Learning about Language第二课时教学实录

Book4 Unit2 Working the land

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Learning about Language

经过一年的英语学习，高二（11）班的相当部分学生对词汇，短语的运用，句子的基本句型以及句子成分已有一定的认识理解，但大部分学生对语言学习的方法还需不断的加强，同时学生对词汇及语法学习兴趣不高，这需要老师不断探索语言学习的魅力，尽量使得课堂教学活动丰富，有趣味，让更多学生参与进课堂学习中，因而，我设计本堂课的内容为词汇，短语的运用及动词-ing作主语和宾语的初步学习。

1.Help students get the hang of the usages of such important words and phrases, like：struggle, hunger, v-ing as subject and object;etc. 2. Enable Students to use the expressions properly. 3. Enjoy the fun of being able to express the given pictures by using the expressions .

1.Master the usages of the expression properly.

2. Learn to use v-ing as subject and object .

Learn to use the v-ing form to make sentences on their own.

Students - centered method , competition and induction method Blackboard and Multi - media

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Teaching procedure. Step1. Lead-in

Two minutes before class

One student representative(Sr) to check the words and phrases to be learned today by asking the meanings of each word. Sr: Sunburnt

S1: 晒黑的

Sr: 使......摆脱或除去

S2: rid...of... ...... (Aim to arouse students’ interests in learning vocabulary and make it productive at the beginning of the class.) Step2. Find the word or phrase from the test for each of these meanings. Students will say out the word or phrase based on its meaning with the help of teacher. 1.___________ brown (skin) from spending to much time in the sun. 2. _________ to make something or somebody free of. 3. _________ to become larger in size, number or amount.

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Finally, read them together.

Step3. Complete the passage with the words below in their proper forms.

T: Now,let’s come to the next part, and tell me the meanings of the words. Since you have previewed it before, you only have three minutes.

disturbing

expand

output

struggle

battles

grain

crops

decade

equip

In the past _______, some of the farmers in the west of China have met with some success in the _________ against the _________ desert.________ with new scientific farming methods, they have been able to use less farmland than in the past. Their ________ of _______ and _______, however, is still the same, which makes it possible for them to use the remaining farmland for planting trees, these and other farmers are starting to win small _______ in the great war against the __________ growth of the desert.r.

Step4. Words and V-ing Learning

First, teacher present the words and expressions together with v-ing form to be learned.

T: They are struggle, hunger, be satisfied with, and the V-ing form used as subject and object. (The purpose is to have them to know what they’ll learn and get some prepared.)

T: Then, we’ll learn them one by one. Let’ s take a look at the first one.

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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(教材). 1)

T: What does ” struggle for” mean?

S: 与....斗争

T: Great. Struggle means you try extremely hard to achieve something. Now let’s look at some examples.

e.g: ①

They had to struggle against/with bad weather.

②

They were poor and had to struggle for a living.

③

A bird was caught and was struggling to escape. 2)

Next,ask the students to conclude the usages of the word “ struggle”

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struggle against/with...

与…斗争，为反对…而斗争，

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struggle for...

为争取…而斗争

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struggle to do sth

奋力做某事/挣扎着做某事

3)

Do some practice.

1. He has been struggling______( succeed) in his business. = He has been struggling ___ success in his business.

2. They had to struggle ___all kinds of adversity(逆境). 4)

Repeat the examples again by filling in the phrases related to “struggle”

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They were poor and had to_____ a living.

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They had to______bad weather.

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A bird was caught and was____(escape).

5)

Read the phrases together.

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(Purpose: To enhance the usages of the word “struggle” and learn to accumulate some phrases from sentences.) 2. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.(教材）

1)

T: give the explanation of “hunger”. Hunger is a severe lack of food or strong desire for something.

) 2)

T: list some examples: ①

Many actors have a great hunger for success. ②

The poor little boy hungers for food and a warm place.

③

You had to have a job or go hungry.

3)

Draw a conclusion

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have a hunger for sth= hunger for sth

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hunger to do sth 

go hungry

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hungry

adj.

饥饿的，渴望的

4)

Translate and read together. 在那时，饥饿是许多乡村面临的一个令人焦虑的问题。因为大多数挨饿的人都非常渴望食物。

________, ______

was a _________(disturb) problem, since most of people who________ _____________ food. (Purpose: To apply what we just learned to practice to consolidate the understandings of “hunger”)

3. Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life.

1)

Ask the students to say out the phrase “ be satisfied with “ from the sentence above.

T: let’s look at the sentence, the phrase is .....

S: is satisfied with

T: Good, be satisfied with .... 2)

List some examples about the usages of “ satisfied”

①

We got a satisfying reply. ②

Our head teacher felt really satisfied when she heard the result. ③

It seems that you are really satisfied with what he said.

T: ask the students to tell the difference of the words “satisfying and satisfied “, together with the meaning of the phrase “ be satisfied with sth”

3)

Do some practice. ④

His story sounds ____________.

⑤

I am __________ to hear your story. ⑥

So generally speaking, l' m satisfied ____ the report. 4)

Teacher draws a conclusion with the students together. 

satisfying

adj. 令人满意的=satisfactory (物）

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satisfied

adj 感到满意的

（人）

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be satisfied with... 

be satisfied to do sth

对做某事感到满意

5)

Describe the pictures with the phrases.

T: Who can describe the first picture by using the above phrases with the given word

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“ violin/life”

S1: Yuan longping is satisfied to play the violin.

S2: It is satisfied for him to lead a comfortable life.

T: Something wrong here. We use “satisfied” to describe a person, so here we should use satisfying. So the right sentence should be “ It is satisfying for him to lead a comfortable life” or we can say “ He is satisfied with his life.

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Violin/life Muscle (Purpose: Through pictures presentation, students learn to use the expressions related to “satisfied” to describe them, and, to some extent, it can arouse their interests )

T: Before come to the last part, teacher will go over all the expressions again.. 4.

V-ing used as subject and object.

Present several sentences about V-ing forms as subject and object.

①

Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. ②

As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. ③

However, he doesn't care about being famous. ④

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. ⑤

Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. As students have known what subject and object is , so teacher read the first sentence “ Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.” And tell them here “finding ways to grow more rice “ is the subject. We use V-ing form to be a subject. And get the students to observe the rest. And ask the question below. T: Here“ increasing the rice output” is used as .....

S: as object. ...... Then get the students to observe when V-ing form as subject , the predicate should be singular form.

Next, get them to do some practice. ①

l think l'll have to give up_______ (play) football because of the coming examination. ②

We are looking forward to finish the exam. ③

_______(read) aloud _____(be)very important in learning English.

After finishing the practice, students are asked to conclude the basic usage of V-ing form as subject and object, and read together. 动词-ing 形式作主语，常表示抽象的概念，谓语动词用单数，而动词-ing作宾语主要位于一些动词或含有介词的动词短语后, 如：avoid, enjoy, consider,finish, admit, look forward to, pay

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attention to, devote..to.., be used to doing..., give up.etc. Finally, Teacher ask students to describe the pictures by using V-ing as subject or object with the given expressions. Take two as examples.

get rid of,

difficult

T: Who can make a sentence according to this picture by using “ get rid of..” to be the subject, along with the word “ difficult.

S1. Getting rid of cellphone is difficult. .......

T: Next one, avoid, avoid doing sth (saying out with students). So who would like to make a sentence for us.

S4. We should avoid smoking.

Very good, exactly right. We should avoid smoking especially for students. ....... (Aim to strengthen the usages of the v-ing form and make the learning more interesting and productive.) avoid Step5. Put the expressions and v-ing form into practice. Translate the passage with students.

尽管袁隆平是中国一个很有名的科学家之一，他仍把自己当成农民。他知道饥饿是很多地区面临的令人焦虑的问题，因而帮助农民摆脱饥饿是他一生的目标。他一直与这场战争（battle)做斗争。多亏了他的努力，大多数农民最终避免挨饿，他也因此而出名，但他只喜欢(enjoy)简朴的生活，也满足于这样的生活。

(Purpose: Apply all we just learned to practice, consolidate it and enhance the students’ ability to study language.

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Assignment:

1. Keep what we've learned today in mind .

2. Continue to preview more about v-ing used as subject and object.

Blackboard design：

against/with...

struggle

for...

to do sth

for...

hunger

to do sth

be satisfied with v-ing form used as a subject and object.

教学反思:

通过课前的两分钟，由学生代表检查其他同学的词汇记忆情况，这样不仅可以培养学生自觉背词汇的习惯，还可以为上课做好准备，其次给学生介绍本节课要学习的内容，可以让学生课后检测自己的学习效果。本节课对词汇，短语及动词-ing内容的学习设计形式多样，题型丰富，通过运用所学知识去描述图片等，能够让更多学生融进课堂教学中，且积极参与课堂学习，也使课堂教学形式多样有趣，唯一不足的地方是因时间关系，导致最后模块翻译文段时间上仓促些，因该模块是所学知识的融合运用，故打算在下节课让学生重温，并在日后教学中加强时间的合理分配。

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