Learning about Language课堂实录【3】

Speaking Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

take place, lunar, festivals, Army Day, Christmas, dress up b. 交际用语

Express one’s opinion:

In my opinion, ...

I believe ... I think that ... Expressions used in the shops: Would you like...?

Might I offer help...?

You should try...?

Could I have...? May I see...? Could we look at...? Can you suggest...?

We might take...? 2. 能力目标

Enable the students to talk about Chinese festivals and customs in English and get to know some information about foreign festivals. 3. 学能目标

Enable the students to learn how to talk about Chinese festivals and customs. Teaching important points 教学重点及难点

How to talk about the Chinese festivals and social customs at festivals and how to offer and request the items you need in shops.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Elicitation, discussion, listening, pair work. Teaching aid 教具准备

A computer, a projector and a tape recorder Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方法

Step I Warming up T: Hello, everybody! Welcome back to school! Did you have a good time in your

winter holidays? Ss: Yes. Of course! T: When did you feel most happy and excited?

Ss: At the Spring Festival. T: Who can tell us why? Volunteers! S1: Because it’s the most important festival in our country. S2: Because I got much lucky money from my parents, grandparents and my relatives. S3: Because I needn’t study at festivals and there was lots of delicious food to eat. How great! S4: Because I met my cousins and old friends who I hadn’t seen for a long time and we had a very good time together. T: Excellent work! I am glad to hear that. Now let’s talk about FESTIVALS, which are meant to celebrate important events. Please think about other Chinese festivals. S1: New Year (January 1st), Yuan Xiao Festival (15 days after the Spring Festival). T: Quite right. That’s the Lantern Festival. It’s the 15th day of the first lunar month. What do you usually do on the Lantern Festival? S2: We eat special sweet dumplings called Yuan Xiao and enjoy displayed lanterns. S3: And we enjoy beautiful fireworks, too. T: You have done a good job. What are the other festivals? S4: International Women’s Day. It was on March 8.

S5: Arbor Day on March 12th. S6: International Labor Day and Chinese Youth Day. S7: International Children’s Day.

T: Yes. Very good. Next one? S8: Army Day is on August 1st and Teachers’ Day is on September 10th.

S9: National Day on October 1st. T: Excellent work! Those are all the legal holidays in our country. Do you know our traditional festivals? List some of them, please. Sa: The most important one is the Spring Festival.

T: Yes. It’s also called Lunar New Year. Anything else?

Sb: Qingming Festival in memory of the dead or the heroes on April the fifth.

T: It’s called Tomb Sweeping Festival. Another one? Sc: Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in memory of the great poet — Qu Yuan. Sd: Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifth day of the eighth lunar month. T: You’ve done a good job, boys and girls! You have named

many festivals. I’m proud of you for you are so well-informed. Step II Warming up

T: Look at the screen and I’ll show you a table and some pictures:

Festivals New Year International

Women’s Day

Arbor Day March 12th the Spring Festival International Labor May 1st Day Chinese Youth Day May 4th. Pure Day Dragon Festival International Children’s

Day Army Day August 1st Lantern

Festival Talking

Use the following sentences:

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When does the Spring Festival usually take place? •

What do you do to celebrate it? the 15 day of the 1st lunar month June 1st Mid-Autumn

Festival Boat the fifth day of the fifth lunar month the 5th day of the 8th lunar month Brightness April the fifth Lunar New Year

Date January 1st March 8 Festivals Teachers’ Day

National Day

Date September 10th October 1st

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What special food do you eat? •

What is the origin of the Spring Festival? •

Why is the Spring Festival such a big holiday in China? Li Mei and Carla are talking on the phone. Carla is asking some more questions about Spring Festival.

A: Li Mei, when does the Spring Festival usually take place?

B: Well, the date is a little different every year, but it usually happens at the end of January or the beginning of February.

A: What do you usually do to celebrate it?

B: My whole family gets together- my grandparents, all my aunts and uncles, and all my cousins. We usually talk about what we’ve done in the past year. Then we cook a lot of food.

A: What special food do you eat?

B: We almost always make and eat dumplings. That’s the most traditional Spring Festival food. A: What is the origin of Spring Festival? B: Well, there are several old stories about Spring Festival. In old Chinese stories, there was a monster named Nian who would come into towns at the end of the year and frighten people. Sometimes he would eat them.

At some point, people discovered that the monster Nian was frightened of loud noises and the colour red. They began to put red paper on their doors and set off firecrackers. It became the tradition to do this every year to frighten the monster away from the town. A: Wow! That’s an amazing story! Why is

Spring Festival such an important holiday in China? B: I guess it’s like Christmas in Western countries. It’s the most important family holiday all year. Homework

Collect as much information about festivals as possible. Think about the questions in Part 2 and then preview the next part about reading to get the main idea.