Using LanguageⅠ教案教学设计导入设计

Unit3 Computers Using languages I Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

liaison and incomplete explosion 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to write a news article about the sporting robot, Hua Fei.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help students learn how to write news articles by following the sample passage.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

The structure of a news article Teaching methods 教学方法

Discussion and imitation

Teaching aids 教具准备

Tape recorder

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Listening task

T: You are going to hear two androids talking about their jobs and life. One of them works as a maid. By the way, what does a maid do? S: A maid is a female servant, especially in a large house or hotel. T: The other works in a car factory. Discuss with your partner and guess what they think about their jobs. After discussion, ask some students to voice their opinions. S: I guess they may complain about their situations. The masters may treat them badly and force them to overwork.

S: I don’t agree. I guess they are very satisfied with their life, and are well-accepted by the families.

T: Maybe! Let’s listen and check your guess.

Play the tape. Students listen and get the main idea. T: Now listen to the tape again and fill in the chart about Sally and Brenda. Before you listen, read the questions to get the listening points. While listening, make

notes.

Play the tape again and let students fill in the form in activity 2.

Check the answers. T: Suppose you have a robot in your home, how would you treat it? Would you treat it like a human or just a machine? What rights should android have? Discuss with your partner and make a list. Sample list: 1 They should be able to choose the work they do. 2 They should have regular rest time. 3 They should be respected like humans. 4 They should be repaired immediately after they get broken.

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Step II Reading task T: Have you heard of robots that have been made to play football? We call this kind of robots sporting robot. Today we’ll get to know a sporting robot named Hua Fei. Turn to page 58, read the passage and complete the record card in activity 1.

Students read the passage and complete the chart.

Check the answers. RECORD CARD Ability HUA FEI Jump from spaceship and turn, dive, circle and dance during the falling process Performance in 78th Olympics Prize won Performance in 79th

Olympics Reason for failure Treatment A programmer failure 2 new legs and a bigger head to be built Silver medal Failed to perform well flying island above Brussels in the sky Then focus on liaison and incomplete explosion in paragraph 2. First let students find

out the liaison and incomplete explosions by themselves.

Then play the tape and check one by one.

Play the tape again and let students read after it.

＊General information on liaison and incomplete explosion: (This material can be

distributed to students as handouts.)