Learning about Language课件配套优秀

learning about language 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...? Could I have...?

Might I offer help...? May I see...?

You should try...? 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 Leading in

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 Date January 1st March 8 March 12th Festivals Teachers’ Day

National Day Date September 10th October 1st International Labor May 1st Day Chinese Youth Day May 4th. International Children’s

Day Army Day June 1st the Spring Lunar New Year Festival Pure Brightness Day April the fifth Dragon Boat Festival the fifth day of the fifth lunar month Mid-Autumn the 5th day of the 8th Festival lunar month Lantern Festival the 15 day of the 1st lunar month August 1st

T: What can you get from the table and the pictures?

Ss: Chinese festivals.

T: Open your books and turn to page one. Work in pairs and discuss another four Chinese festivals: what people celebrate and what people do. The first one is given to you as an example.

Three minutes for free talk, then ask some students to share their opinions with the whole class.

Suggested answers:

Festivals What does it celebrate? the Spring Festival The 1st day of the The coming of 1st Lunar month spring Date What do people do? Visit relatives; have a big meal; display Spring Festival couplets and pictures International May 1st The hard-working Taking a week off Labor Day people all over the work; visit scenic world spots; go shopping Lantern Festival the fifteenth The first full moon Eat special sweet day of the first after Lunar New dumplings-yuanxiao lunar month Year enjoy lanterns& fireworks The Dragon the 5th day of the in memory of Qu Dragon boat racing, Boat Festival 5th lunar month Yuan, a great poet eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine; put herbs on doorways for good health Do not expect all students have the same answers, and accept any correct information.

T: Ok! We have got lots of information about Chinese festivals. Would you like to know something about foreign festivals?

Ss: Yes!

T: What’s the most important festival in western countries?

Ss: Christmas!

T: That’s right! Please look at the pictures and talk about them.

1 2 3

4 5 6

S1: The first one is about April Fools day on April 1st. But I know nothing about the second picture.

S2: I have no idea, either. There are some round objects. What are they?

T: They are the Easter eggs(复活节彩蛋). On Easter Day people like to dye and exchange eggs. Easter Day comes on the Sunday on or after March 21st. People think Jesus Christ(耶稣) comes back to life on that day. Many people go to church and children often get presents. How about the third one?

Ss: Halloween! Children like to play a game “trick or treat”(不请吃就捣蛋).

T: Yes! Halloween is a time to have fun. It comes on October 31st. It’s one of the most favorite holidays for children. Parties are very popular, too. People wear scary clothes and masks(面具), for example, dress up like a witch(巫婆). Next one?

S3: A plate of chicken and some delicious food. But I don’t know what it is called.

T: The food is turkey(火鸡), corn(玉米) and pumpkin pies(南瓜派). Thanksgiving Day is a traditional American festival on the fourth Thursday in November when families get together and have a big dinner. How about the fifth picture?

Ss: There are roses and heart in it. May be it’s about love.

Ss: I see. It is on February 14th. But I don’t know its English name.

T: It’s Valentine’s Day. Candy, flowers and other gifts are exchanged between lovers or couples on this day, in honor of two martyrs, both named St. Valentine. Do you know something about the last picture?

S4: The flowers are beautiful. What’s the name of the festival?

T: It’s Cherry Blossom Festival, a Japanese festival. Every April when the cherry flowers come out, Japanese people celebrate it. They go out with their friends or families. They sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. Ok. That’s about some foreign festivals.

Step III Listening (WB P41)

T: Now, we will come to the listening part. First, turn to Page 41. And then listen to the tape. Look at the first picture in this page. What can you see?

S5: A rabbit and a chicken.

T: Yes. But the rabbit is called the Easter Bunny. Read after me "the Easter Bunny". It is an imaginary rabbit that children believe comes to the home to hide the Easter eggs(复活节彩蛋). And the second picture is about the Easter eggs. What’s in the third picture?

S6: Some bread.

T: Yes. The bread with an X is called hot cross buns. On Easter Day people eat it. Now listen to the tape and try to get the main idea.

Play the tape for the students. While listening, the students should grasp the key words and get the main idea. Then play the tape once more. After listening, let the students answer the questions. And check the answers with the whole class. Then sum up the useful expressions in the material (about Easter Day). Then play the tape a third time for them to write down the main idea of the passage. Then check the answers with the whole class.

The suggested answers are in the Teachers’ Book Page 18.

Step IV Talking (WB P41)

T: Now we’ll make up a dialogue: suppose that Spring Festival is coming, and you are to do some shopping for it, work in pairs one as the customer and the other as the shopkeeper. First, look through the useful expressions given on this page. Then I will ask some of you to present your dialogue publicly.

Teachers show the useful expressions on the screen. You can give a model or not. It’s up to the English level of your students. 2minutes later ask several students to talk.

Sa: May I help you?

Sb: Yes. I’d like to buy something for Spring Festival.

Sa: May I suggest your buying some vegetables and fruit, which are very fresh. At Festivals you’d better not have too much fat.

Sb: Thanks for your advice. I’ll take two kilos cabbage, three kilos bananas and some nuts.

Sa: Would you like some flowers to decorate you house?

Sb: No, thanks. May I see some candy? I will buy some for my nephew.

Sa: This way, please. We have all kinds of candy here. Would you like some chocolate?

Sb: Yes, let me see. We might take this kind and that one over there.

Sa: Anything else?

Sb: No. That’s what I need.

Sa: Many thanks for your coming! May you have a happy Spring Festival!

[The sample dialogue is in the Teachers’ Book Page 18.]

Step V Assignment

1. Consolidation

T: Boys and girls you did very well today. We have talked about many festivals around the world. I hope you can listen to the listening material again after class to be familiar with it.

2. Homework

Collect as much information about festivals as possible.

Think about the questions in Part 2 "pre-reading" and then preview the next part about reading to get the main idea.