Study skills: Using a dictionary教学设计及课堂实录

Unit 6

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Study skills

江苏如东双甸中学

陆娟

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. learn the usage of the English dictionary; 2. know the words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order; 3. find words in the dictionary quickly.

II. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty To learn how to use a dictionary.

III. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in 1. Have a guess. T: It can’t speak or write, but it has much knowledge. When you have problems with learning, it can give you lots of help. What is it? S: It’s a dictionary.

T: Yes, that’s right. I think a dictionary is one of the most valuable tools.

2. Free talk.

T: Do you have an English-Chinese dictionary? Can you show me your dictionary? Have you ever read your dictionary carefully? T: Today, let’s try to understand it further.

Step 2 Presentation

1. Try to understand your dictionary.

(1) Choose the right dictionary.

Learner’s Dictionary or Advanced Learner’s Dictionary? (2) Study your dictionary. T: The words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order, from A to Z. Do you know why? T: It helps us find words quickly. If two words start with the same letter, we look at the second letter of the word we want to look up. 2. Enjoy an alphabet song. T: Can you recite the alphabet? Now let’s enjoy an alphabet song. Listen and sing along.

Step 3 Practice

1. Fill in the blanks according to the sequence of the letters.

2. Write the numbers 1-8 in alphabetical order. 3. Choose the right answer.

Step 4 Presentation

1. Guide words.

T: Turn to page 77 and find out what the guide word is.

2. Finish Part B. Step 5 Practice

1. Look up the words in the dictionary. 2. Read the comics. T: There are some new words in the comics. You can look up the news words in your dictionary.

3. Enjoy an essay.

T: Read the essay about happiness. If there are some new words, you can guess their meanings according to the context or look up the words in your dictionary.

4. Discussion. T: Nowadays online dictionaries are popular. Do you like to use paper dictionaries or online dictionaries? Have a discussion with your partner and express your opinion to the class.

T: Dictionaries are really useful. Do you know what information we can get from the dictionary? IV. Homework 1. Sing the Alphabet Song; 2. Find five words in your dictionary, and try to read their definitions and the sentences given.