Unit 1 Television Lesson 1 Last week on TV
By listening to the TV programs discussed by the four reviewers and their emotional attitude and other details, education students like to watch different personalities of different TV programs. Introduce the topic of this unit to stimulate students’ interest in the topic. Activate students’ existing TV program vocabulary, solve students’ existing knowledge, and prepare for the final output of the class. Students imitate the example sentences given by teachers, use key words to describe their favorite TV programs, and make a preliminary warm-up for the listening topic.
【知识目标】
Learn about the use of participle adjectives (-ed and -ing forms).
Learn about simple past tense.
Talk about a TV program.
【能力目标】
To train students’ listening and reading skill.
Verbally describe why the four reviewers liked the TV shows and discussed their favorite TV shows and reasons with their peers.
【情感目标】
They should read more news, learn about national events, and become a person with broad vision, love life, and love nature.
【教学重点】
Focus on the positive and negative sentences in the past tense.
【教学难点】
Guide students to use the sentence patterns flexibly in activities and life, and cultivate students’ ability to read English.
Multimedia
Step 1. Warm up
Is learning a language difficult?
Look at the key words. Listen and read.
Key words: Language learning
character, conversation, grammar, listening, passage, pronunciation, reading, speaking, vocabulary, writing
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences on the right.
1. She speaks English very well. Her __________________ is quite good.
2. He is learning to write Chinese _________.
3. Sometimes ____________________ rules are hard to remember.
4. I just read an interesting _________ in an old book.
5. We had a long ____________ about the interview on the Internet.
Step 2. Discussion
1. What do you think is difficult about learning a language?
2. Have a discussion with your partner, using the key words.
Step 3. Listening
1. When did Tina come to Beijing?
2. Did Tina like her teacher?
What did Tina do in her Chinese class?
Listen to the first part of the interview and answer the questions.
1. When did Tina come to Beijing?
2. Did Tina like her teacher?
3. What did Tina do in her Chinese class?
Think about the information in the chart.
Reason
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Learning experience
In the US:
In China:
Listen to the second part of the interview and complete the notes about James.
James—learning Chinese
Listen to the whole interview and write Tina, James or Tina & James in each blank.
1. ______learned some Chinese from games and TV.
2. ______ began learning Chinese at university.
3. _____________ think(s) Chinese writing is difficult.
4. ______ didn’t speak any Chinese before 2008.
Step 4. Grammar
一般过去时态:陈述句变一般疑问句
1. 当句中含有系动词was/were或情态动词could/would时,把系动词或情态动词提到句首。
I could ride a bike two years ago.
Could you ride a bike two years ago?
She was at Australia last year.
Was she at Australia last year?
一般过去时态:陈述句变一般疑问句
2. 当句中含有实义动词时,在主语前加助动词did,动词还原成原形。
I got up at 5 o’clock yesterday.
Did you get up at 5 o’clock yesterday?
Look at the table and circle the correct words.
一般疑问句
答句
Did you enjoy / enjoyed it?
Yes, I did.
No, I did not(didn’t).
When did you come / came to Beijing?
I came to Beijing in 2008.
Step 5. Pair work
Make yes/no questions about James. Ask and answer in pairs.
see a Chinese book in his cousin’s room?
learn Chinese in high school?
go to university?
enjoy his Chinese class?
A: Did he see a Chinese book in his cousin’s room?
B: Yes, he did.
A: Did he learn Chinese in high school?
B: No, he didn’t.
A: Did he go to university?
B: Yes, he did.
A: Did he enjoy his Chinese class?
B: Yes, he did.
Step 6. Practice
Write wh- questions about the underlined words.
Tina came to Beijing in 2008.
________________________________________
She sometimes played games in Chinese class.
_________________________________________
James went to university in the US.
_________________________________________
James didn’t use Chinese for many years.
_________________________________________
Brainstorm more wh- questions to ask Tina and James.
Why did you want to learn Chinese?
Who was your favorite teacher?
Step 7. Group work
Work in group of three, take turns role-playing Tina, James and the interviewer, asking and answering questions.
Step 8. Speaking
Work in pairs. Talk about your own English learning experience.
- When did you begin learning English?
- What did you do in your English class?
- What did you do after class?
- What helped you learn English?
A: In English class, I usually listen to the teacher carefully.
B: Me too. Taking notes is also very important.
Step 9. Speaking
A: In English class, I usually listen to the teacher carefully.
B: Me too. Taking notes is also very important.
Step 10. Pronunciation
Choose a circle. Guide your partner to it by reading the words aloud.
Step 11. Play a game!
For example:
may, day, tree, try, me
Step 12. Homework
1. Recite the words and phrases.
2. Talk about your English learning experience.
略。