教学设计: Unit 1 Looking forwards Presenting ideas: your understanding of a successful life (时长40分钟)
课 型 Speaking
主题语境 人与社会 — 人生与成功
内容分析 本板块旨在引导学生思考什么样的人生才算是成功的人生,让学生从内心深处去设想一个成功的未来对他们意味着什么。本板块要求学生首先看三幅图片,回答每幅图代表的是什么样的生活,以及对成功人生有怎样的认识。然后教师请学生通过演讲的形式来进一步谈谈他们对成功人生的认识,引导学生思考:为了追求成功他们会制定什么样的目标?做出怎样的努力?如果不能达成或实现自己的目标,他们应该如何面对?这种讨论和追问有助于帮助学生树立正确的人生观和价值观,同时帮助学生内化单元主题思想,发展思维品质,完成对所学内容的迁移和创新。
教学目标 1 引导学生通过本单元的学习,能够更全面理解“面向未来、确定目标、审慎选择、正确决断、成就自我”的重要性,并能够正确、全面地认识人生成功的意义; 2 引导学生能够运用本单元所学表达方式,恰当表达自己的观点,使自己的演讲能达到打动人、感染人、教育人的效果; 3 培养学生的团队合作意识,引导学生小组成员共同探讨,分工协作,集体协商,统一意见,保质保量完成学习任务。(由于本课型为学生独立学习的视频课,本课时重在培养学生独立思考,探究的意识,利用网络资源查找,筛选必要内容,使演讲中的内容更加丰富准确有说服力)
教学重点 1. 引导学生通过学习,对“人生与成功”有更加深入的理解; 2. 引导学生了解英语演讲的基本结构,基本技巧,并能运用恰当的表达方式进行英语演讲。
教学难点 1. 引导学生运用所学的恰当的表达方式进行演讲; 2. 引导学生升华对“人生与成功”的认识,让学生树立正确的人生观与价值观。
教学策略 任务型教学法、交际教学法
Teaching contents Procedures Purposes
Steps Time
Presenting ideas
Warming-up Teacher shares the poem What is Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 3’ To lead to the topic to be discussed
Activity 1 Step 1. Teacher asks students to take a close look at the three pictures and answer the questions. ⑴What kind of life does each picture show ⑵What do you consider to be a successful life Step 2. Teacher asks students to talk about what success means to them and why. 2’ 2’ To help students understand the meaning of success.
Activity 2 Step 1. Teacher and students read a short passage on the topic of success to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of success. Step 2. Teacher asks students to complete the items in the table “meaning of success and examples”. 3’ 3’ To guide students to use what they have learned to complete the table.
Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Step1. Teacher asks students to glance over the four questions. ⑴What does a successful future mean to you ⑵Why do you think that way ⑶What goals do you think you need to achieve to be successful ⑷What would you do if you didn’t achieve these goals Step2. Teacher gives students some guidance on the use of useful expressions when answering the questions. Step3. Students answer the questions and jog down their answers in preparation for the speech they are going to make. Step4. Teacher shows a videoed sample of the Q&A part and ask students to give comments. Step5. Teacher explains the basic structure of a speech and basic public speaking skills. Step6. Students prepare for their speech and try to deliver it. Step7. Teacher shows a videoed speech sample and ask students to give comments on it with regard to its structure, useful expressions and public speaking skills. 1’ 3’ 3’ 3’ 6’ 5’ 4’ To encourage students to express their opinions and help them understand the theme of the unit correctly.
Conclusion Read the poem What is Success again 2’
Homework Write a speech on the topic of My Definition of Success Complete the Reflection part in Student’s Book