Reading and vocabulary教学设计实例

Module 4 A Social Survey — My Neighbourhood

Teaching goals

教学目标

1. Target Language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, bother, nuisance, rent, district, approach, harbour, gorgeous, architecture, starve, park, put up b. 重点句式

P32 It’s been six years since... This is the first time I’ve... You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right? Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter. It’s a gorgeous island with some... 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to describe the city of Xiamen. 3. Learning ability goals

学能目标

Help the students to learn how to introduce or describe a city from different aspects, such as its location, climate, and famous tourist attractions etc. Teaching important && difficult points

教学重点和难点

Enable the students to learn words and expressions used to describe a place. Teaching methods

教学方法

Fast reading, intensive reading, pair work and discussion. Teaching aids

教具准备

A projector, a computer and a map of China Teaching procedures ＆

ways

教学过程与方式

Step I Greetings and Revision T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms... Put up a map of China on the blackboard and ask the students some questions to make

them practice telling others a place. T: Here is a map of China. Would you like to tell me where Fujian province locates? S: It is in the southeast of China. S: It is on the southwest of Zhejiang province. S: It is on the southeast of Jiangxi province. ...

T: You are right. And the capital of Fujian province is Fuzhou, which is a big and beautiful city of Fujian, but there is another big and famous city in Fujian, do you know the name of this city? S: It is Xiamen. T: Then do you know the position of Xiamen? Ss: It locates on the southeast coast of China. T: OK! Please look at the map. Xiamen is here. Indicate the location of Xiamen on the map. T: Now would you like to tell me any information about Xiamen? S: Xiamen is a very beautiful and clean city. Xiamen University is well known all over China. My brother is studying there. S: Xiamen has been accredited as National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection and National Excellence in Tourism City.

S: Xiamen has many tourist attractions, such as Sunlight Rock, ShuZhuang Garden of Gulangyu Island etc. It has been recognized as one of the most attractive locations for foreign visitors. T: OK! You have done a good job. Step II Pre-reading

Ask the students a few questions to activate the atmosphere of the class and try to arouse their interest in learning the text. T: Now I will give you five minutes and please work in pairs to discuss with your partners the three questions on the slide. Then I will ask several pairs to give me your answers. Show the questions on the slide.

1. Have you ever been to Xiamen? 2. If you have been to Xiamen, what impression does it make on you? 3. If you haven’t, can you imagine what it is like?

Five minutes later. T: OK! Time’s up. Volunteer? S: I have been to Xiamen last summer holiday. I went there with my parents. The first feeling I had when I just got there was the air was so clear and it was hot and wet in summer. Several days later, I got used to the weather of Xiamen gradually. I liked to see the sea and visit the sights. In a word, Xiamen is a very beautiful city and people of Xiamen are very kind to visitors or guests. S: What a pity! I have never been there. But through our textbook, I have got much information about Xiamen. In my opinion, Xiamen should be a prosperous and bustling city. Because of its location on the coast of sea, I think it is cool and wet in summer and warm in winter. I guess many visitors from home and abroad visit Xiamen every year. S: I come from Xiamen. The deepest impression on me is its rapid development. When I was a child, there weren’t so many high-rise buildings and visitors. But in recent years, more and more skyscrapers have appeared and the life of people has been improved greatly. I believe this has happened as a result of the rapid development of our country. T: Thank you. You did a good job. Xiamen is a scenic port city, facing Taiwan Island with Taiwan Straits in between. It has a beautiful name — The Garden City. It is also called Egret Island, because it is said that in ancient time’s flocks of egrets settled on this island. It is one of China’s top ten cities suitable for human habitation with its fast development in culture and education as well as its prosperous economy and picturesque scenery. Each year tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad come here to enjoy the azure sky, blue sea, golden beach, green hills, grotesque rocks, fantastic caves, well-cultivated gardens and parks, rare flowers and plants. They visit the ancient temples and historical sites. They experience special local customs, and taste typical seafood in south Fujian flavor. OK! Now please open your books and

turn to page 32. Let’s read the text and see how Xiao Li and John Martin talk about Xiamen.

Step III While-reading Task 1

let the students read the text individually and answer some questions according to the text.

T: Please read the whole text quickly and answer the questions on the slide. Show the questions on the slide. 1. How many years haven’t John and Xiao Li seen each other? 2. Has John never been to China before? 3. Does Xiao Li enjoy living on the coast? 4. Are there very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen? 5. Are there a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island? 6. Are there any interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island? After a few minutes. T: OK! Time’s up. Who will answer the first question? S: They haven’t seen each other for six years. T: You are right. What about the second? S: No, John has seen quite a lot of China. T: And the third? S: Yes, he feels very fortunate living on the coast. T: And the fourth? S: Yes, there are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. T: What about the fifth? S: Yes, there are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. T: And the last one? S: Yes, there are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. T: OK! Your answers are correct. Look at Activity 1 on page 33 and choose the correct answers.

A few minutes later, check the answers to Activity 1. T: Then please read the text carefully and pay attention to some important words.

After you finish reading, do Activities 2, 3 ＆

4 on page 33. Check the answers after a few minutes. Task 2 Ask the students what the writing characteristics of the text are and by doing this teach the students how to introduce a place. T: After reading the text, would you like to say something about the writing characteristics? S: The text is in the form of a dialogue.

S: The text introduces the location, the climate and a famous tourist attraction of Xiamen through the dialogue between Xiao Li and John Martin.

T: Very good. Then if you are asked to introduce a place, how do you describe the place? S: I will describe the place from different aspects such as its location, its environment, its climate, its tourist attractions, its food and its economy. T: OK! Excellent! Task 3 Explain difficult language points.