Teaching Design
Unit 2 Culture shock
Title Living in another country
Subject English Grade Grade 9
Teaching Material Oxford English 9B Module Module 1 Explorations and exchanges
Type Listening and speaking Time 1 period ( 20 minutes)
Analysis of the teaching material This is an English listening and speaking class. In the first half of the class, a listening material will be given. The short passage is approximately 3 minutes long and some facts about the U.S. will be illustrated. Through the listening material, the students will have a chance to know some basic knowledge of American cultures. In the second half of the lesson, a chart refers to the comparison between the schools in China and the U.K. will be shown by the teacher. The chart is based on the article of ‘More Practice’ on page 29. The two education systems will be compared from the following 5 aspects: ① Age for starting school; ②Types of schools; ③Number of terms in a school year; ④Main subjects in primary school; ⑤Other subjects in secondary school.
Analysis of the students As the curriculum mentioned, students in Grade 9 should be able to understand the conversations and get the useful information from their familiar topics . In the previous lessons, the students have learnt about a story of a Chinese exchange student’s life in the US and get to know what is ‘culture shock’. From their daily lives, the background knowledge of America is also easy to get access to, so it is not difficult for them to understand the listening material. For the speaking competence, the students of Grade 9 are expected to have the ability to clarify their views in a proper way. The speaking task of this lesson is to make comparison based on a chart. The students may find it difficult to organize their language, so more expressions and sentence patterns should be given first.
Teaching aims By the end of this lesson, the students’ English core competence will be cultivated as follow: Language Proficiency: Get to know more words about other cultures, such as: Washington D.C., The Statue of Liberty, The White House, etc. Do the story retelling by the given key words from mind map in a fluent and logical way. Master the expressions and sentence patterns of making comparison and use them correctly in speaking practice. 2. Learning Capacity: 1. Key information catching and the skill of fast notes taking will be strengthened. 2. Students’ ability of analyzing information will be trained. 3. Cultural Consciousness: 1. Encourage students to learn about differences cultures and background knowledge among different countries. Have a deeper understanding of ‘Culture Shock’. 2. Let the student understand that: ‘Every culture has its unique charm, and there is always something we can learn from.’ 4. Thinking Quality: Develop abilities of analyzing,summarizing and critical thinking. Be will to express their opinions.
Key points By the end of the class, students will be able to understand the listening material and retell the it by using the mind map.
Difficult points By the end of the class, the students are expected to make the comparison with the given sentence patterns and clarify what are the similarities and differences between the two education systems.
Teaching Procedures
Stages Procedures Learning Activities Purposes
Pre-listening Lead-in Introduce two figures: Mary is from the U.S., Jack is from the U.K. They are going to visit China as exchange students. To arouse Ss’ curiosity and try to create a real language scenario.
Think and answer Show 3 pictures form listening part. Let the students speak out what are they in the pictures. To help Ss get to know the theme of listening material and input some background knowledge .
While-listening Listen and write Listen to the recording and choose the right answers. Check the answers. To train Ss’ ability of information catching and notes taking skills.
Post-listening Think and retell Listen to the recording again Retell with the mind map. To train Ss’ speaking skill and the thinking quality of analyzing and summarizing.
Speaking Connect and say Brainstorming: What do you know about education in the U.K. Give a brief introduction about the differences between two educational systems. To guide the Ss to the next topic and activate their background knowledge. Guide Ss to find similarities and differences in two education systems.
Read for information Look at the chart and find out how many perspectives are there in comparing the two educational systems. Write down the useful information in 30 seconds. To train Ss’ learning ability of key information catching and the skill of fast notes taking.
Compare and speak Use the sentence patterns to talk about the similarities and differences. Give Ss one possible answer. Give Ss one possible answer: Practice Ss’ oral English and encourage them to express their opinions, meanwhile, their critical thinking is also cultivated.
Homework 1. Use the expressions learned in class and practise talking about the similarities and differences between Christmas Day and Chinese New Year. 2. Revise the notes.
Blackboard design
Teaching reflection(共15张PPT)
Unit
2
Culture Shock
Living in another country
Listening and speaking
Period 3
Learning objectives
In this period, we are going to:
1. listen to a quiz about American culture.
2. talk about the differences between education in UK and China.
Your American friend Mary and British friend Jack are going to visit China as exchange students. Before meeting them, try to know some of their cultures!
Mary
Jack
What is the building in Picture A
Who is the person in Picture B
What is the name of the statue in Picture C
The White House.
C
George Washington.
The Statue of Liberty.
A
B
Look at the pictures and then answer the questions.
1
think and answer
Mary
A culture quiz
Listen to some questions about American culture. You will hear three choices for each question. Write down the correct letters in the blanks.
2
listen and write
c
b
a
c
a
b
a
1.In north America
b
2.Washington D.C.
3.fifty
4.fifty
5.pants
6. on the 4th Thursday
in November
7.Gorge Washington
8.play tricks on each other
think and choose
Listen again and retell with the mind map.
You can begin with:
The US located in ____________________________________
____________________________________________________
2
think and retell
You can begin with:
The US is located in __________________________________
____________________________________________________
Sample
2
think and retell
The US is located in North America. The capital of the US is Washington D.C. There are 50 states in the US. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the 4th Thursday in November.
What do you know about education in the UK
primary school
5-11 years
11-16 or 18 years
Secondary school
3
connect and speak
Jack
Items Schools in the UK Schools in China
Age for starting school five seven
Types of schools state school and private school public school and private school
Number of terms in a school year three two
Main subjects in primary school Maths, English, History, Science, Geography, Art, Music and PE Chinese, Maths, English, Science, Art, Music, PE
Other subjects in secondary school foreign languages, Technology and Computer Studies, etc. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, etc.
3
Compare the education in the UK and China. Retell the following chart with the given beginning: Education in the UK and China has some similarities and differences.
Use the sentence patterns to talk about the similarities and differences
Similarity: We do the same things./It sounds similar./ both...and...
Difference: We do it in a different way./ The main difference between A and B is...
3
compare and speak
Sample
Education in the UK and China has some similarities and differences.
Both British and Chinese children can choose to study either in public school, which is free, or private school, in which the fee is needed. The school term is divided in three terms in the UK. However, we do it in a different way, for we just have 2 terms in China. The subjects like the English and Science are quite similar, but we Chinese students have to learn Chinese as it's our mother tongue.
Differences and similarities as we have, it's significant for us to enjoy studying and finally we can get a lot from it!
Every culture has its unique charm, and there is always something we can learn from!
We are family!
1. Use the expressions learned in class and practise talking about the similarities and differences between Christmas Day and Chinese New Year.
2. Revise the notes.
Homework
4
Thank you for listening!
