Unit 1 How do you study for a test 教案

Unit 1
How do you study for a test
I．Learning objectives教学目标
Skill Focus
Talk about how to study
Listen, describe and talk about different ways to learn English
Learn to write in reply
Learn to deal with new problems or situations using what you know
Language Focus
功能句式 Talk about ways to learn English
How do you study for a test
By doing…
Have you ever studied with group
Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
… They learned by using English。
Studying grammar is a great way to learn a language.
He finds watching movies frustrating.
What things are difficult for you
…it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher…
词汇 1. 重点词汇
pronunciation, differently, quickly, excited, slowly, realize, afraid, secret, term, trouble, fast, deal, unless, regard, duty, easily, influence, friendship, lose, soldier
2. 认读词汇
flashcard, vocabulary, aloud, specific, memorize, grammar, frustrating, pronounce, spoken, comma, challenge, solution, complete, sentence, learner, impress, soft, essay, unfair, solve, disagreement, adult, unimportant, psychologist, Pierre, Antonio, Lillian, Stephen Hawking
3. 词组
not at all, end up, make mistakes, later on, be afraid to, laugh at, take notes, look up, make up, deal with, be angry with, go by, try one’s best to, break off
语法 verb+by with gerund
Strategy
Focus Personalizing
Role playing
Culture
Focus Challenges are used to take the place of difficulties
II. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging 教材分析和重组
1. 教材分析
本单元以How do you study for a test 为话题,共设计了四个部分的内容：
Section A
该部分有4个模块：第一模块围绕How do you study for a test 这一话题展开思维（1a）、听力（1b）、口语（1c）训练；第二模块围绕Talk about something they do in the English club 进行听力（2a-2b）、口语训练（2c）；第三模块继续就上一模块中的the best ways to learn English这一话题展开训练，训练形式为找信息并填表和pairwork；第四模块仍就the best ways of your partner以pairwork形式展开讨论。
Section B
该部分有4个模块：第一模块是词汇的学习（1a）与运用（1b）；第二模块围绕Challenge in learning English对What things are difficult for you 进行听力（2a-2b）、口语训练（2c）第三模块继续围绕how to learn English 这一话题展开阅读（3a）和写作（3b）训练；第四模块以interview的形式继续就这一话题以口语训练形式展开活动。
Self Check
该部分有2个模块：第一模块以填空形式对所学词汇进行训练；第二模块Xu Zheng’s note展开阅读和写作训练。
Reading
该部分共设置了5项任务：第一项任务以问题讨论的方式谈论学生最近遇到的困难；第二对学生进行词汇学习；第三项任务进行阅读训练加深学生对阅读内容的理解；第四项任务要求学生能运用所学知识解决实际问题；第五项任务要求学生对什么是最好的方法发表自己的看法。
2． 教材重组和课时分配
Period I (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c) New function presenting
Period II (Section A: 3a, 3b, 4) Practice
Period III (Section B: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4) Vocabulary building and Integrating skills
Period IV (Self Check: 1, 2 & Workbook) Self check
Period V （Reading: Section 1—Section 4） Reading comprehension
III. Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
Period I New function presenting
Language goals 语言目标
1. Words & expressions 生词和短语
flashcard, aloud, pronunciation, skill, voice
2. Key sentences 重点句子
—How do you study for a test
—I study by working with a group.
—Do you learn English by reading aloud
—Yes, I do.
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to talk about how to study for a test.
Emotion & attitude goals 情感和态度目标
Enable the students to form a correct attitude to study.
Strategy goals 策略目标
To understand the target language by reading and listening.
Culture awareness goals文化意识目标
Different people have different ways to study for a test.
Teaching important points教学重点
Talk about how to study for a test.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程和方式
Step 1 Lead-in
Talk about the passing summer vacation with the students.
T: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you in the new term. How about your summer vacation
S1: Wonderful. During the vacation, I went to Hong Kong, Hainan with my parents. The Hong Kong Disneyland will be open in September.
S2: I studied English under the guidance of a famous teacher. My English really improved a lot.
T: I want to know what you study for.
S3: For the test.
S4: For further study.
S5: To improve ourselves.
T: Of course, we cannot study only for entrance examinations. But to be frank, the most important goal for us to study is to pass the exam. Then how should we study for a test Today we’ll focus on the topic and find out the better ways to improve our English.
Ask the students to read the following pictures.
T: We know it is not easy to learn English well. Different students use different ways to learn it. Now please look at the pictures and answer my questions please!
Show the following pictures one by one.

T: How does he/she study English well
S1: She studies English by reading the text book.
S2: She studies English by watching TV.
S3: She studies it by computer.
S4: He studies it by listening to cassettes.
T: Very good. How do you study English well Can you tell me
Other sample answers:
S1: I study English by listening to the radio.
S2: I study English by reading more English books.
S3: I study English by doing more exercises.
S4: By using computers.
S5: By watching TV.
S6: By learning from a foreign teacher.
Step 2 Listening and Speaking (1b, 1c: P2)
T: Right. Now you will hear some students are talking about how to study for a big test. Please listen for the first time to get the main ideas. Keep notes while listening. OK
Play the recording two or more times. Then check the answers.
T: We heard just now that how Mei, Pierre and Antonio studied for a big test. What about you How about your friends Please read activity 1c first, and then make some statements.
Ask two students to read the sentences in activity 1c first. Then act out the scene.
Sample dialogue 1:
S1: How do you study for a test
S2: I study by reading and writing.
Sample dialogue 2:
S3: How do you study for a big test
S4: I study by asking my teachers for help
Step 3 Listening Practice (2a: P3)
T: OK. We all know that different students have different ways to study for a test. In order to improve English, some people also use other ways. Now please look at the picture in activity 2a. Can you see some students in the picture What are the students doing Can you guess
S2: I think they are having a meeting.
S3: I believe that they are studying English.
S4: I know that they are studying together.
…
T: Right. This is an English club. The students meet after school once a week. They use many good ways to learn English well. Please listen to the recorder. First listen to the recording and check the questions you hear from activity 2a.
Play the recording for the first time.
T: Listen again and check them.
Play the recording for the second time. Then check the answers
T: You’ll hear the same conversation again. This time match each question in activity 2a with an answer from 2b.
Play the recording again, then check the answers.
Step 4 Oral Practice (2c: P3)
T: There are many ways to study for a test. Which way have you ever used
Sample answers:
S1: By listening to cassettes.
S2: By practicing conversations with friends.
S3: By reading aloud to practice pronunciation.
T: Now please read activity 2c, you can ask and answer in pairs.
Ask the students to act out the dialogue as shown in 2c.
T: Can you make a dialogue by your own
One sample dialogue:
S1: Have you ever practiced conversations with friends
S2: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
S3: Have you ever read aloud to practice pronunciation
S4: No, I haven’t. I think it’s too hard.
…
Step 5 Grammar Focus
Ask them to read the sentences in the box.
T: Now we know when we want to know the ways to do something, we should use this structure “How + do + you /we/they +do +something ” or “How +does +he/she /it + do +something ” and when we answer them, we should use preposition “by”. “by + something/ doing”
Show the following to the students.
How + do + you /we/they +do +something We/They + do + by + sth /doing
How +does +he/she /it + do +something He/She/ It +does + by + sth/doing
Then ask the students to read the following examples.
T: Now read the following sentences.
Show the following example sentences.
1. I often go to work by bike.
2. Lucy writes well by practicing again and again.
3. Tom cooks food by burning the natural gas.
4. Lingling communicates with her friends by sending short messages.
Ask the students to make dialogues with the above sentences.
Sample dialogue 1:
S1: How do you usually go to work
S2: I often go to work by bike.
Sample dialogue 2:
S1: How does Lucy write well
S2: She writes well by practicing again and again.
Sample dialogue 3:
S1: How does Tom cook food
S2: Tom cooks food by burning the natural gas.
Step 6 Practice
Ask the students to do the following exercises.
T: Now who’d like to translate these sentences in English orally
Show the following to the students.
1. 我们通过利用太阳的光和热使植物长地好
2. 现在人们利用手机来进行交流。
3. Lily通过少吃减肥吗？不，不是的。
4. 中国人通过植树来使环境越来越美丽。
Sample answers:
1. We can make plants grow well by using the light and heat from the sun.
2. Now people can communicate with each other by using cell phones.
3. Does Lucy lose weight by eating less food No, she doesn’t.
4. Chinese people make the environments more and more beautiful by planting trees.
Step 7 Homework
T: In order to learn English well, each of us should try our best to do it, but what is the best ways to learn English Work in pairs and ask your classmates what his or her best way to learn English is.