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Getting students ready for learning （3 mins） |
Group work |
Let the Ss discuss in groups and then speak out the names of the languages and countries they know. T: Hi, everyone! Are you good at geography? How many country names can you speak out? Let’s try! T: Well done! Why not go on listing the languages used in the world as many as you can? |
Speak out the names of the languages and countries they know. S1: China, Japan, America,… S2: England, France, Germany,.. S3: Korea, Russia, India... S4: Chinese, Japanese, English,... S5: French, Russian, Korean ,.. S6: German, Arabic Spanish,.. .... |
此处也可以通过网络下载许多不同的语言片段，播放这些片段，然后让学生听并猜一猜是哪种语言。这种难度大一点，但趣味性更浓。 |
2 |
Revision (7 mins) |
Group work |
Let the Ss act out their HMK. Then choose the best group to be “The Best Conversation –Maker”. T: Now, it’s time to check your HMK. I need some groups to act out your new conversations. Let’s see which group will be the first? Come on! |
Act out in Groups. S1: Dad, why are you packing your bags? S2:I’m going to France on business tonight. S1:... S2:... |
要在学生表演完后立即 评出“The Best Conver- sation-Maker”。学生受到表扬后，会更有信心和激情。 |
3 |
Pre-reading (2-3 mins) |
Group work |
Discuss the two questions in 1a and then answer them. T: Read the two questions in 1a in your group, and then give me your answers. T: Now, let’s share your opinions. Each group only needs to answer one of the two questions. |
Discuss in groups and choose a member to answer. S1: We know English is widely used, but we are not sure if it is spoken by the largest number of people in the world. S2: We think Chinese is spoken by the largest number of people because China has the largest population. S3: We use English at school .We use English to enjoy the English songs and American movies. S4:... |
当学生在讨论时，如果有小组询问第一个问题，老师不能明确告诉他们，要保持信息差，这样学生才会有阅读1a的动力。 |
4 |
While-reading (4 mins) |
Individual work |
Let the Ss read 1a quickly, circle the new words, the numbers and underline the passive voice as they are reading. T：Read 1a quickly, circle the new words, the numbers, underline the passive voice and try to find the answer to Question One. T: Now, tell me whether English is spoken by the largest number of people in the world. T: Now, point out the passive voice sentences. |
Read and circle the new words and numbers. Find the right answer to Question One. Ss: No. English is not spoken by the largest number of people in the world. S1: There are more than ...spoken in the world. S2: Of all these languages, English is… used. S3: From its ...was spread ... new lands. |
第一遍初读时，不要布置太多任务，让学生找找生词。找数字是为了解决pre-reading 的问题，同时为1b 做准备。 |
5 |
Post-reading (15 mins) |
Individual work/Group work Individual work |
Step1: Let the Ss read 1a alone carefully, find out the difficult points and ask the group leaders to collect them and discuss them within the group. T: Read 1a again, and find out the difficult points, the group leaders should collect them and then discuss them in your group, if you can’t solve them in your group, we will discuss them together. Two heads are better than one! Step 2: Read 1a again, list the key points, finish 1b and 1c. T: Read 1a again, list the key points, finish 1b and 1c. T: I’m going to collect the key points. Are you ready? T: Who can tell the topic sentence of this passage? T: Where do you usually find the topic sentences? T: What do the red numbers refer to? T: Let’s turn to 1c, now check together. |
Read 1a alone carefully, find out the difficult points, discuss in groups. If they can’t solve, give them to the teacher. S1: We don’t understand the sentence “The population of ...., making it...speakers.” Why is “making” used here? Read 1a, list the key points and finish 1b and 1c. Check the answers. S1:speak ... as ..., spread – spread -spread, native ...speaker, ... S2: as well as, study...as..., the world’s,... S3:It is clear /true /certain that ... S4: It is clear that the English ... important. S5: At the beginning or at the end of a passage. S6:3000 refers to ... S7: 500 million refers to ... S8:... S9: England, America S10: second ... |
对于学生的问题，先鼓励学生在组内解决，解决不了的再提交给老师，这样才能培养学生的能力。老师要在这个环节处理好学生不能解决的词、句子。 课文中把base 作为名词来呈现，没有出现它的其他用法，老师可以视情况适当补充。如： base verb: base ...on ... be based on ... noun: on the base of 在处理1c的答案时，让学生注意European 构成方法: Europe + an 。并让学生再举几个例子，如：American, Indian, African, Russian, Italian 等。 |
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Finishing Task 2 (8 mins) |
Individual work Individual work |
Step 1: Let the Ss read 2, underline the new words and complete the passage with the given words. T: Read 2 and complete the passage with the given words. Pay attention to the forms of the verbs. T: Now, let’s check the answers together. Step 2: Let the Ss learn the new words by word-formation. Write down “tour+ism=tourism, tour+ ist =tourist, King+ dom = Kingdom, confer+ence = conference ” on the Bb. T: Look at these words on the Bb. Try to get some ideas from the suffixes. |
Read 2, underline the new words, fill in the blanks and check the answers. S1: is spoken S2:speak S3:is used S4:... Learn the new words and the suffixes. |
这个步骤只是检测学生能否正确使用一般现在时的被动语态。所以不要急着让学生解决新单词。 对于有明显前后缀的单词，尽量让学生自学，老师可适当地提示或解释。 |
7 |
Summarizing and assigning homework (5 mins) |
Class activity Class activity |
Step 1: Let the Ss recall what they have learned today. T: Now, let’s go over what you have learned today, including words, phrases, sentences and skills. Step 2: Let the Ss look at the numbers on the Bb and try to retell the passage. T: Look at the numbers here. Try to retell the passage. You had better use passive voice. Step 3: HMK: T: Look at 3a and 3b. We don’t have enough time to finish them. You should discuss the questions in 3a. You can turn to the Internet; if you are not sure. Everybody must write a short passage according to the study in 3a. I will ask some Ss to read their passages later. |
Go over together and speak out what they have learned today. S1: root, trader, native,.... S2:speaker, as well as, base, base on , S3:It’s clear that ... S4:... Look at the numbers and retell. S1: There are more than 3000 languages spoken in the world. S2: English is spoken by 309 million native speakers in America. S3:... Discuss the questions in 3a after class. Write a short passage according to the information they get from 3a. |
在写短文时，老师应当告诉学生，3a 所提供的问题可以作为写作的线索。 |
