unit1 festivals 说课教案.doc

Reading: Festivals and celebrations 阜阳师范学院信息工程学院 商务英语1班 任南南 I. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aimsLet Ss learn some new words and expressions.2. Ability aims(1) Trains the Ss ability of guessing words.(2) Improve the Ss reading skills by skimming and scanning.3. Emotion aims(1) Let the Ss know Chinese and foreign festivals.(2) Improve the Ss cultural quality, expand their cultural background knowledge and increase multinational cultural knowledge. II.The Key and Difficult Point of This Lesson1. The Key Points of This Lesson(1) Let the Ss be familiar with festival in China and other foreign countries.(2) Teach the Ss how to study independently as well as cooperation.2. The Difficult Point of This LessonMake the Ss learn to alk about festivals and celebrations in China and other countries with knowledge that they will learn. III.Teaching MethodsTask-based language teaching approach, discovery method of teachingIV.Teaching AidsMulti-media, blackboard. .2Teaching ProceduresStep1. Pre-reading activities for interestActivity 1. Have a free talk with students. Ask them the following questions: Talk about festivals:*Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.*Whats your favorite holiday of the year?*What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?*Do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends?Activity 2. 1. Let students brainstorm the other Chinese festivals. （Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat festivals, Mid-Autumn festival, New Years Day, International Womens Day, International Childrens Day.） 2. Talk about some foreign festivals with students. (Christmas, April Fools Day, Halloween, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving Day.)Step 2. While-reading activities for comprehensionVocabulary: Ask students to read the words aloud which in bold in the passage. And guess their meanings.starve, origin, religious, ancestor, in memory of, Mexico, feast, bone, dress up, belief, play a trick on, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agricultural, award, rooster, energetic, admire, look forward to, Easter, day and night, clothing, Christian, as though, have fun withActivity 1: Fast reading 1. whats the main idea of the passage？ 2. Please match the kinds of festivals with the examples. 2. Intensive ReadingActivity 1: Reading and Discussion 1Why are harvest festivals happy events？ 2What do people do to celebrate it？ ADecorate churches and town halls beautifully. BGet together to have meals. CWatch dragon dances. DPeople will get awards for their farm produce. . 3. Why do people celebrate Easter？4. What does Japan look like during the Cherry Blossom Festival？5. What are the purposes of the festivals? Step 3: ListeningStep 4：Post-reading for consolidation Have a discussion and Role-play Suppose one student is a reporter and the others in the group are foreigners from different countries, have a discussion about the festivals and act it out. Step 5: Group work and writing Festivals are created. Now you have got the chance to make a new festival. Discuss in groups and make a plan and write it down: 1. When the festival takes place?2. What the festival is for?3. What people do at the festival?Step 6: Summary In this period we not only learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals in the world, but also practice the skills of guessing the meanings of the new words according to the context and reading a passage with different methods. I really appreciate your work. We