March 17^th, 2008

Lesson plan

Designed by: Heather

Teaching Content :

Unit 9 Celebrations Part 4

Teaching Objectives:

1. To tell what one does to celebrate, using the frequency adverbs “always, usually, sometimes, never”

2. To tell how people celebrate a new year around the world.

Teaching Key Points:

Ditto 2

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. To say the country names correctly.

2. To identify different customs to celebrate a new year around the world

Teaching Procedures:

I. Warm up

1. Sing a song

2. Brainstorm the celebrations students learned in previous lessons. Ask, “What/When is your favorite celebration?” Have them tell how they celebrate, using the frequency adverbs “always, usually, sometimes, never” .eg “My favorite celebration is Women’s Day. It’s on March 8^th. I usually make a card for my mom.”

3. Present pictures of a birthday party. Have students describe what they see and tell how they celebrate their own birthdays.

II. Presentation

1. Lead-in: Tell the students they are going to learn what some people in places around the world do when they celebrate a new year.

2. Display a map of the world. Locate the countries that will be discussed on the map. Model the pronunciation of the six countries “Germany,Greece,Ecuador, theUnited States of America,Spain,China”.

3. Play the audio twice. Encourage the students to retell what they hear. Present pictures of the new year celebrations in the above-mentioned countries. Have students tell how people in these countries celebrate a new year, using their prior knowledge and what they learned from the audio. Elicit customs in these places, such as, In Spain,people eat grapes.Introduce more about these customs, such as “Twelve grapes are eaten inSpainat midnight on New Year’s Eve…” Compare with our traditions, ask “Is it the same in our new year’s celebration?”

III. Practice

1. Play the audio for a third time. Have students repeat the sentences and point to the corresponding pictures.

2. Focus on what Morris and Molly say. Ask, “How do you and your family celebrate the Chinese New Year?” Brainstorm traditional customs of the Spring Festival.

3. Have a class survey. Get the students to interview each other “How do you and your family celebrate the Chinese New Year?” Have them check what they do to celebrate in a chart and create a bar graph of the results. Invite volunteers to report.

Blackboard Design

Reflection:

The students were quite interested in this topic and they were encouraged a lot to talk. The country names caused a little trouble when they listened to the audio. It would be much easier for them to catch up if I paused the audio at each country. The survey was conducted much better than expected, however time wasn’t enough for them to report the results. I should delete the “birthday celebration” part in warm-up so that the students would have more free time to finish the survey.

教学反馈：

教学说明：

本节课的教学内容是了解世界各地（六国）新年的习俗和庆祝方式；语言技能训练的重点落在听力和口语训练上。本节课设计了三个教学环节：1、复习导入：复习上节课所学的生日庆祝方式，引出本节课主题。2、新授学习：首先学习各个国家的名称，在地图上找出其相应位置；然后听录音，由学生复述六国新年不同的庆祝方式，观察课本及相关图片讨论各种庆祝方式的细节；最后跟读录音。3、应用体会：组织学生就中国人如何庆祝中国新年（春节）进行班级调查，对比中国和其它五国新年庆祝方式及习俗的异同。

教后感：

本节课基本完成了教学目标、达到了教学设想。在三个教学环节中，学生口语练习的机会比较多，他们有比较充裕的时间发表各自不同的见解或展开讨论。听力训练时注重效果检测，听不懂的地方反复听。但本节课在时间的把握上做得不够好，导致最后一个教学环节中的调查汇报和对比思考没有完成，如果在以个两个方面进行改善，教学结构会更完整：1）复习环节需再紧凑些。学生自由谈论生日的庆祝后无需再通过图片复习重点词汇，直接进入本课主题。2）听力训练时需更注意技巧。本节课有关庆祝方式的录音材料部分并不难，学生之所以在完整地听完一次录音后不敢表达复述，问题出在六国的国名读起来有一定难度，并且国名和不同庆祝方式混合在一起不利于区别记忆。因此，在第二次播放录音时应分段听，必要时可以提示国家名称的正确读法，这样的话，听力训练会更具针对性，效果反馈也会更好。学生会有更充分的时间在调查后进行小总和对比分析。总之，在今后的备课过程中，要更充分地考虑到学生可能遇到的困难，课堂教学才能更有针对性，课堂效益才能得以进一步提高。