Learning about Language课堂实录【2】

Learning about Language

Teaching Design

This is the third teaching period of Unit 4, whose central idea is wildlife protection. In this period, some important words and expressions learned in the Reading section are consolidated and the emphasis is mainly put on the grammatical knowledge of the present progressive passive voice.

Part 1. Teaching aims

The teaching aims include 3 dimensions: knowledge aims, ability aims and moral education aim. 1.

Knowledge aims: by the end of this lesson, students will be able to enlarge their vocabulary about wildlife protection and better recognize and understand the usage of such important words and expressions as appreciate, powerful, reserve, relief, protect…from. Besides, students will be helped to grasp the grammatical rules of the present progressive passive voice and use it in real situations through self-study and cooperative learning.

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Ability aims:

a. to develop students’

ability to express their ideas about wildlife protection, using the words and expressions learnt in the period;

b. to improve students’ ability to construct grammatical knowledge and use the present progressive passive voice in different situations.

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Emotional education aim: to stimulate students’

love in English and enjoy the beauty of English language in actual use.

Part 2. The important and difficult points Important points: to consolidate the useful words and expressions in Reading part and master the structure of the present progressive passive voice.

Difficult point: how to make students express their ideas about wildlife protection with proper words and expressions and use the present progressive passive voice proficiently.

Part 3. Teaching and learning methods

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In dealing with this lesson, the teacher will do the best to carry out some teaching theories of the new standard curriculum: making the students the real masters in class while the teacher acts as a guide, or director to bring students’ ability into full play. 1.

Teaching methods: “Task-based Language Teaching”, “Communicative Language Teaching”

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Learning methods: “Discovering learning”, “Cooperative learning”, independent practice 3.

Teaching aids: PPT, tape recorder, blackboard and chalk

Part 4. Teaching procedures

Step1. A general revision

a. Greetings. b. Invite several students to share their ideas about wildlife protection. Step 2. Discovering useful words and expressions The teacher will get students to

complete the exercises in Learning about Language independently, then invite some students to show their answers on the blackboard

and the other students to correct and learn together. The suggested answers：

Part 1 1. distant 2. decrease 3. powerful 4. affect 5. appreciate 6. hunt 7. protect…from

8. respond 9. relief Part 2 wild, reserve, hunt, species, powerful, appreciated, relief, protecting from Part 3

Places: habitat, protection zone, reserve, animal park, nature park, safari park…

Endangered species: South China tiger, panda, tropical rainforest wildlife, Milu deer, Tibetan antelope, African elephants…

The teacher leads the students to make sentences about the endangered species using the words above. In class, the teacher attempts to use polite and encouraging remarks such as “Would you like to have a try?” “Volunteers?” “Well done!” “You did a good job!” “Great!”

“Thank you very much!” and so on to encourage the students.

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Step3. Discovering the useful structure 1.

Lead-in T: We will learn the grammar structure of this unit- the present progressive passive voice. First, let’s see the reading passage again in order to discover the useful structure.

Who can tell us the sentences using the structure in the text?

Students read the whole text to find the sentences that use the present progressive passive voice. While students are reading the whole passage, the teacher walks around the classroom and collects the answers. Then the teacher asks some students to present their answers and others to correct. We are being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. I wonder what is being done to help you. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife. 2.

Self-directed learning This class we will learn the basic grammatical rules of the present progressive passive voice and put them into practice. First, it’s your self-study time. Please observe the example sentences and try to summarize the rules and usage with the help of your reference books. Please make a mark where you can’t understand or you are not so sure and clear. 15 minutes later, we will see who is the best self-learner. Now let’s begin. (15 minutes later) Time is up. Let’s see how you learn the present progressive passive voice. 3. Explanation and special attention a. Present progressive tense

Students recall the structure of present progressive tense. be (am, is, are) +V-ing b. Passive voice in English The teacher invites two students to tell the structure of passive voice. be+ past participle of verbs c. Present progressive passive voice Teacher asks students to observe and tell how to form the present progressive

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passive voice with the two structures above.

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II.

Be (am, is, are)+ V-ing be+ past participle of verbs Teacher leads students to make two structures together in a mathematics method. That is, I PLUS II. Students can easily find there are two “be”, so the second should be changed into “being” since there is “V-ing” in I structure. Finally, it’s not difficult for students to summarize the structure of the present progressive passive voice- be (am, is, are)+ being+ past participle of verbs.

Teacher illustrates the present progressive passive voice in Chinese. 现在进行时的被动语态表示“某人或某物此时此刻正在被…”,主语是动作的承受者，表示说活时或现阶段某个被动的动作正在进行。

肯定形式：am, is, are+ being+过去分词

e.g. The room is being repaired now. 否定形式：am, is, are + not + being+过去分词

e.g. The trees are not being cut. 疑问形式：

Am,Is,Are+主语+being +过去分词？

e.g. Are you being watched over? 特殊疑问形式：特殊疑问词置于一般疑问句前面。

e.g. Why are you being watched over? d. Attention points 现在进行时被动语态的基本用法

(1) 表示正在进行的被动动作。My car is being repaired now. (2)少数及物动词的进行时表示按计划、安排将要承受某个动作. A party is being held tonight. 今晚将要举办一场晚会。

(3) 没有进行时的被动语态：一些表示状态、心理活动、拥有、存在等的动词（和主动语态一样），一般不用进行时被动语态，常用一般现在时被动语态表示此时此刻或目前一阶段主语承受谓语动词的动作。

e.g. Tom, come here. You are wanted on the phone.

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Tom, come here. You are being wanted

on the phone. (wrong) (4) 其他形式表示被动结构“be + under, in等介词+名词”结构可代替进行时被动语态。

under attack, under discussion, under repair, in use…

e.g. The house is under construction. = The house is being constructed.

Step 4. Practice of the use of present progressive passive voice. (1) Students fill in the form on Page 29 using the structure of present progressive passive voice. (2) Multiple choice. 1.

A new cinema_________ here. They hope to finish it next month. A.

will be built B. is built C. has been built D. is being built

(D) 2. Rainforests _________ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future. (C) A. cut B. are cut C. are being cut D. had been cut 3. The patient_________now. He will come out soon. (B) A. is examined B. is being examined C. is examining D. has examined (3) Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. 1. Look! A frog is swallowed by a snake over there. 2. Thousands of families are fleeing their homes because their country is under attacked.

3. That kind of animals are hunting at such a speed that they will disappear soon. Step5. Homework

a. finish exercises in the Workbook.

b. surf the Internet or go to the library to learn more about wildlife protection Part7. Contents on the blackboard be (am, is, are)+ V-ing be+ past participle of verbs be (am, is, are)+ being+ past participle of verbs

Part 8. Reflection and evaluation: (to be filled immediately after class)

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