Learning about Language主要内容及教案内容

The First Period

Speaking and Listening

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言：

重点词汇和短语

archaeology, accurate, radioactivity, chronological, excavation, identity, alternative, household, date back to I think that we should… because…

I suggest we…

If…, then maybe we ought to…

Perhaps we should / could…

We must ask for help from…

What if…?

It seems likely / unlikely that…

It looks like…

It could be because…

How large do you think it is? Is there any on the…?

It may /might have been used as / for…

2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to talk about the archaeological evidence and knowledge and learn to describe people and practice giving opinions. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to give opinion and describe objects Teaching important & difficult points教学重难点

Learn how to give opinion and describe objects Teaching methods教学方法

Listening and cooperative learning

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方法

Step I Lead-in Lead in by talking about the ancient civilization. 1.

Ask them the four Great Ancient Civilizations. 2.

Ask them to give some account of each great civilization, for example, speaking China, they can talk about China’s brilliant civilization, like four great inventions (papermaking, printing, gunpowder, compass)

Step II Warming-up Deal with the Warming-up part. 1.

Ask Ss to identify each picture in this part. 2.

Ask them to have a discussion to complete the task listed in Activity 2 ( to complete the table), What is it made of? What’s its use? And today’s alternatives?

Its name What it was made of

Its use Today’s alternative 1 clay lamp

2 Chinese chimes

Clay/ pottery Metal, possibly bronze or brass To light the house To provide music Electric light

Xylophone 3 stone/ jade axe

4 death mask

Stone/ jade

Gold

To chop wood

To cover the face of the pharaoh after his death Chain saw none 3.

Then make a summary of this and show the PPT of the table list on the screen. S3. The Greek Goddess agreed to help and his wish was granted.

Step III Speaking Talk about Sanxindui Ruins with Ss. 1.

Show the pictures on page 44. Tell the Ss they were found during an excavation in Sanxindui Ruins. 2.

Ask them if they know anything about SanXindui Ruins.

3.

Introduce some background information to them. 4.

Show a series of objects to them and ask them to complete the tasks shown on the screen. 1.

Guess what they are. 2.

Discuss what these objects were possibly used for 3.

Describe these objects (including appearance, shape and a guess about the material, what can we learn from these objects, etc.) StepⅣ Listening Do the Listening task on page 81. Step V Homework Ask the students to find some information about Zhoukoudian.