Learning about Language教学内容分析

Teaching Plan for Unit 4 Pygmalion First Period of Learning About Language By Yang Xiaoling Fenshui Middle School, Wanzhou, Chongqing

Teaching Content:

NEW SENIOR ENGLISH FOR CHINA

STUDENTS' BOOK 8

Unit 4 Pygmalion

Learning about Language

Period 1 Teaching Time:

40 minutes. Teaching Aims:

1. language ability: Help students learn and master key words and phrases through context.

2. cultural awareness: cultural knowledge; national awareness; cultural understanding; awareness of and ability in cross-cultural communication.

3.

thinking quality: creative thinking; critical thinking; logic thinking.

4. learning ability: attitudes to learning: motivation and interest; self-confidence and perseverance; cooperative spirit; national awareness. learning strategies: cognitive strategies; meta-cognitive strategies, communicative strategies; resource strategies. Important Points:

1. key words: adaptation, caption, whistle, garment, woolen, hesitate, troublesome, wallet, outcome, thief, brilliant, condemn, handful, upper, betray, status, mistaken, fortune, plot, pass, classic, classify, superior.

2. key phrases: in return, in disguise, in amazement, in delight, in particular. Teaching Difficult Points:

1. condemn, classify, superior

2. in disguise, pass ... off as Teaching Methods:

1. mainly oral presentation; in a bilingual manner; use Chinese explanation when necessary.

2. task-based teaching method.

3. student-based teaching method. Teaching Aids:

multimedia, projector.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1

Greeting and Checking the homework

Good morning, everyone! Yesterday we learned a story about a girl. Who can retell the story of her?

(Students retell the story of Elisa.)

Step 2 Learning the language points in Comprehending and Learning about Language

Now please turn to the language points and let's learn some key words and phrases.

(Students learn new words and phrase through context.)

Step 3 Practice

Now let's check what we've learned. Please turn to page 32 and finish Task 1.

Good job! Then, please do Task 2. 1

(Students finish the exercises on the textbook.)

Step 4 Consolidation

Here's the most challenging part. Please take out the exercise sheet, finish the tasks and then discuss with your partner.

(Students finish the tasks based on the words and phrases they have learned. The teacher explains when necessary.)

Step 5 Summary and homework

Today we learned some key words and phrases of the text. We'd better use them in our speaking and writing.

Here's your homework: 1. Translate some sentences.

2. Finish the exercises on the Workbook.

Blackboard Design:

Unit 4 Pygmalion

Learning about Language

condemn

vt.

in disguise

His bad leg condemned him to a wheelchair.

in surprise

He was condemned to life imprisonment.

in shock

classify

v.

in peace

In the post-office, mail is classified according to the places where it is to go.

If you look in the classified part of the telephone book you'll find plenty of hotels.

superior

adj.

He is good at writing and expressing himself and his composition is far superior to mine.

pass ... off as

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