Unit 1other countries, other cultures
1st period Welcome to the Unit
Teaching aims:
(1).Make students participate in a discussion about other countries and other cultures.
(2) Encourage students to talk about other countries and other cultures they experienced.
(3).By talking about other countries and their cultures, students’ spoken English can be practised.
Important points & difficult points:
(1).Students are expected to express their own opinions by talking about other countries and their cultures.
(2).Encourage students to speak freely.
Procedure:
Step1 Warming-up
1. Have you ever been to England?
geography, history, Culture
2. If each picture represents one country on the world, which countries do you think of?
Why do you think that the images in these pictures represent those countries?
What kind of images do we usually use to symbolize a country?
3. Show students different pictures which represent different country and ask students to talk freely.
Step2 Observation
picture1:
Who are the people in the picture?
What do you know about them?
What other things can you think of to represent Canada?
picture2:
What is the man in the picture?
What do beefeaters do?
What do you know about beefeaters?
picture3:
What can you see in the picture?
What does the opera house look like?
Where is it? Which country does it stand for?
What other things can you think of to represent the UK?
picture4:
What are these two skyscrapers called?
Where are they located?
What do you know about Marina City?
Step3 Discussion
How did these things come to be seen as symbols of their respective countries?
Step4 Homework Preview Reading.
课件26张PPT。Unit1 Other countries, other culturesWelcome to the unitWarming-upHave you ever been to England?
geography
history
culture
(This picture is taken by Jiang shuang while visiting England.)If each picture represents one country in the world, which countries do you think of?
Why do you think that the images in these pictures represent those countries?What kind of images do we usually use to symbolize a country?animalbuildingflowerpersoncostume…Which symbolizes the country best?AmericaWhich symbolizes the country best?SpainWhich symbolizes the country best?KoreanWhich symbolizes the country best?New ZealandWhich symbolizes the country best?ChinaObservationWho are the people in the picture?
What do you know about them?
What other things can you think of to represent Canada?What is the man in the picture?
What do beefeaters do?
What do you know about beefeaters?What can you see in the picture?
What does the opera house look like?
Where is it? Which country does it stand for?
What other things can you think of to represent the UK?What are these two skyscrapers called?
Where are they located?
What do you know about Marina City?Discussion How did these things come to be seen as symbols of their respective countries?HomeworkPreview Reading.
