Learning about Language教学设计(第一课时)

Teaching Plans for Learning about Language 1.

Teaching aims (1)

Through this period, students can get a full understanding of the coherence between sentences and paragraphs and make them aware of how to make a passage coherent without using discourse markers. (2)

Students will be able to master some important grammar items, like the conjunction for, the infinitive, gerund, and past participle,etc. (3)

Students will be able to master the pronunciation, spelling as well as the collocation of some key words in this unit, for example, struggle, be satisfied with, equip, care about, care for, freedom and so on. 2.

Teaching Methods

Step1: I designed three tasks. Task 1 is to choose five sentences out of five. I simply picked out five sentences from the first two paragraphs and made them in a wrong order without adding or reducing any words. Task 2 is to fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in the brackets or discourse markers. Task 3 is a listening task. I edited the three tasks in a sheet and handed out to every student. (Designing intentions: The first two tasks are similar with those in the university entrance examinations. By keeping the original text, I simply tried to make students aware of the coherent devices without using any salient discourse markers.)

Step2: I asked them to close the text book and finished Task 1 independently within 10 minutes. And them asked them to discuss their answers with their partners and tried to give their own reasons. Then asked them to check the answers against the reading text. (Designing intentions: Though the students are quite familiar with the text after Period 1 Comprehending, it is still difficult to finish the two tasks without reading the text. By discussing them with their partners, they will pool their resources and make use of them, and then finally check the answers with the text, keeping them thinking and asking why. Step3: At last, I tried to make them aware of the coherent devices like repeating the topic words, using pronouns, or paraphrases as well as the collocations. (Designing intentions: Now it is the right timing to reveal the answers together with reasons and wait for their Ah-ha moments.)

Task 1:

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE

Although he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim,

strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has

struggled for the past five decades. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. _______.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. ________.Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.

Born into a poor farmer's family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Yuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. A.

Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. B. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. C. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. D. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. E. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

Step 4:

I asked them to finish Task 2 within 8 minutes and then discuss the answers with their partners and finally check the answers against the reading text folloing the same process above mentioned.

Task2:

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE

Although he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself_____ (be) a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he__________(struggle) for the past five decades. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world______ (grow) rice that has a high output ________ makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice ________(produce) in China each

year is from this hybrid strain. _______(bear) into a poor farmer's family in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice _______

(be) his life goal. Even when he was a young man, he knew that the rice output needed________ (increase). At that time, much of the countryside _________ (disturb) by hunger. Yuan Longping searched for a way_______ (increase) rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These __________(increase) harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Yuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other

_______ (develop) countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools to help the world ___get rid of hunger. _____ they use his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

Step5: I asked them to finish the listenting task within 5 minutes. And then asked them to check the answers with the reading text.

Task 3: Listening the text and fill in the blanks.

Yuan Longping is quite______ with his life. However, he doesn’t care _____ being famous. He feels it gives him less ________ to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his __________. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also _______ very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer ________. He therefore gives millions of yuan to _______ others for their research in agriculture.

Just dreaming for things, however, ______ nothing. Long ago Yuan Longping had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each _____ of rice was as huge as a peanut. He _____ from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could ____ more people. Now, many years later, Yuan Long has another dream: to _____ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and _____ for his people.