Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending名师教学实录

Unit3

Australia Warming-up& Pre-reading Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1. Enable the students to learn some basic background knowledge about Australia. (wildlife, climate, famous cities customs…)

2. Enable the students to know the well-known tourist attractions in Australian cities. Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get the Ss to know some reading strategies: skimming, scanning, detail reading. Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to express their views smoothly and accurately Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Cooperative learning, task-based learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, PPT

Ⅵ. Teaching procedures: StepⅠ

Lead-in 1.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about by offering some clues. 2. What will come to your mind if I mention Australia? Brainstorming…______________________________________________________

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Step Ⅱ

Presentation 1.

Ask students about the national flag and the emblem of Australia and try to list list the names of states and territories. 1

Official

name: Commonwealth of Australia

Australia is a country in the south hemisphere , which makes up the majority of Oceania. It is the sixth largest country in the world and the capital is Canberra. It is a federal

country whose political system is constitutional monarchy.

The official language in Australia is English, most of the land is covered with desert and grassland. Its land area is 7,692,024 square kilometers with a total population of 24.83 million(data of 2018）

Q1:Why does Australia have such a tiny population?

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Ask Ss to match the places listed in Question 1 on the map.

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Sydney

The largest city in Australia, which is the capital of the state of New South Wales and an important financial, industrial, and educational center. It’s known especially for Sydney Harbor Bridge ，Sydney tower and the Sydney Opera House.

Perth The capital of Western Australia, Australia’s largest city in the western part of the country, which is known as “the loneliest city in the world” and the most inhabitable city in the world because of its beautiful and diverse scenery and rich culture.

Kakadu

A national park in the Northern Territory. It is a popular destination

for tourists

interested in Australia's tropical north and its unusual wildlife, including crocodiles.

Canberra

The Federal Capital of Australia. Parliament House for the Commonwealth of Australia is built here. Q2:Do you know the reason why Canberra was chosen as the Federal capital ?

Uluru

A very huge red rock in the Northern Territory, Australia, which is the world’s largest monolith(= block of stone). It was formerly known as Ayers Rock in English, Uluru is a sacred site to the aboriginal people here.

It has been listed as the World Cultural and Natural Heritage site. How it came into being remains a mystery.

Great Barrier Reef A chain of coral reefs stretching about 2,000 kilometers along the coast of Queensland. This is also a world cultural heritage site, famous for its abundant tropical fish and corals.

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Step Ⅲ. Discussion 1.If you were given a chance to pay a visit to Australia, which of the tourist attractions above would you intend to visit? 1.List at least 2 reasons

2.Write a short essay about 80 words

2. Pick up 2 representatives to report

Step Ⅳ

Pre-reading 1.

Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five texts and answer the questions designed for this part.

2. Get the Ss know some reading strategies: skimming, detail reading and paying attention to the words that frequently appeared in the text and equally important, their relative words. StepⅤ

Homework

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