Learning about Language全国优秀课堂实录

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

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.1 on Page 11)

After two minutes, the teacher begins to check the answers and give the right answers T: Now Let’s come to Ex.2.Please complete the passage with words and expressions from the previous sections, then I’ll ask you to give me the answers sentence by sentence.

After several minutes, the teacher ask the students to give their answers.

T:How about Ex.3,have you found the answers?I’d like to ask some of you to read the sentences and then give me the answers.

Step 3 Discovering useful structures

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 how 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 come to know more about it. T:Very good.(The teacher may give a systematical explanation of the grammar.)

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.