An adventure in Africa说课稿.docx

An adventure in Africa说课稿 An adventure in Africa说课稿 (英语版) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today, I feel honored to have an opportunity to talk about some of my teaching ideas. My topic is an adventure in Africa taken from the reading part, the second period of Unit 2 in Module 2, Oxford English. My teaching plan is made up of 4 parts. Part 1 My understanding of this lesson Section 1 the analysis of the teaching material: The article is about an informal letter from Toby to Aihua. In the letter, Toby describes his trip to Africa in the coming summer vacation. Travelling is a topic that the students are familiar with and interested in. Through the discussion about travelling in Africa, the students can not only increase their knowledge of both nature and culture, but also develop their love for nature and cultivate their adventurous spirits. According to the contents of this lesson and the requirements of the New Curriculum Standards, I aim to achieve the following teaching objectives: Section 2 Teaching objectives: 1. Language objective: a. to get the students to master important words, phrases and sentences b. to get the students to learn to identify the style of informal letter 2. Skill objective: a. to develop students fluency in talking about travel experiences b. to train students ability of identifying the main idea of the passage c. to develop students reading skills, such as information-gathering, skimming, scanning, summarizing and guessing the new words from the context. 3. Moral objective: a. to expand students knowledge and make them aware of the importance of cross-culture communication b. to enable students to cooperate with others and know the importance of team spirit c. to get them aware of the beautiful world and increase their willingness to cherish it. Section 3 Teaching important points: Improve the students integrated skills especially reading and writing. Section 4 Teaching difficult points: How to help the students write an informal letter related to the topic Section 5 Analysis of my students 1. The teaching objects are students of Senior 1. 2. The students have known something about travelling in Africa through the Internet and other ways 3. But they are lack of vocabulary. 4. They don't often use English to express themselves and communicate with others. 5. Some students are not active in the class because they are afraid of making mistakes. Part 2 my teaching theories, methods and aids In order to achieve the teaching aims mentioned above, I will try my best to limit teacher talking time and i ncrease student talking time, that is to say, make the students the real masters in class while the teacher acts as director. Section 1Teaching methods: Therefore, I will adopt Task-based Approach to cultivate the students abilities of independent learning, cooperative learning and exploratory learning as well as the practical application of English through completing all kinds of tasks in class. 1. Fast-reading method to get the general idea of the passage. 2. Careful-reading method to get the detailed information in the text. 3. Discussion after reading to help the students finish the tasks. Section 2 Teaching aids 1. multi-media 2. a tape-recorder 3. blackboard Now I will talk about the most important part : Part 3 teaching procedure. I have designed the following steps to train their ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, especially reading ability. The entire steps are: Greetings&duty report, Lead-in, Fast-reading, Careful-reading, Post-reading, Reading strategies and Homework. Step 1 Greetings&Duty report Greet the whole class as usual.Ask one student to have a duty report. Step 2 Lead-in 1. Play the song Seasons in the sun and ask students the following questions: (1)Do you like traveling? (2)What places have you been to? (3)Did you enjoy yourselves there? Purpose:Introduce the topic to generate various answers, making it a good chance to activate students knowledge store and get them fully involved in it. 2. Guessing game Present pictures of famous places of interest, and ask students to guess the name of the places. Purpose: Activate students interest and check their knowledge of famous places. 3. Postcard-telling (1)Pair students up and ask them to choose one of the four places in the postcards they want to visit and discuss the reasons with their partners. (2)Present the reasons to the class. Purpose: By dividing them into pairs, students can participate in the discussion and have the chance to practice speaking. Step 3 Fast Reading 1. Skimming Instruct students to identify related information quickly and find the answers to the three questions: (1) Who wrote the letter? (2) What animal is uncomfortable to sit on? (3) How long will the author stay in Africa? 2. Scanning Scan the whole text to find the route of the adventure. Purpose: Apply various skills instructed in this period to improve their reading ability. Step 4 Careful-reading Design different exercises based on each paragraph. 1. Ask Ss to read Paragraph 1 together and sum up this paragraph by themselves: Whats the main idea of Paragraph 1? Purpose: Cultivate students ability of making a summary of the first paragraph. 2. Ss listen to the second paragraph and find suitable answers to fill in the blanks. Start position: Time: Destination: How to go there: What to do: What to take: Purpose: Develop students ability of gathering information by listening and help students to get the key information in a short time and understand this part better. 3. Ask one student to read paragraph 3. And Ss find the answers to the 3 questions. (1) What will they be doing while traveling down the River Nile? (Play a video clip The Nile) (2) What is white-water rafting like? (3) How can they protect themselves? Purpose: Instruct students to analyze Para. 3 and get them informed of the River Nile and white-water rafting. 4. Ss read paragraph 4 by themselves and fill in the blanks (Fill in the blanks): What will they do in Kenya? In Kenya, theyll live with the _ people in their _, and eat and drink _ they do, including cows _. Purpose: Broaden students horizons and offer them the chance to know more about culture of Africa. 5. Girls read paragraph together and do mutiple choices. (1) An important thing one should get prepared for walking every day in Kenya may be to _. A. see an elephant up close B. buy a good backpack for food and water C. travel across the Sahara Desert first D. get enough rest before climbing (2) In Line 36, “them” refers to _. A. the elephants B. Colin and Toby C. the guides D. the giraffes Purpose:Train their ability of analysis and comprehension 6. Boys read paragraph 6 together and try to find the answers to the questions. (1) In which country does Mount Kilimanjaro lie? (2) What will they do after sunset? Purpose:Students can know more about the trip in Africa. (3)Which word can be used to describe the adventure in Africa?(Guide the students to sum up the trip) Purpose:Train students ability of summing up their feelings and expressing them. Step5 Reading strategy Teach reading strategies and help students identify the writing style of the letter Purpose:Learn the features of informal letters. Step6 Post-reading Task A:Consolidation Let the students fill in the form shown on the screen. Be clear about the detailed information about the traveling plan. Purpose: Improve students ability of doing task-based reading passages. I want to know if my students understand the whole text really and if they master what I mean to tell them in this class. Whats more, I want to let them have the ability of introducing and analyzing expression. Task B: Group discussion： Students work in group of four to describe their own travel plan after they graduate from our school. Give them some tips and some materials to talk about with each other. Purpose: Cultivate students team spirit and develop their imagination, which can bring students chances of using real communicative English. Step7 Homework Suppose you were Toby, please write a postcard to Aihua, introducing one of the places they have visited in Africa. Purpose: I want to improve the ability of their writing. At the same time, train the ability of do-it-yourself and looking up the information by themselves. Part 4. Blackboard design As for my blackboard-design, since time is limited, Id like to give a brief introduction. Unit 2 An adventure in Africa I. Background: Africa 1) Nile 2) Sahara 3) Countries 4) People II. Outline of the Text Where to take: _ How to travel: _ What to do: _ What to take: _ IIIDiscussion My travel plan after graduation So far , I have been an English teacher for eight years, I think a good teacher is not only a guide for the students, but also a friend of them. So I will try my best to build a close relationship with my students, helping them not only on their study, but also on their lives. So much for my presentation. Thank you very much.