Journey Down the Mekong 说课稿.doc

Unit 3 Reading Journey Down the Mekong Part 1 The Dream and the Plan说课稿 廖娟一. Analysis of the teaching material1. Status and main idea of the passageThe passage is the highlight of this unit. It is a piece of travel journal written by Wang Kun. It mainly talks about Wan Kun and his sisters dream of taking a great bike trip down the Mekong River, their preparations for the trip and some more details of the Mekong River.2.Teaching aims1)Knowledge aims: To get students to know how to prepare for a trip and some geographical knowledge about the Mekong River; Guide students to grasp the usage of some important words and phrases such as persuade, insist, be fond of, determine, give in, etc. .2) Ability aims: To develop students reading skills like skimming, scanning and concluding; Guide them to use these reading skills to collect and deal with information. Meanwhile encourage them to express their own travel plans using the language they have learned in the class and cultivate their ability to cooperate with others. 3) Emotional aims: To learn to enjoy the fun of traveling and appreciate the beautiful sceneries in China and the whole world, thus making them love our country, love the world and love nature. Meanwhile raise their awareness of protecting our environment. 2.Key points and difficult points1)The key points are how to get students to understand the text better and master the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and so on. 2)The difficult points are how to get students to master the important words and expressions in the unit and how to help students to express themselves using what they have learned in this passage.二Analysis of the studentsMost people are interested in traveling, and our students are no exception. So the topic can generally arouse their interest. Generally speaking, it is not difficult for the high school students to understand the text, but there are still some new phrases and sentences that may be a little bit difficult. 三 Teaching methods and aids1.Teaching methods: brainstorming, task-based teaching and learning, situational approach, multimedia assistance, cooperative learning, discussion 2.Teaching aids: a projector, a multimedia computer system and other normal teaching tools 四Learning methods As is described in modern educational theory, “The process of obtaining knowledge is more important than obtaining knowledge itself”, so I will try to arouse students potential and make them obtain knowledge by self-learning and cooperation, and at the same time form good learning methods to improve their listening, reading, speaking and writing abilities. 五Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in and pre-readingTask 1 Show students some pictures of great rivers and ask them what their names are.Task 2 Require students to discuss the questions below and report their answers to the whole class. Q1: Many people live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life?Q2: The world has many great rivers. If you could follow the route of only one of them, which one would you choose? And how are you traveling? Q3: Look at the map below and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.Purpose: (1) lead up to the topic naturally and arouse their interest in learning the passage.(2)Check students preparations before class and their ability to searchinformation.Step 2 While-readingTask 1 SkimmingAsk students to read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.Q1: What were Wang Kun and Wang Wei going to do? And who come up with the idea?Q2: Who planned the trip to the trip to the Mekong?Q3: What did they do before the tip?Purpose: Enable students to find out the clue of the text quickly and get them to understand the general idea of the passage as quickly as possible.Task 2 ScanningEncourage students to read the passage carefully and finish the two tasks.Task1 Know better about the tripQ1: What preparations did Wang Kun and Wang Wei do?Q2: What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?Task 2 Know better about the riverQ1: Where is the source of the river and which sea does it enter?Q2: What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? Purpose: Enable students to find out the exact information about the text and have a better understanding of the trip and the Mekong River.Task 3 Study readingGet students to listen to the tape and find out some important words and phrases. Then encourage them to analyze and memorize them.1. Words and phrases that indicate peoples attitude and personality:dream about , be fond of, care about, determined, stubborn, insist, shortcoming, make up her mind, change her mind, give in, reliable2. Words and phrases that relate to a trip planever since, persuade, graduate, cycle, organize, schedule, journey3. Names of certain placesglacier, rapids, valley, waterfall, deltaPurpose: to guide students to grasp the usage of some important words and phrases. Encourage them to express their own travel plans using the language they learned in the class.Task 4 consolidationAsk students to use their own words to rewrite the passage of the reading.Purpose: Cultivate students ability to summarize and consolidate what they have learnt in the class.Step 3 Post-readingAsk students to brainstorm some adjectives to describe the characteristics of Wang Kun and Wang Wei. Wang Kuns characteristic _Wang Weis characteristic _Purpose: Develop students ability to analyze and summarize using what they have learnt.Step 4 SpeakingWith your partner discuss the following question and make a dialogue. Then Act it out