Module 11 Way of life-Unit 1 In China,we open a gift later 教案

Module 11 Way of life
Unit 1 In China, we open a gift later.
I General introduction
Analysis of the teaching material and students
Analysis of the teaching material
The selected teaching material is from Book 3 of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press(New Standard) Module11 Unit 1. And the title of module 11 is “Way of life”. Actually, the topic of this module is about customs and traditions in China and Western countries. Unit One is a listening and speaking class. In this unit, Lingling and her friends talk about birthday traditions in China and in the West as well as Chinese Spring Festival traditions. From their conversation, and Wang Hui’s introduction of traditions in England in Unit 2, we will see the differences between Chinese culture and Western culture.
【What】The theme of this unit is about traditions and customs. In the first part of the conversation, they talk about the birthday traditions like when to open and how to accept a gift. In the second part they talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions like what we must/mustn’t do.
In this lesson, it focuses on introducing the traditions and customs with the help of modal verbs. But at the same time paying attention to tones and functions of the everyday English and how the conversation starts, continues and ends is also quite important.
【Why】Since the topic is closely related to students’ daily life. Students may show great interest in it. And through the comparison of different traditions and customs in different countries, students’ cultural awareness will be gradually aroused. Students may learn to understand and respect other cultures.
After this lesson, they can use the modal verbs to talk about the customs or rules in their daily life. And at the same time, students can learn many useful everyday English expressions like “That’s interesting!” “Perfect!” “What a surprise!”to express their own feelings or opinions.
【 How 】 This is a listening and speaking class in the first unit of Module 11. The conversation starts with Lingling receiving a birthday gift from three friends of different countries. When to open and how to accept the gift naturally become a topic among them. Lingling’s American friend Betty thinks the differences between Chinese customs and Western customs are very interesting. And she wants to know more. So Lingling and Daming introduce Spring Festival traditions to their Western friends Anyway, the Spring Festival is still a month away. So they stop talking about Spring Festival and decide to celebrate Lingling’s birthday.
They continue the dialogue through expressing their feelings , opinions or question immediately. While they are talking about the traditions and customs in China and in the West, the modal verbs and the everyday English are naturally used in
this dialogue.
Analysis of the students
Students in Grade 8 have accumulated a bunch of words and expressions about gifts and traditions. They are familiar with the topic and are interested in it. However, they can’t talk about customs and traditions freely which is what I need to help them to improve during my teaching. Moreover, the usage of modal verbs and functions or tones of everyday English are not very easy for them to learn.
In the class, students in Grade 8 can listen to the teachers carefully and participate the activities bravely. They are curious about new things and have a strong desire to learn better. But sometimes they can’t express their ideas correctly or systematically.
Teaching objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to:
Acquire the basic information about birthday traditions and the Spring Festival traditions in this listening material.
Talk about what they must/mustn’t/can’t do on birthday/Spring Festival /at school/ ...
Be aware of the cultural differences and the importance of intercultural communication.
Teaching important and difficult points
Teaching key points:
Acquire and comb basic information of birthday traditions and Chinese Spring Festival customs.
Introduce the traditions and customs with the help of the modal verbs like must/mustn’t/can’t.
Teaching difficult points:
Make up a conversation to talk about traditions or rules.
Be aware of differences in culture and the importance of intercultural communication.
Teaching methods
Activity-based teaching method.
Teaching aids
Multi-media and a blackboard
Ⅱ. Teaching procedures
Teaching objectives Teaching activities Purposes
Step 1 Pre-listening 1.Lead-in (1).Ask Ss to watch a video and answer the following questions: Q1. What gift does the boy get Q2.How does he feel Q3.Does he open it immediately Lead to the title “In China, we open a gift later.” (2) Encourage students to brain-storm the birthday gifts. 2. Presentation Pre-teach some words about gifts in this unit and introduce a basic tradition of sending gifts in China. To lead students think actively and lead to the topic.
To lay the foundation of further study
Acquire the basic information about birthday traditions and the Spring Festival traditions While -listening The first listening material Listen and number the gifts as you hear them.(Activity 1) The second listening material Listen for the main idea . Guide student to pay attention to the general content and structure of this dialogue Listen for the details:Part 1 Listen for details:Part 2 Check (√) what we must do during Spring Festival. To help students get information from the dialogue and develop the listening skills for both general idea and details.
3.Listen and read Part 1: Birthday tradition.
Listen and read Part 2: Chinese Spring Festival
Why do Chinese mustn’t /must do these things To further improve the understanding of the content .
Talk about Step 3 Post-listening Watch a video to review the passage. Retell the traditions with the help of pictures and key words. Watch a video to know more cultural differences in China and the Western countries Work in pairs to make up a conversation to talk about the traditions in China. Student A : An American student. He/She wants to know some traditions in China. Student B : A Chinese student.
what we To review this dialogue.
must/mustn’t
/can’t do on
birthday/
Spring
Festival .
Learn the differences in China and the western countries. To use what they’ve learned and to cooperate with others.
Step 4 Homework Make a video to talk about what you must/mustn’t /can’t do in your daily life. Talk with your grandparents and parents to know more Chinese traditions. To help students consolidate what they learned in the lesson and encourage them to get more related information.