Module 8 Around town Unit 1 How do I get to the Forbidden City?

Module 8  Around town　　

Unit 1  How do I get to the 　Forbidden City　?　　

( The second period )　　

Teaching time: 

November 19^th,2010　　

Preparing time: 

November 15^th,2010　　

Teaching types: 

Listening and speaking　　

Teaching methods:

Audio-oral teaching method; Task-based approach;

Cooperative study　　

Teaching tools:

A tape recorder　　

A small blackboard　　

Teaching aims and demands:　　

1. Knowledge and ability:

    To understand the conversation of giving directions.　　

     To understand the sentences of telling positions.

     To learn giving directions.　　

2. Procedures and methods:

     通过听力训练和理解对话，以及口笔头练习，让学生知道如何问路和指路；　　

    通过口头练习让学生学会表示地点的介词；　　

3. Feeling, manner and concept of value:

  通过本节课的学习，学会在别人有困难时主动去帮助别人。　　

Teaching important points:　　

Key vocabulary: bank , market, supermarket, pool, swimming pool, square, left, right, opposite, chairman, between, turn, corner, along, 　　

Key structures: 

              How do I get to …?    Can you tell me the way to …?　　

              Go straight ahead.     Go along …   Go across     Turn left / right into ….　　

         Between …and …   on the corner of…               opposite…　　

Teaching difficult points: Ask the way and give directions　　

Teaching procedures　　

Step 1: Warming up　　

Teacher’s activities　　

Students’ activities　　

Aids　　

1. Today we are going on studying Unit 1, Module 8. First let’s read the new words in Unit 1. Please read the words one by one.　　

2. Now I ask some students to read the conversation in roles and the others listen and find out mistakes. 　　

Some students read the words one by one. The other students listen to them and point out their mistakes if they have any. 　　

Some students read the conversation and the others listen and find out mistakes if they have any.　　

Review the old knowledge and prepare for the next step.　　

Step 2: Listen and complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box in Activity 5.　　

1. Ask the students to look at Activity 5 on Page 65 and listen to the conversation. Then complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box.　　

2. Call back the answers from the whole class as completing the sentences.　　

Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box.　　

Some students say the answers and the others listen and correct their answers if they have any mistakes.　　

By listening to the conversation and understanding it, train the students’ reading map’s ability.　　

Step 3: Pronunciation and speaking.　　

Listen and repeat. (Activity 6)　　

1. Ask the student to look at the four sentences in activity 6 and listen to the tape. Then play the tape.　　

2. Play the tape again.　　

3. Ask the students to read the four sentences to themselves.　　

This time they just follow it.　　

Repeat it chorally and individually.　　

Read the four sentences one by one. And pay attention to the pronunciation.　　

By listening training, ask the students to master the correct pronunciation and intonation.　　

Step 4.Work in pairs. (Activity 7) 　　

Look at the map in Activity 4 again. You’re in Wangfujing Dajie. Ask for and give directions to other place.　　

1. Read through the example with the whole class　　

.2. Circulate and monitor their production. For example: 　　

A: Excuse me, how do I get to the 　Forbidden City　?　　

B: Turn right into Dongchang’an jie…　　

3. Have some pair do some example for the whole class.　　

Read through the example with the teacher and understand what to do.　　

Practase how to get to a place. Ask and answer in pairs.　　

Act out their conversations in roles to the whole class.　　

By oral practice, review and consolidate the sentences of asking ways and giving directions. Train the students’ oral expressing ability.　　

Step 5: Say where the places in Activity 1 are. Use the words in Activity 5.　　

1.Write the example on the blackboard.　　

2.Ask the Ss to work like the model in pairs.　　

3.Circulate and monitor their production and then ask them to say their sentences to the class.　　

Look at the example and know what to do.　　

Practise the sentences with some prepositions of directions. They can use the sentence: The submarket is opposite the restaurant.　　

Some Ss say where the places in Activity 1 are. The other listen and find out mistakes if they have any.　　

By oral practice, consolidate the use of the direction prepositions　　

Step 6. Work in pairs. 　　

1.Have the Ss draw a map of your neighborhood.  　　

2.Circulate and monitor their production.　　

3.Ask them to work in pairs to ask for and give direction to a place on the map and then say their conversation to the whole class.　　

Work in pairs to complete the activity.　　

If they have some difficult, they ask the teacher for help. They can use the following sentences:　　

Where’s the market? It’s on/opposite..　　

How do I get to…?  Go along…　　

Some Ss act out their conversations and the others listen to them to find mistakes and correct them.　　

Review and consolidate the sentences of asking for and giving directions to places.　　

Step 7: Test for the teaching aims. 　　

A: Complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box..　　

    1. The supermarket is ______________ the     hospital.　　

     2. The bank is ___________ the bookshop and the post office.　　

     3. There’s a large park ___________ the   school.　　

     4. The market is ___________ High Street and church.　　

B. Look at the map. Match the questions and answers:                 

1. How can I get to the other side of the river       (   )　　

2. Where is the hospital?                           (   )　　

3. Where can I buy fresh fruit and vegetables?        (   )　　

4. What’s that large building?                       (   ) 　　

5. What can you see from the top of that tall tower?  (   )　　

6. Is there a flower store near here?                 (   )　　

A.I t’s just around the corner, next to the bridge.　　

B. Walk across the bridge.　　

C. No, there isn’t. But you can buy some at the market.　　

D. Most of the city, on a clear day!　　

E. At the market. Go along High Street and it’s on the left.　　

F. That’s a museum.　　

Exam the students if they master the knowledge that they have learned in this lesson.　　

Step 8: Homework:　　

1. Read the words and the conversation in this unit and recite the words.　　

2. Copy the new words in this unit.　　

3. Do Exx 1,2,3,4 on Page 140 and 141 in the workbook..　　

Blackboard design:　　

 Module 8  Around town　　

Unit 1  How do I get to the 　Forbidden City　?　　

Excuse me, How do I get to the…?      　　

Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the …?　　

Go along …. Turn left / right into ….  Go straight ahead.     Go across…   It’s opposite / next to / between …and …/ on the left right of ….　　

教学后记：　　

本单元主要让学生学会如何问路和指路以及方位介词的用法。因为这一话题贴近学生的实际生活，学生比较熟悉，他们对这种话题也比较感兴趣，课堂上学生积极参与教学活动，利用所学的知识进行会话交谈。教师让同学们利用自己居住的大武口这座城市，先画出它的交通路线图，然后在根据自己所画地图进行问路和指路的会话练习，在教师的指导下，同学们马上进入小组活动，气氛活跃，多数学生都能根据本课的基本句型和自己的实际情况进行对话练习，本节课的教学效果较好，多数学生都掌握了本节课的重点知识。　　

本节课的亮点是：能结合学生实际生活，充分利用现有的教学资源，设计出合理的教学环节和活动，调动了学生的积极性，让学生活学活用课本知识，并收到了预期的效果。　　

本节课的不足之处是：时间安排不是很合理，显得有点前松后紧。