高中英语必修四《unit3 A Taste of English Humour》全英文说课稿

1、unit3 a taste of english humour 说课稿u3 a taste of english humour a master of nonverbal humourpart 1 analysis of this lessonthis lesson is the second period of unit 3. and its a reading lesson. the purpoof this reading is to introduce the life and work of charlie chaplin and his excellent performance

2、in his silent films. it plays a very important part in teaching of this unit. so if the students can learn this lesson well, it will be helpful to make the students learn the rest of this unit. they can learn more about the humor especially english humor. such topic is related to our daily life, so

3、it is helpful to raise learning interests of students and it will be easier to get knowledge in their laughter.teaching aims and demands1. knowledge objectsmake the students be aware of the cultural aspects of humor by learning this lesson.2. ability objectslet the students realize that humor is to

4、let people be optimistic about everything around.3. moral objects1 to enable the students to learn to be faced with difficulties and overcome them.2 to encourage them to keep up optimistic attitude towards life and improve their sense of humor.teaching key points1. help the students grasp the import

5、ant words and phrases in the text.2. help the students to learn to get information, analyze the information and understand the information from the text.teaching difficulties1. how to fire the students enthusiasm to express their ideas.1. to make the students know the acting style of charlie chaplin

6、 and understand the connotation of humor.part 2 teaching theories, methods and aidsbefore dealing with this lesson, ill do my best to carry out the following theories:1. make the students the real masters in class while the teacher acts as a director; 2. let the students receive some moral education

7、 while they are learning theenglish language.teaching method:double activities teaching method; question-and answer activity teaching method; watch-and-listen activityteaching aids:computer and the blackboardpart 3 teaching procedurestep 1 revision ( 2 minutes )get the students to match different ty

8、pes of humor that they learned in warming-up and some names of famous comedy actors. for example, mr. bean and mime, mark twain and funny stories and so on.this step is employed to review the words related to humor and draw the students attention to the topic about nonverbal humor.step 2 lead-in ( 3

9、 minutes )show the students a clip from the film the gold rushand ask them two questions:1 in this film, what was he eating? (a pair of shoes)2 can you try to give a description on chaplin?(he wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he

10、walked.)these questions are intended to warm up the students and think about the theme of reading. and it can also arouse the interests of the students to speak english in class on the topics they like and they are familiar with.step 3 while-readingi. fast reading ( 5 minutes )first i will introduce

11、 charlie chaplin briefly, who was a great silent movie star of his time. and then ask the students to read the passage quickly to find more information about him and answer the questions that will be shown on the screen:1 what was charlie chaplin famous for?2 how many famous film or characters are m

12、entioned in the text? what are the names?in this part the students are required to get some related information from the passage. this method is used to train the student to get the general idea of the passage. and it is also a good chance for them to improve their skimming skills.ii. detailed readi

13、ng ( 15 minutes )i will ask the students to read the whole passage again carefully and answer some detailed questions. it is also called depth reading or study reading. it means reading for detailed information. the purpose is to make the students understand the reading material better.1. true of fa

14、lse1 chaplin became famous for using a particular form of acting including playing on words.2 in the little tramp,chaplin always wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and carried a walking stick.3 the gold rush is set in california in the middle of the nineteenth century. chaplins movies were produced

15、, directed and wrote by other people. 2. choose the best answers according to the passage: whats the passage mainly about?a. the history of english humor b. the films chaplin made.c. the humor chaplin made in his films. d. the gold rush in california.chaplin made people laugh when they felt depresse

16、d because _. a. they enjoy doing sob. it makes people more worried about their life.c. it makes people more content with their life.b. theres much fun is doing so. why did people like the little tramp?a. because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties;b. because he was always kind even when

17、 people were unkind to him.c. because he was optimism.d. all of the above4 in the middle of 19th century people went to california to look for _. a. films b. gold c. entertainment d. water5 chaplin was given a special oscar for _.a. they enjoy doing so. b. the films he directed.c. the joy he gave us

18、 in his films. d. the contributions he made in films. whats the authors attitude to charlie chaplin?a. positive b. negative c. serious d. appreciative3. write down the main idea of each paragraph:paragraph 1: the world situationparagraph 2: charlies childhoodparagraph 3: his famous film characterpar

19、agraph 4: an example of his workparagraph 5: his achievementsi think a good way to check whether the students have understood the reading is to ask them to summarize the passage in one sentence. this is a valuable skill that students will be asked to attempt in the comprehending section.step 4 post

20、reading1. discussion ( 7 minutes ) what should we learn from charlie chaplin?(we should be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties we meet with, just as charlie chaplin was.) what should we do to get success?(set up an aim; do our best; pay more time then others; never give up / lose heart; insis

21、t on what we pursue)apart from the knowledge they get from this lesson, it is a good opportunity for the students to receive moral education.2. make a dialogue ( 10 minutes )imagine one of the students wants to write an article about charlie chaplin for the column“humour” of the school newspaper. so he is going to interview charlie chaplin.the purpose of this step is to create a language environment for students communication in class; and give the students a chance to practise their spoken english. if the students can finish this task well, they will benefit