Using LanguageⅡ第二课时教学设计

Book 8 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Using Language II Listening and speaking 1.

Teaching objectives: 

Train the students’ listening ability. 

Improve the students’ speaking ability by describing their group invention.

2.

Teaching importance 

To review and apply what they have learned in listening and speaking

3.

Teaching difficulties 

How to improve students’ listening ability?

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How to describe the invention and speak it out?

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Teaching Method 

Task-based Teaching Method 

Inductive Teaching Method 

Communicative Approach 5.

Teaching Means 

The blackboard 

A projector 

Pictures 6.

教材分析、学情分析，以及教材重组

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教材分析

本单元以inventors and inventions为话题，旨在通过本单元的教学，使学生了解世界上过去与现在的伟大发明家以及其发明成果，并将其已知的关于发明创造知识应用于listening和speaking部分，从而达到学以致用的目标。此外，关于发明创造，教师应充分从学生角度出发，充分调动学生积极性，让学生成为课堂教学活动的主体，并且将其语言运用能力、情感陶冶、国家价值倾向等教育渗透到教学当中，基于教材但充分挖掘教材本身，从而达到新课标要求。

Listening部分素材为BBC听力文本改编版本，听力录音由授课教师和班级学生一同录制。通过学生对ISOBAR的听力发明创造训练，让学生了解有关高中生自己身边的发明动态，并充分训练其提取听力主要要素的能力和听力技巧的训练。

Speaking部分要求为学生以小组为活动单位，向同班同学用全英文介绍其小组合作的发明创造项目。

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学情分析

2.1 话题信息偏，且难以系数大。笔者所授课班级学生通过对本课中Reading 中The Problem of the snakes和Using Language

Alexender Graham Bell的学习，对从古至今的inventors 和inventions有了大致的了解。但是listening和speaking要求学生对James Dyson的发明进行相关信息了解，并且对其进行口头采访。教材本身对James Dyson的发明素材过于单一，因此学生在语言输出Speaking部分将会受阻，故此，授课教师将listening部分素材进行更替。素材来源为2018年BBC印度高中生的发明Isobar。Speaking部分为学生自己的小组发明与创造。并要求学生用全英文完成group invention的讲解和演说。

2.2 学生英语学习基础较薄弱。笔者所授课班级学生英语口语基础较薄弱，在课堂上进行全英文讨论对于学生而言无疑是一次挑战。因此授课教师调整方案让学生事先课前准备好课堂全英文小组活动。

2.3 转换话题有助于提高学生英文听、说能力。从学生年纪相仿的外国学生发明创造为背景，拉近学生与Invention的距离。并且将其listening和speaking的相关听、说能力得到训练和提升。

2.4课堂语言基础已在上一节做相应铺垫。笔者所授课班级学生对本单元功能语言：making a phone call已经做了学习与铺垫，且在以前课堂教学中已涉及，故此本节课进行材料取舍和重组后，教学重点依旧着落于主题“inventors 和inventions”上面。侧重点在学生对于发明话题的听力训练和口语训练。

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材料重组

基于教材现状和学情分析，笔者将教材中listening和speaking部分进行了听力语料和口语输出的话题转变，旨在一方面达到学生听力和口语的训练，另一方面培养高一学生英语学习兴趣的目的。

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Teaching Procedures

●Teaching Procedures●

I.

Lead-in 

Ask students to review and talk more about the s inventors and inventions

according to the following ten pictures.

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Know more about the invention: Alipay [Vedio: 2.5 minis]

Inventors seismometer

light bulb Ford Hybrid rice

robot

drill wood to Inventions

make fire movable type printing

echometer computer Alipay

II.

Listening 

Ask the students to predict the content of the listening material based on the 2 pictures displayed on the blackboard. 

Listen to the recording for the first time, and then grasp the main idea of it. (The listening tape is accomplished by the teacher herself and her student. The transcript can be seen in appendix 1) 

What is the main idea of the listening? 

Listen to the recording for the second time, and then answer the following questions. 

Who is speaking?/Who are the speakers? 

Where does the conversation take place? 

What is the name of Mr. Li’s invention? 

Why Mr. Li invented _________? 

How was it invented? 

Self-learning center 

Ask students to write down their own summary upon the listening content. 

Let students draw conclusions about the way that they usually adopt for listening. (Key words: what/who/when/where/why/how) YOUR OWN SUMMARY:

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FAST introduction 

Lead the students know the great invention: FAST. 

Arouse students’

attention and encourage students to shoulder the responsibility of inventing something useful for our nation. 

Let students get ready for speaking part. III.

Speaking 

Students are divided into 4 groups in advance, and they are required to make their own invention before hand. 

Each group should select their own representatives to share their invention with their classmates. Group presentation 

Group 1 

Group 2 

Group 3 

Group 4 

The rest of class are encouraged to make notes according what the group

leader has said.

*Note outline: Who?

Where?

What?

Why?

How?

When?

Which?

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Reflection upon the group invention: 

Ask students to write down their reflection upon their classmates’

presentation within 2 minutes. 

Let students share their opinion with the others. :As far as I am concerned:

IV.

Homework 

Surf the internet for the information related to inventors or inventions. The information should be from some authentic English web, such as BBC, CNN, VOA, China Daily, etc. 

Cooperate with others and make the passage into a reading comprehension which is in the form of multiple choice. 

A sample homework is listed below (see appendix 1). V.

Blackboard design Book 8 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Using Language II Listening and speaking I.

Lead-in II.

Listening

What

Who

When

Where

Why

How III.

Speaking Your own invention

*appendix 1 *HOMEWORK (Teamwork) Topic: Inventors or inventions From:

BBC, CNN, VOA, China Daily

First step:browse and search the internet for the article that your group are intended for. Second step: download the article and analyze it; remember to look up the words that do affect your understanding of the article. Third step: suppose you have a chance to design a reading comprehension, please make your own multiple choice.

SAMPLE Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43478158 (20 March 2018) Toyota has suspended US tests of driverless cars on public roads following a fatal accident in Arizona involving one of Uber Technologies’ self-driving vehicles. Toyota said it was concerned about the "emotional effect" the incident might have on its test drivers. The car-maker said it did not have a timeline for re-starting the trials. The Arizona accident

has revived debate about whether autonomous vehicles are being put into use prematurely. Analysts say the technology has the potential to reduce accidents and expand transportation options for the disabled and elderly, but some have warned that the technology is not ready and urged regulators to introduce more stringent safety tests. "Hopefully Congress will take note and stop rushing to deploy this immature technology," Missy Cummings, a professor of engineering at Duke University

wrote on Twitter

after the accident in Arizona. A survey last year by Pew Research Center

found that more than half of Americans would not want to ride in a driverless car if given the option and expressed some level of worry about such vehicles.

The accident in Tempe, Arizona on Sunday is believed to be the first fatality involving a fully autonomous vehicle. Police and federal officials are investigating the details of the incident, in which

a 49-year-old woman was killed by an Uber car operating in autonomous mode. A human monitor was also behind the wheel. On Tuesday, Tempe police said they had reviewed video of the crash and repeated that fault had not been determined. Uber said after the accident that it would temporarily halt driverless car tests. Toyota has also been performing trials of its Chauffeur mode on public roads in Michigan and California. The firm previously said it expected some of its cars to be equipped with automated driving technology by 2020. "Because we feel the incident may have an emotional effect on our test drivers, we have decided to temporarily pause our Chauffeur mode testing on public roads," a spokesman said. He said the firm is continuing its tests of driverless cars in other countries.

1. What does the word “suspended” mean in Paragraph 1 ? A. objected to.

B. cancelled with proofs. C. delayed for reasons. D. held in suspension. 2. What is Missy Cumming’s attitude towards the accident in Arizona? A. Supportive. B. Negative.. C. Neutral. D. Not mentioned. 3. Which one about the accident happened in Tempe, Arizona is UNTRUE? A. A 49-year-old woman was killed. B. It is the first accident related to driverless car.

D. Its reason has not yet been explored and found.

4. What could be the best title for the passage? A. Driverless car: emotional or not.

B. Uber company: no more for driverless car. C. Toyota: cautious about the test upon driverless car. D. Driverless cars: root of road accidents.

C. The details and reasons have been explored by police and federal officials.

*appendix 2【听力部分录音原文】

A: Hello. This is Tina, a journalist of the Student Post. Can I speak to Mr. Li, please? B: Speaking. What can I do for you? A: Do you think you would be available to have a phone interview now? I am very

interested in the NASTIC Invention Contest carried out last week. B: Yeah, go ahead. I am happy to give you any information you need. What do you

want to know? A: First, I just wonder what is the name of your invention? And when have you had

such an idea to invent it? B: It is a mobile fridge, actually. And I would call it “Isobar”. A: While, sorry to interrupt you, I can’t catch you, please slow down a little bit. And

your invention is “Isobar”? I-S-O-B-A-R? B: Yep, you’re right. A: Ok, thank you. So as for the time when you had such an idea... B: well, when I was 13 years old, I had a chance to visit Cambodia and parts of southeast Asia together with my father and mother. I’d witnessed the poverty and conflict there. And these trips interest me very much, so it pushed me to solve this major issue. Then I surfed the internet and found that the vaccine is the point.

A:

Vaccine? Why you focused on vaccine other than the other factors? B: You know, people’s lives can be largely saved by injecting some vaccine if there are diseases. A:

Yes. It is a good way to prevent the disease from spreading to the other parts of the world. How you invented this “Isobar”? B: Firstly, I sorted out the problems that I observed; and then, I searched the internet, visited the library, and analyzed all the factors; and thus, I got the point-vaccine. A: So after that, how about it was carried out? B: I did several tests and conducted lots of experiments. I failed again and again. Well, my tutor had given me lots of ideas and he encouraged me to stick to it. So I am pretty much thankful to my tutor. A: Have you ever come across any difficulties? B: Definitely. I met several hardships during the time. However, whenever I got stuck, I would listen to my favorite songs and chat with my friends.

A: Wonderful. Now everything is worthwhile. You did a good job to our human

being. Thank you, Mr. Li. I am afraid that I shall have to ring off now. Thank you

very much for all the information you’ve given me. Goodbye. B: You are welcome. Goodbye.

录音者：

女：何淑红（授课教师） 男：高文滕（学生）