Musical Instruments around the World Learning objectives Review key words and phrases Reading: scanning and detailed reading for comprehension Describe an instrument using target language Have a general idea of musical instrument culture. Review A B C The berimbau The didgeridoo The bonang Listen an
2、d match Name Which country does it come form? What is it made of? What does it look like? How do you play it? Guzheng It comes from China. It is made of wood and strings. It looks like a long square box. You play it by plucking the strings. 1 Berimbau 2 Didgerido o 3 Bonang What makes it special? It
3、 can make a wide range of sounds. Detailed reading P80 Activity Guess the name of the instrument. Describe your favourite instrument. What is it made of? How do you play it? What does it look like？ Where does it come from? What makes it special？ Extended reading: reading for comprehension Musical In
4、struments to Play PART TWO DATA Musical Instruments to Play A musical instrument is a tool making musical sounds. Anything that makes a sound can be used as a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments goes back to the beginning of culture. People first used instruments as ritual: a hunt
5、er might use a trumpet to signal a successful hunt; a drum might be used in a religious ceremony. Cultures later composed and performed a set of sounds called a melody for entertainment. Musical instruments were needed. It is reported that the earliest musical instrument was a simple flute. Many of
6、the earliest musical instruments were made of animal skins, bone, wood, and other natural materials. Musical instruments changed differently in countries and regions of the world, but when cultures shared information among themselves, the development of instruments spread. For example, cultures of N
7、orth America, South America, and Central America used similar instruments and shared these ideas of making instruments that were alike in some way. There are many ways to classify the musical instruments, but the most common method of grouping instruments is by how they produce sounds. Woodwinds, br
8、ass, string, percussion, electric, and keyboard are types of instruments grouped according to how they are made and what sounds they play. 1 Questions 4 Team One What is a musical instrument? How did people first use early instruments at the beginning of culture? Team Two What was the earliest repor
9、ted instrument? How far back in time did musical instruments go? Team Three What were the earliest musical instruments made of? What is the most common way of grouping instruments? Team Four What does the word “classify” mean? How many types of musical instruments are grouped? 3 5 Team five How did
10、culture change the use of music? How did sharing information change musical instruments? Summary: What have we learned today? Review key vocabulary Identify different musical instruments around the world Sentence structures: use target language to describe musical instruments come from, be made of, look like, play it by/with. Gain a deeper understanding of culture, music and musical instruments. Use different reading strategies to answer comprehension questions from a more detailed text. THANKS
