人教版（2019）必修第三册Unit 4 Space Exploration Listening and Speaking 教学设计

Book3 Unit 4 Space Exploration
Listening and Speaking
Talk about how to become an astronaut
Teaching Design
Ⅰ. Teaching objectives
To talk about how to become an astronaut by listening to an interview about an astronaut.
To discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons.
Ⅱ.Teaching important and difficult points
Important points:
To talk about how to become an astronaut by listening to an interview about an astronaut.
Difficult points:
To discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons.
Ⅲ.Teaching theory and approach and learning methods
Teaching theory:
Scaffolding theory
Activity-based approach to English learning
Approaches:
Interactive teaching and task-based teaching
Learning methods:
Cooperative learning
Ⅳ.Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up
Look at the pictures of astronauts and say their names.
The first man going into the space
The first man landing on the moon
The first Chinese going into the space
China's first female astronaut
Step 2 Lead in
Watch a video and answer the following the questions:
What special exercise do the astronauts do
What qualities do they need to become an astronaut
Step 3 While-listening
Task 1 Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers
Tip:Listen for numbers
Number questions are typically related to: time, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, weights, distances, etc. When you listen for numbers, you need to pay special attention to big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar such as thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc.
1.将数字和表达的信息联系起来，如10 years, 38 years old
2.关注与数字连用的量词，kg=kilogram, cm=centimeter, km=kilometer
3.辨别读音相似的数字，如thirteen和thirty
1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of ______.
2. Before he joined China's space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for ______ years.
3. Mr Yang was one of the ______ pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
4. At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programme, astronauts had to be shorter than ______ cm in height and less than ______ kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China's first astronaut when he was ______ years old.
Task 2 Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
Education background: get a ________ degree
work as a _______ ______
Experience: have more than 1,000 hours of _______ experience
Health condition: must be in perfect _____ and _______
Courses: ______, _________, and astronomy
Special training: practise using ______ equipment
do a lot of _______ and _______ training
Step 4 Post-listening
Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.
A: You know, I think being an astronaut would be _______.
B: Do you want to _______ in the future
A: I'm not sure, but I think it might be too difficult for me./Yes, I do. I determine to be an astronaut.
There are so many requirements. First of all, you must ______________. Then you have to____________. How about you
B: Well. I'm not sure. To begin with, you must ______________. In addition, you have to____________. What might be the most difficult part for you
A: I guess it might be the __________. It's hard for me to__________. And I don't think I can________________
B: I see what you mean.
Step 5 Summary and Homework
Finish and polish your dialogue with your partner and hand in it tomorrow.
Preview Reading and Thinking.