A Teaching Plan for the Words and Expressions in theWordlist
(Module 1 Unit 2 Welcome to the Unit & Reading)
常州市第五中学 王海惠
Teaching Objectives
1) To getthe students familiar with the words and expressions relevant to Welcome to theUnit and Reading of Module 1 Unit 2, through various learning activities,including word-guessing games, gap-filling exercises, etc.
2) To getthe students to reflect on problems that might exist in their own lifeconcerning parent-child/adult-child relationships by involving them in usingwords and expressions learned in the class.
Class focuses
Challenging the students to use the words andexpressions learned (activation)
Teaching procedure
I.Lead-in
1)A teacher-student dialogue to introduce the subject ofGrowing Pains. Related expressions are such as growing pains, generation gap,(have) problems with parents, etc
2) Present the task of this class.
(本部分的设计目的:导入本单元话题和本节课任务,激活学生的相关图式。)
II.Wordsteaching
1. Charades
Some students will be asked to act out a situation andothers are challenged to guess which word or expression it is.
(本部分的设计目的:表演是对语言最好的理解和运用,在活跃气氛的同时,也能学生轻松自在地记住了这些词汇。)
2. Sentence completion
The students are given part of the reading text withsome words and expressions missing so that they can use the words andexpressions to fill in the blanks.
Also, this is intended for them to get furtherfamiliar with the subject of the reading passage.
(本部分的设计目的:表演是对语言最好的理解和运用,在活跃气氛的同时,也能让学生轻松自在地记住了这些词汇。)
3. Wordguessing games
Job 1. The students will try
1) toguess words with the help of the meanings given.
2) toexplain a situation shown to them using the words or expressions learned inthis part.
Job 2. For this part, the students will be asked
1) to guess thewords relevant to the pictures shown in class.
2) to make up astory using the nouns learned previously (Group work / a contest). This isserved as a consolidation.
(本部分的设计目的:根据单词的特点,这八个词汇或短语最好让学生用英语思维比较、理解、记忆,以及运用这八个词汇,)
III.Consolidation
The students are asked to choose 15 wordsamong 18 to fill in the blanks of a passage “Families with Children”, without referringto the book.
(本部分的目的:整体朗读让学生再整体了解记忆所学词汇,《家有儿女》文章的选词填空,不仅检测了学生所学单词的有效性,还让学生对所学词汇在表达成长的烦恼时有了初步体验。)
IV.Homework assignment
Writea passage of students’ own growing pains story, trying to use the words learnedtoday.
各学校备课组长对这节课的评价:
教研员:从三个意识肯定了这节课,即,语境意识、学生意识、生活化意识。他建议其他老师也应该借鉴这三个意识。打破传统的词汇拓展,对重点词汇链接高考的常规,符合布鲁姆的知道---认知----应用的教育目标分类法。
各学校的老师评价:这是一节真实语境的词汇教学,课堂设计精妙,有创新,学生活动丰富,课堂气氛活跃。老师教态自然,语言丰富。
本人对课程的思考:
1. 本节课教学定位:熟悉单词,所谓熟悉,就是能在需要时从记忆中快速提取。之所以强调这一点事因为提取的速度决定了学生运用单词进行听说读写的速度。尤其是听和读。
2. 熟悉单词的方法,就是通过不同的活动,不断刺激,以加深痕迹,刺激越多痕迹越深,提取越快。
3. “用中学”的理念。课上的各种活动(如操练、运用等),既是熟悉单词的手段,又是熟悉单词的目的。通过“用”来熟悉,熟悉是为了“用”。
4. 设计的各种活动都意识围绕本单元话题展开,除了试图让学生接触话题,低阅读和学习的障碍外,也是希望促动学生反思自身所遇到的类似成长问题。
课后反思:
这也是本人自己对词汇教学的一个新尝试。整节课时间的把握上还是挺顺利的,达到了预期的教学目标。
有些老师在评课时质疑这节课对于重点词汇没有拓展是否妥当。我认为,他们还是没有理解我这节课的目标,即让学生在语境中熟悉单词,因为这是我们新单元的第一节课,学生能在预习单词之后在多种活动中熟悉单词运用了单词,这应该是对单词教学的第一步。而各个老师所说的重点词汇的拓展,我认为应该是放在我们Reading之后的语言点中进行。教研员也肯定了我这一看法,认可了我的观点。