Using LanguageⅠ教案设计（一等奖）

Unit 4 Pygmalion Using language Making the bet

Changle Middle School

Cai Maying

Analysis of the teaching materials: 本文出自萧伯纳的戏剧剧作《卖花女》（Pygmalion），讲述了说话不饶人的语言学家Henry Higgins与友人打赌，要在六个月之内，将满口乡音、在伦敦街头卖花的少女Eliza Doolittle改造成大家闺秀，出席上流社会的舞会而不被揭发。Eliza通过Henry一连串的发音及仪态训练，最终被改造成优雅贵妇。本节选为Henry和友人打赌的一幕。文本中人物对话灵动风趣，性格冲突明显，通过赏读此文本，学生能直白地感受到不同人物性格特征的极大差异，体会到作者语言中用词的精妙，品味语言背后作者对于当时英国的腐朽保守的等级意识的抨击，对于质朴善良的高尚人性的赞美，和对于丑恶虚假的讽刺。

Teaching aims: By the end of the class, 1. students will have had a thorough comprehension of the story by analyzing the setting, plots, characters and theme. 2. students will have learned to appreciate the genuine language of the literature works and taste the emotion of the characters. 3. students will have been inspired to think over and realize one’s inner qualities are more important than the external merits.

Teaching important and difficult points: 1.

How to engage students not only in reading the scene but also in thought-provoking

discussions. 2.

How to promote students’ awareness and ability of critical and creative thinking.

Teaching methods: Reading and discussing

Teaching aids: a computer and a projector

Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead in 1. Get a general understanding of the movie My fair lady and the author of the play. 2. Watch a movie clip to directly appreciate the charm of a music play and get the first impression of the main characters in the story. Q: What opinion does Henry Higgins hold towards phonetics/pronunciation?

(One's appearance doesn't decide which social class he belongs to. Phonetics does.)

【设计意图】赏读文学作品前对作者和作品进行大致的了解能帮助学生更好解读文章，视频的引用能提供给学生最直观的印象，也帮助学生快速投入故事之中。引导学生找出主人公Henry Higgins对于语音和社会阶级的观点，为后文的阅读做铺垫。

Step 2 Reading 1.

Setting Skim the passage and find out the characters, time, place of the scene and the content of the bet.

The main idea: Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering made a bet to pass Elisa off as a lady through speech lessons. 【设计意图】通过找到故事的基本要素获得对文章整体的初步了解, 点出题中的关键词bet，文章是围绕bet这一词为主线展开的，所以先让学生抓住此词能帮助他们快速获得故事的梗概。

2.

Plots and characters Explore the plots and analyze the characters. Before Elisa’s entrance

Q1: What were the two gentlemen doing?

Q2: Who interrupted them?

Q3: Why did she interrupt them? ... Has she got an interesting accent? (interesting accent : strange/flawed/terrible/horrible accent) Henry Higgins: excellent, confident, self-centered, arrogant

Pickering: modest Tip 1: Speeches and the stage directions reflect the personality of the characters. 【设计意图】通过问题链的形式引导学生展开阅读，了解角色的语言，出场，动作，表情等对于角色个性体现的重要作用。通过对于interesting这一词的替换引导学生去体会文本用语的精妙之处，感知语言之美。

Elisa’s entrance and purpose Q1: How did Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering treat Elisa? Q2: What can we know from the different reactions? ... I’ll be the referee for this little bet and pay for the lessons too... (bet: challenge and temptation) Oh, she is deliciously low. (deliciously low: extremely/completely/truly low) Henry Higgins: indifferent, rude, sarcastic, strict

Pickering: gentle, polite, clever, considerate Tip 2: Comparison makes the description of the characters more vivid.

【设计意图】通过观察Higgins 和Pickering 对于Eliza 的截然相反的语言，动作和态度让学生感知到人物性格的强烈对比；Pickering为什么选择用bet的方式促成他们的教学关系？通过思考此问题来感受人物间互动的微妙影响；继续体会用词的精妙，如deliciously low，去学习感知词汇背后的情绪。

Elisa’s exit Q: What would happen when the experiment was over? ... Henry Higgins: reckless, unconcerned

Pickering: thorough-thinking 【设计意图】继续解读Higgins 和Pickering的不同人物性格，引发学生思考Eliza的最后结局。

3.

Reflection Q1: Is Henry Higgins a real gentleman? Q2: Can Higgins win the bet? (suspense) Q3: What kind of person is Eliza? Tip 3: The suspense at the end of the scene makes the play more attractive.

【设计意图】通过文章的充分阅读，触发学生归纳和评价Eliza和Higgins的人物性格，引导学生批判性地多角度地去解读故事中的人物；推测故事的结局，猜想bet是否能成功，呼应整篇文本的bet这一主线。

Step 3 Discussion Q: How can Higgins transform Eliza into a real lady? Eliza’s clothes

new ones Eliza’s hygiene

baths Eliza’s behaviour

education Eliza’s language

education 【设计意图】讨论Higgins可以从哪些方面来改变Eliza，诱发学生思考和发表自己的见解，点出故事的情感和价值观的教育意义，即改变一个人外在的形象轻而易举，但是只要付出足够的努力，通过优质的教育和系统的学习人的举止和语言等内在素质也可以达到改变，从而变成一个更好的个体。

Step 4 Homework 

Think about what will happen in Elisa’s first lesson. 

Make up a dialogue between Elisa, Higgins, and Colonel Pickering and prepare for a group role-play presentation in the next lesson.