Learning about Language教学目标

Book 4 unit2 Working the land

----Period 2 learning about language Teaching important points Learn how to use the –ing form as a noun Teaching difficult points Learn to use the –ing form as a subject as well as an object. Teaching methods: Asking-and-answering activity to check the students’

answers of the exercises; individual; pair or group work to finish each task. Teaching aids: A multi-media computer; a blackboard Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision

1.

Greetings. 2.

Ask the students to use the first person to retell the passage about Dr Yuan and ask them to try to use the proper conjunctions. Step 2 Useful words and expressions T: From the reading part, we can find some useful words and expressions. So now please find the words and expressions that means the same from the text (Ex.on page 12) After 2 minutes, the teacher begins to check the answers and give the right answers: Suggested answers: 1.

sunburnt

2. rid…of

3.expand

4.circulate

5.would rather 6.struggle 7.export

8.satisfied with

9.equip

10. crop

11.thanks to T: Now let’s come to Ex.2. Please find words from the precious pages of this unit to replace the underlined words , then I’ll ask you to give me the right answers sentence by sentence. After several minutes, the teacher asks the students to give their answers. Suggested answers: 1.

statistics; globe

2. Super; nationalities

3. Hunger; disease

4. Vietnam; occupations

5. freedom; exported T: How about Ex.3,have found the answers? I would like to ask some of you to read the sentences and then give me the answers. decade; struggle; expanding; Equipped; output; grain; crops; battles; disturbing Step 3

Discovering useful structures T: Let’s come to discover useful structure, at first let’s finish the exercise in this part. Do you know what does “even a poor person can have a wish” mean? S: It means “ Wishing for things costs nothing.”

T: very goodNow please rewrite the sentence in EX.2 on page 13. After five minutes, the teacher checks the answers.(Ss answer the questions one by one) Suggested answers: 1.

Helping people in need of help is nice. 2.

Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.

3.

Learning more about farming is not difficult. 4.

Doing research in the countryside is not as easy as in the city. 5.

Getting rid of hunger is very important for some African countries. 6.

Explaining this again is important or we will confuse the students. T: Do you think it’s very easy to learn about the –ing form as the subject. But how about the –ing form as the object? And what about the infinitive ? Which verbs are followed by –ing? Which by the infinitive? Suggested answers: to do

doing

both to do and doing manage

imagine

hate expert

suggest

love decide

avoid

prefer seem

admit

remember offer

practice

regret T: Can you really distinguish –ing form from the infinitive. Let’s do Ex.4 to consolidate their difference. Ask the students to answer one by one. Suggested answers: 1.

to see

2. learning

3. having

4. to experiment

5. trying out 6.

to find out

7. to develop

8. to fail

9. owning

10. Sending Step 4 Grammar T:Today,we are going to learn the v-ing as a noun. So at first who can tell me what a noun can be used as in a sentence? And please give me some examples. S: It can be used as subject. For example Smoking is harmful to our health. T: Now I think you have known how to use the v-ing as subject. But what about others? S:It can also be used as object. For example: I have forgotten seeing this film. T: You are right. The v-ing form can be used as object, too. Now let’s learn more about it.(T: Now I think you have known how to use the v-ing as subject. But what about others? S:It can also be used as object. For example: I have forgotten seeing this film. T: You are right. The v-ing form can be used as object, too. Now let’s learn more about it.(有ppt课件讲解) Step 5 Homework

1.

Finish the related exercises on Workbook. 2.

Prepare for the next class. 3.

Finish the exercises about the –ing form as the subject and object.