高三英语教案 Unit 8 Learning a foreign language (分课时教案)
Unit 8 Learning a foreign language
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Talk about learning and study skills. Enable the Ss to further understand what is important in the study of a foreign language.
2.Practise giving advice. Through practicing giving advice enable the Ss to find a better way to learn English.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Enable the Ss to acquire a good way to learn a foreign language and raise their interest to studying English.
2.Improve the Ss’ speaking ability by class activities such as talking, discussing, etc.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Methods:
Talking method to enable the Ss to express themselves freely.
Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Careful listening to improve the Ss’ listening ability.
Teaching Aids:
1. a tape recorder
2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Warming up
T: Do you like English?
S: Yes.
T: Do you find it easy or hard?
S: We find it hard.
T: We’ll talk about learning English. Which is the most importance when you are learning English and why think so.
S: I think memorizing new words and useful expressions is very important. Without large quantities of new words and expressions, you can’t listen, speak, read or write English.
S: I think learning studying skills is important as well. For example, you can’t memorize new words word by word. I mean, it’s not a good way to remember many words but not to know how to use them.
S: I think to talk with my classmates or some other person is a good way to practise spoken English. When we talk with sb, we try to use as many words as possible to express our opinions to make ourselves understood….
T: English is a useful tool in the modern world and in international affairs. I hope all of us stick to it and work hard at it.
Step II Listening
T: P65 . Listen for the first time, you just get a general idea. Listen again, and do the exx.
Step III Speaking
T: Suppose you have some problems in learning English. Have a discussion and give your advice.
Step IV Homework
Think of a good way to learn English. Preview the reading material.
Step V The Design of the Writing on the Bb
Unit 8 Learning a foreign language
The First Period
What is the most important way to learn English?
Memorize new words
Watch English films
Learn study skills
Practise writing in English
Talk with your classmates
Listen to the teacher
Read English stories
Make a study plan
Talk to native English speakers
The Second Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the useful words and phrases.
2.Learn the characteristics of the successful Ss to improve the Ss’ English study.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Master the useful phrases and sentence pattern.
2.How to get the Ss to summarize the general idea of a paragraph. Enable the students to understand the text better.
3.How to get the Ss to master the way to improve their English, and put what they have learned into reality.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to make the students bring the useful experience into English study to raise their English level.
Teaching Methods:
Fast reading to get a general idea and careful-reading to further understanding the text.
Discussion to check the Ss’ understanding of the text.
Pair work or group work to get the Ss active in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer
2.a tape recorder
3.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Lead-in and Pre-reading
T: Today we’ll read some passages to learn sth about learning a foreign language. Answer the questions.
1.What are some of the difficulties we must face when we try to learn a foreign language?
2.How do we learn our mother tongue?
3.How is learning a foreign language different from learning our mother tongue?
4.What are the characteristics of successful language learners?
5.How do these characteristics and skills help us learn?
6.How can we develop our confidence?
7.What can we do to learn better and faster?
Step II Fast reading
T: Now read the passage once as carefully as possible. Then decide which language each of the sentences describes. F for foreign language, M for mother tongue. Check.
We learn quite fast. F
We are not taught but learn anyway. M
Some think we are born with an ability to learn this. M
We can learn faster if we develop study skills. F
Most have mastered this by the age of five. M
We learn this in a special place where we can get help. F
It takes longer to learn this. M
We learn this by communicating with others. M
Step III Reading and Explanation
Check the answers on P68, post reading. Explain the useful words.
acquire: to get for oneself by one’s own work, skill, action, etc.
make sense of
in other words
instruct
secure
take risks/ take a risk
experiment with
adopt
Step IV Listening and Reading aloud
T: Now I’ll play the tape. You can follow it in a low voice. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Read aloud the text. If you have any question, have a discussion.





