Unit2 Using Language1 名师教学设计
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Review:
How can a choice lead to a habit
Retell how the habit cycle works briefly and give an example.
Step2 Pre-listening
Activity 1:Lead-in
Look at the pictures. What choices or preferences make it easier for people to develop these bad habits
Take the first picture as an example:
Look at the pictures. What choices or preferences make it easier for people to develop these bad habits
References:Holding the phone in bed/yawning/tired/be accustomed to taking her phone before going to bed/Advice: ...
Activity 2:Prediction
Skim the contents of the listening given materials especially Exercises 2,3 and 5 and predict what you are to going to listen .
(Two students are asking the expert’s advice about some problems)
Step3: Listening
First listening :Listening for the problems
Student1 problem :Has trouble sleeping because uses phone before going to sleep
Student2 problem :Depressed about being a little overweight
Second listening :Listen again to the conversation and complete the chart below.
Student 1 Student 2
cue Going to bed Finishing dinner
routine picking up the phone picking up the phone
advice Don’t keep phone in room so you won’t pick it up before bed Walk outside for just 5 minutes
Third listening :Language focus One
What sentences are used to express problems
S1: Hello. I have trouble sleeping. It often takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. It’s affecting my schoolwork because I’m always tired in the daytime.
S2: Hi. I feel depressed about being a little overweight. I want to exercise every night after dinner, but I always just pick up my phone. What can I do
Can you think of other expressions
I am having a lot of trouble in …
My biggest headache is…
For me, …. is my biggest problem
For me, …. is my biggest problem
I find it really a challenge/headache for me to...
I have been struggling with
I have difficulty/problems in...
I really have no idea how to...
What troubles/bothers me most is...
My biggest headache is...
My top challenge is...
....… is a big difficulty/ challenge/ struggle for me
Fourth listening :Language focus two
What expressions does Doctor use to give suggestions
..., don’t keep your phone in your bedroom at night.
...you must take small steps to begin with.
...make the routine to turn off your phone and walk outside - for just five minutes.
Can you think of other expressions to give advice
Step4: After-listening
Decide whether these statements from the conversation are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. ___ It was a really interesting talk.
2. ___ It often takes me half an hour to fall asleep at night.3. ___ You look tired. Not enough sleep, right
4. ___ It is affecting my school work.
5. ___ I failed in all my school subjects this semester.
6. ___ I usually pick up my phone.
7. ___ I think the phone is the problem.
Distinguish facts from opinions:It is important to know whether what the speakers say is a fact or an opinion. An opinion is a subjective statement and a fact is objective. A fact is what really is true, while an opinion is what you believe, often using phrases like “I think/believe”, “in my opinion”, “to me” and so on.
Step5:Speaking
Choose a person to give advice and have a coversation with your partner about it..
I think it wise of you to… because … I recommend that… you are supposed to...I think you should…
You'd better...you are supposed to...you are supposed to...It would be much better if you...
In addition to that, wouldn't it be a good idea to … I'd like to suggest...It might be a good idea to...
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