英语人教版八年级下册Unit9 Section B 2a-2b.docx

Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?Section B (2a-2b)Teaching Aims1. Knowledge and Ability Objects(1) Key vocabulary: Singapore, population, southeast Asia, western food, Indian food, Night Safari(2) Target language: Have you ever tried/seen/ been?(3) To train students listening, speaking, reading abilities and skills.2.Moral aims:(1) To raise students interest of learning English.(2) To make students get to know cultures of other countries.Teaching Key Points1. Key vocabulary in this period.2. Target language in this period. Teaching Difficulties1. Improve students listening.2. Improve students reading skills.Teaching methods (1) The activity teaching methods.(2)The cooperative learning method,(3)The institutional teaching methods.Teaching Aids1. A computer for multimedia use.2. A tape recorder.Teaching Steps:Step 1 Free talk1.Talk about what should we learn before our journey.2.Draw like this: places to visit best time to go and stay thereTravelpeople weatherfood transportationhistoryStep 2 Pre-readingT shows pictures about Singapore. Let Ss guess what country is it? What do you know or want to know about Singapore?Step 3 While reading1. Fast readingRead the article and answer the question:How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore?1) Wonderful and safe place to take a holiday.2) Can speak Putonghua3) Good place to speak English.4) Able to find a lot of food from China.5) Place to try new food.6) The night Safari.7) Temperature is almost the same all year round.8) Not too far from China.2. Careful reading(一) Read again and Fill in the blanks .a) Singapores geographical positionA small island (1) _b) Language(s) people speak in Singapore(2) _c) Food we can find in SingaporeChinese food, (3) _ and Japanese food.d) Name of the night zoo in Singapore(4) _e) Temperature in SingaporeIt is (5) _ all year round.Keys: 1. in Southeast Asia 2. Putonghua and English 3. Indian food, western food 4. Night Safari 5. almost the same（二) Discuss and try to use the useful expressions.1) on the one hand on the other hand2）have problems (in) doing 3）choose to do sth./whenever=no matter when/4）three quarters 5）thousands of Step4.After reading1. Watch a screen about Singapore.2. Share with the students according to the chart below.3. Make some notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember.S