Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案评析

I. General idea of the design for this lesson 1. Develop the students’ ability of getting information through reading. 2. Teaching activities designed in this lesson follow the principle from easy to difficult according to the ability of the students. In addition, the activities designed are practical. 3. Use the textbook flexibly by integrating different components into this lesson. II. Teaching Background Analysis The analysis of teaching contents The topic of this unit is about the strategies of learning efficiently. This lesson is the third class in this unit. The students will learn about three kinds of learning styles. And then they’ll discuss efficient ways of acquiring new vocabulary. The students should be able to write a reply to give suggestions on helping solve his/her friend’s problem. The analysis of the students Being Senior Three students, they have the ability of getting and processing information as well as reading and writing in English. In this class, the English levels of the students are different. The class activities are designed to accommodate all the students. Each student can participate in the activities. III. Goal Analysis 1. Help the students find out their learning styles. 2. The students will find out the efficient ways of learning new vocabulary. 3. The students will be able to know how to write a letter of advice. 4. The students will be able to complete a reply using the language they’ve learned with the guidance from the teacher. IV. Type of the lesson Integrating Skills V. Important point and difficult point Teaching important point：

The students will be able to give suggestions in spoken and written forms. They shall practice English by participating in the activities. Teaching difficult point：

The students can complete the advisory letter using the vocabularies and sentence structures they’ve learned in class.

IV. Teaching Aid OHP V. Teaching approaches Task-based teaching approach and Audio-visual approach VI. Learning Strategies: Cooperation and autonomy IX. Teaching Procedure Step1. Leading-in T: Good morning, class. Today we’re going to learn Unit 4 Using Language, reading, discussing and writing. In this unit, we talk about learning efficiently. Actually, there’re three kinds of learners. If you know your learning style, you may find more efficient ways to learn English better. Step2. Reading 1.

T: Here’re three kinds of learners: Visual --- learn by seeing Auditory --- learn by hearing Tactile --- learn by using the sense of touch T: If you’re a visual learner, that means you learn by seeing. Auditory learners usually learn by hearing. If you’re a tactile learner, you prefer learning by using the sense of touch. 2. What kind of learner are you? Which statement resembles your situation? Statement 1: I would rather hear a book on a cassette than read it. (Auditory) Statement 2: I like playing sports more than watching them. (Tactile) Statement 3: I like reading stories more than listening to them. (Visual) Teacher shows the three statements to the students and asks them to judge what kind of learner they might be. T: Open your books and turn to Page36, and take this quiz to find out what kind of learner you are. Tick only the statements that you think resemble your situation. 3. The students take this quiz, and circle the numbers that match the statements they ticked. Then find out their preferred learning style. 4. The students read the descriptions of three kinds of learners on Page38 so that they can get more information about how they learn best.

Step3. Discussing 1. Join a group that has members in it with the same learning style as you. T: You have known your learning style. I’d like you to join the group where the students have the same learning style as you. Row1&2--- Visual Row3&4 --- Auditory Row5&6 --- Tactile 2. Discussion. (Ss discuss the question in group of 4.) 1) First, let the students discuss efficient ways of learning new vocabulary in group of 4. 2) Then, write down the most efficient way in the card. 3) Finally, make a poster advocating efficient ways of acquiring new vocabulary. T: Here’re many effective ways of learning new words in the posters. If your friend has the problem of learning new vocabulary, you can pick out 2 or 3 suggestions for him/her. Is it a good idea? Step4. Pre-writing 1. T: Your friend Donghua has some problems on learning English. Please read the email on Page 39, and underline the problems Donghua has. Q: What are Donghua’s problems? S1: She has problems of learning new words and reading. T: Your friend, Donghua has problems. She asked you for help. What are you going to write in your reply? 2. T: Before we write a reply to Donghua, please read an advisory letter first. (Do Ex.1.) T: Read this letter, and then answer the following questions. 1) How many parts are there in this letter? Three. T: How many parts are you going to write to Donghua? 2)

What’s

Jamie’s attitude to Worried’s problem? He shows his sympathy and understanding. 3) How many suggestions did Jamie give to Worried? Three. 4) Please circle the linking words that he used. First, second, third. 5) What did Jamie say at the end of the letter? I hope you’ll soon feel calmer and carry on as normal.

Check the answers in class. T: After reading this letter, how can we write to Donghua? Think about the structure of this reply. The structure of the reply: Part 1: Show your feelings (sympathy and understanding) Part 2: Suggestions Part 3: Hope 3. How much do you know about writing a letter of advice? (Do Ex.2.) T：Please answer the following questions. 1)

How many parts are there in an advisory letter? 2) What’s your attitude to your friend’s problem? 3) How will you start your letter? What sentences can you use? A) I’m sorry to know that... B) I know you have trouble in... C) You have asked me for my advice about... D) I’m sorry that you’re having trouble in... E) I’d like to offer you some advice. F) I’m writing to share some advice with you. 4) How do you give suggestions to your friends? A) I’d like to suggest that... B) If I were you, I would... C) It seems better that.. . D) Why not...? E) It would be a good idea if... F) I think it would be more beneficial if you could... 5) List linking words that you can use on giving suggestions. A) First, Second, Third B) Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly C) In addition / Besides / What’s more / Moreover… 6) What will you say at the end of the advisory letter? A) These are my tips. I hope you’ll find them useful / helpful. B) I hope everything will be fine with you in the future.

C) I will be glad if you find my suggestions useful. D) I think it would be beneficial if you stick to it. Step7. Homework

The students improve their letters.