Using LanguageⅡ教学实录及点评

Using Language 丰二中

肖建华

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

steak, eat like a wolf, genuine, reserve, scream, fake, bow b. 交际用语

Can I help you? I’ll take your order in a minute.

Are you ready to order, sir/ madam? What would you like …?

Enjoy your meal! Here’s your bill. Here you are.

2. Ability goals能力目标

a. Enable students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English, which will increase their overall motivation to learn English. b. Enable students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Scene 4. c. Enable students to understand the details about the whole scene. d. Retell the scene using the key words of the whole scene. e. Express their opinions by answering the following questions: 1) Do you think money is everything? Why? 2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness? 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

a. Help students to understand natural language in the dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English. b. Help students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Scene 4. c. Help students to understand the details of the whole scene. d. Get students to retell the whole scene.

Teaching important points 教学重点

a. How to interpret language through tone of voice and body language, gaining a greater appreciation of the various verbal and non-verbal ways in which language works. b. Discuss the questions: 1) Do you think money is everything? 2) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness?

Teaching methods 教学方法

Elicitation, discussion, listening and reading . Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer, a projector and a tape recorder. Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Introduce some new words: steak:

eat like a wolf: genuine: reserve: scream: fake: bow: Step II CULTURAL NOTE Henry asks for a steak “extra thick” for his meal. In

China, steak is generally cut thinly but in America it is appreciated if it is cut thickly and grilled or fried. The advantage of having a steak “extra thick” is that it can be well cooked on the outside but still raw or half raw in the center. Step III Read and answer these questions:

1. What was it in the letter?

2. Before Henry took the note out of the envelope, did the waiter serve him politely? Why?

3. Did the owner believe that the note was genuine or not? Why?

4. Whose behavior changes the most during this scene? 5. What kind of person is the owner of the restaurant? 6. Why do you think the owner of the restaurant gave Henry a free meal? Step IV Detailed reading

1. What does “it’ll cost a large amount of money” exactly mean?

2. At the sight of the customer’s note, the owner and his waiter got very _D_.

A. frightened

B. angry

C. worried

D. excited 3. When did the hostess and the waiter change their attitude to the customer? _____D____ A. At the beginning of the story.

B. Before they saw the large note. C. At the end of the story.

D. After they saw the large note.

In group of four, play the parts of “Henry, waiter, owner and hostess”.