Learning about Language名师教学视频（文字实录）

Unit 3

Computers I .Teaching aims:

1. Learn to understand the true meaning of new words. 2. Learn to use some new words to talk about something related to computers.

II. Teaching difficulties:

1. Spell and remember the new words well. 2. How to use what they have learnt to write a passage related to the topic.

III. Teaching methods: 1. Discovery teaching method

2. Communication teaching method IV. Teaching aids: Multimedia V. Teaching procedures:

Step1. Brainstorm Encourage the students to think out as many new words in the this unit as possible by showing some pictures, a video and doing some exercises.

Three categories of new words: Nouns: type, web, network, intelligence, technology, revolution, happiness, goal, reality, virus, application, finance, rocket Verbs:

simplify, solve, explore, download, calculate Adjs:

personal, artificial, universal, electronic, intelligent, logical

Step2. Extension of the new words Teach more forms of the new words to the students by playing a game and do some exercises to consolidate them. 1. The town was ____ (total/totally) destroyed in the earthquake. 2. Man has never stopped the ____ (explore/ exploration) of the outer space. 3. The scientific and ____ (technology/ technological) development always plays an important role in social progress. 4. An ____(apply/ application/ applicant) will not be read unless the ____(apply/ application/ applicant) provides enough information. 5. We ____(real/ really/ reality/ realize) the true value of ____(happy/ happiness) when

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we are in sorrow.

6. If you consider yourself a man of ____(intelligent/ intelligence), take this battle to heart and learn from your mistakes.

7. This is a ____(revolution/ revolutionary) new product.

8. You can apply either ____(person/ personal/ personally) or in letter.

Step3. Make sentences with the words Require the students to make sentences with the new words in order to help them understand them better. Step4. Make a story Make a story with at lease 5 of the new words learnt in this period (or their other forms). Example 1:

Jack was very interested in computers and enjoyed writing programs of his own. He used to ______ information from the net and made use of it. He liked to _____the web and communicate with some programmers on line. When he went to university he studied IT and developed an interest in _______intelligence.He hopes to design an ______robot which can think __________and look like a human being, but in________ he has a long way to go. Example 2:

One day, when I was exploring the World Wide Web, a friend of mine came up to me. He was so intelligent that he was going to apply for the best college here. However, he was not good at computers, so he turned to me for help. I helped him solve the problem quickly. As a result, he achieved his goal and was admitted into his dream college. Step5. Homework Finish the passage

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