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Finding a balance: my t’ai chi experience 江苏省口岸中学

黄连粉

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Teacher Huang lianfen

Senior high students are eager to learn something knowledgeable and interesting. They have their own opinions and attitudes. They're Analysis not content with the limited knowledge obtained from the textbooks. on Their critical thinking and cognitive capability have developed a lot. Learners So I must try my best to help them keep up their passion, develop the feeling of success and build up good values.

The content of my lesson is a reading material, through the learning of which, I’ll enable students to know more about t’ai chi, its benefits Teaching and the Chinese culture behind it. Also, I wish to make Ss aware of the Content important function of the first paragraph and learn how to conclude the real purpose of writing about one’s experience.

Knowledge

(1)The Ss can learn an example of writing about one’s experience.. (2) The Ss can understand the content of the lesson and especially learn some information about t’ai chi . Abilities

Analysis (1) To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and On the Teaching writing. Teaching Aims (2) To improve Ss' reading abilities, especially their skimming and scanning abilities. Material (3) To train the Ss’ abilities of studying by themselves and through cooperating.

Emotion

Learn from Jackie Chan and understand the way to success is not smooth. Put the moral education in the process of study.

Key How to make some predictions from the title? Points Difficult Help students to think critically, and grasp the real purpose of the Points writing. 1.

Communicative Approach Teaching Methods 2.

Task-based Language Teaching

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Total Situational Action

Teaching Aids A computer and a multi-media courseware.

Teaching Procedures

Students’ Activities

Purpose Greeting.

Arouse students' Step 1

Show them two pictures of moves from t’ai chi. Ask interest and lead in Lead in

them to guess the names of the moves and try to copy the topic for this one of them. lesson.

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Questions: Is it easy or difficult?

What is the key to doing it successfully?

Brainstorming: what do you know about t’ai chi?

Task1. A small quiz (individual work) 1. Get Ss to know the T: let’s read the first paragraph silently and then pick importance of the out two key parts that help you grasp and analyze the first paragraph.

whole text. 2. Serve as a Step 2.

Ss:ok. warm-up for the Text study

following tasks. Part 1

Answers: however and just as importantly

T: What can we infer from them? Task 1. My t’ai experience (group work) 1. Enable students to T: let’s focus on the author’s experience first. Go understand the through the rest paragraphs and fill in the blanks. given material

better by using

different reading

skills.

Task 2. Chinese culture behind it(individual work)

T: read paragraph 5 loudly and try to understand this 2. “Task-based” part. teaching method is Questions : What do you know about yin and yang? used here to How does the practice of t’ai chi maintain the balance develop the Ss’ Step 3 of yin and yang in the body? ability of Text study

communication Part 2

and also their

ability of Task 3: Discussion co-operation will 1. When practicing t’ai chi, what result do we really be well trained. want? 2. Can you list some examples of equal and opposite forces\movements in our daily life?

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Task: go through the last paragraph and answer questions: What is the author’s attitude toward t’ai chi? How do you know it? Step 4

Text study

Part 3

1.Help students to draw a conclusion. 2.Make students realize the importance of small adjectives.

T: let’s come back to the title. Do you think it’s 1. Enable students to necessary to introduce some information about t’ai make predictions chi itself? from the title and

prove it. What aspects of t’ai chi are discussed here? 2. Train their skills in

writing

Write a brief introduction to t’ai chi, trying to use the 3. Develop their information from the text. critical thinking.

Possible version:…

Step 5

Consolidation

Critical thinking. Finding a balance: my t’ai chi experience Vs my tai’chi experience: finding a balance, which one do you prefer? List your reasons.

Homework

1. Finish and polish up your writing. 2. Surf the Internet and learn more about t’ai chi and Check whether the Ss achieve the the Chinese culture behind it. teaching aims.

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