Project(1): Making a speech about sport课堂实录

M4 U2 Project-Making a speech about sport 教学设计

施教者：孙寅岚

Teaching aims: 1. Students learn about how a sport enters the Olympics. 2. Students learn to make a speech about sports through group work to improve their writing and speaking abilities. 3. Students learn and appreciate the spirit of sports.

Teaching important and difficult points: Students make a speech about sports and understand the spirit of sports.

Teaching methods: 1. Task-based language teaching 2. Group discussion 3. Situational Teaching

Teaching aid: multimedia

Teaching procedures:

Step 1: Lead in

Watch a short video and write down the sports you can see in the video.

(Design purpose: To bring out the topic of the reading material and arouse students’ learning interest and motivation.)

Step 2: Reading Passage One

Para 1: What requirements must be met before a sport can be considered by the IOC? A sport must have

A sport should be practiced by

in at least

countries on at least four continents

in at least

countries on at least

continents 1

must be dropped. Para 2 - 3 1. What sports have been removed from the Olympics? Why?

2. What sport has been added recently? When?

3. What other sports will be included again?

Para 4 True or False (

) 1. Wushu, a traditional Chinese sport, is a fighting sport. (

) 2. Wushu will never be approved by the IOC in the future, because they have to consider the balance of the sport.

(Design purpose: Analyze each part in details through various types of questions to help students have a better understanding of the text and meanwhile improve their skimming abilities.)

Step 3: Reading Passage Two 1.How many matches are talked about in this article? Which team won in each match?

2. In the first match, why shouldn’t the goal have counted?

Different reactions to handballs

The Eagles:

The Kangaroos:

(Design purpose: To help students to quickly get the main idea of the second passage. Lead students to explore the spirits of sport through comparing the different reactions to handballs and make preparations for the speech.) 2

Step 4: Making a speech about sport Supposing you are captain of the Kangaroos,

you will visit Guannan No. 2 Middle School next week. Prepare a speech to share your experiences in these matches and your attitude towards winning with the students there.

Opening: Good morning/afternoon, teachers and students/ladies and

gentlemen. It is an honor for me to…

The outline of a speech

Contents: information to support your idea. Closure: I’m looking forward to …/I hope that…It will be great if... Join me in …

(Design purpose: To let students pay attention to the structure of a speech. Encourage students to work in groups and complete a speech together. Improve students’ writing and speaking abilities.)

Step 5: Summary Share a proverb with students to conclude this lesson.

(Design purpose: To conclude the spirits of sports with a proverb and encourage students to keep it in mind.)

Step 6: Homework

1. Polish up your speech.

2. Preview the language points in the two articles.

(Design purpose: To help students consolidate what they have learnt during this lesson and improve their writing abilities.) 3

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