BackgroundofEnglishteachinginprimaryschool:ItisnotalonghistorythatEnglishisasasubjectinprimaryschoolinourcountryandthemaininstructionalaimsofteachingEnglishinprimaryschoolistocultivatepupils’basicabilitiesoftheirlisteningandspeakingandtheirgoodsenseoftheEnglishlanguage.OurboysandgirlsareexposedtoEnglishforthefirsttime,soitisveryimportanttodeveloptheirkeeninterestinEnglish.
I.Contents:
TodayI’mgoingtotalkaboutPartBofUnit2,PEPPrimaryEnglish,Book3.Thislessonincludestwoparts:Let’stalkandlet’spractice.Insection1,itmainlydealswiththedialogueabout“What’sintheschoolbag?”andtheanswers.Andinsection2,itprovidesarealsituationfortheSstoprastisethepattern:Howmany+n.(pl.)+doyouhave?Andtheanswer:Ihave23+n.(pl.)
II.Teachingaims
1.Aimsontheknowledge
(1)ToenabletheSstounderstandandspeak:“Myschoo
lbagisheavy.What’sinit?Thankyousooooooomuch.”MakesurethatSscanusethesesentencesinrealsituations.
(2)TohelpSstofinishthesurvey.
(3)LetSsfinishtheassessmentof“Let’scheck”inthisunit.
2.Aimsontheabilities
(1)TodevelopSs’abilitiesoflisteningandspeaking.
(2)TotraintheSs’abilityofworkingingroups.
(3)TofosterSs’abilitiesofcommunicationandtheirinnovation.
3.Aimsontheemotion
(1)TofosterSs’consciousnessofgoodco-operationandpropercompetition.
(2)ToleadSstoshowtheirlovelinesstothepoor.
III.Key-pointsofthislesson
(1)TohelpSsaskandanswerthequestion:What’sinit?
(2)ToenableSstostudyingroupsandco-operateskillfully.
(3)TodevelopSs’interestinEnglish.
IV.Difficultpoints
(1)TohelptheSsaskandanswerthequestion“What’sinit?”andmakesuretheycanusethepluralnounscorrectly.
(2)Tofinishthesurveybythemselves.
V.Teachingmethods
Asweallknow:themaininstructionalaimsoflearningEnglishinprimaryschoolistocultivatepupils’basicabilitiesoflisteningandspeakingandtheirgoodsenseoftheEnglishlanguage.SointhislessonI’llmainlyuse“Task-based”teachingmethod.Thatistosay,IwilllettheSslearninrealsituations,finishataskbymakingasurveytohelptheSstogetabetterunderstandingofthekeystructureofthedialogue.Iwillarrangefourkindsofactivities:singing,guessinggame,finishingasurveyandhavingacompetition.Andinthislessonarecorder,CAI,schoolthingsandaprintedformwillbeneeded.Studentsshouldpreparesomeschoolthings.
VI.Teachingproceduresandpurposesofmydesigning.
I’llfinishthislessoninfivesteps.
Step1.Warm-upandpreview
1.FreetalkbetweenTandSsaboutthingsintheclassroom.
2.Singthesongtogether:Booksandpencils.
3.DosomeTPR,forexample:ShowmeyourEnglishbook.Showmeyourcrayon.
4.Reviewthenumbersbyasking:“Howmanycrayonsdoyouhave?”
Purpose:ItisimportanttoformabetterEnglishlearningsurroundingfortheSsbysinginganddoingsometotalphysicalresponseandatthesametimeitprovidessituationstoreviewlearnedknowledgeforthenextstep.
Step2.Presentation
NowI’llmainlytalkaboutthisstep.
1.Presentthepattern:“Myschoolbagisheavy.”“What’sinit?.”
(1)Showabagandsay:“Look!Ihaveabag.”Carryitandsay:“Oh,itisheavy.Myschoolbagisheavy.”HelptheSsunderstandthemeaningwiththehelpofmybodylanguage.ThenleadtheSstoreadthesentence.Makesuretheycansayitcorrectly.
(2)T:Myschoolbagisheavy.
Openthebagandsay:“What’sinit?What’sinmyschoolbag?”
TakeoutaChinesebook.Thendotheactionagain.LettheSsreadthesentence.
2.Playaguessinggame.Dividethewholeclassintofourgroupstohaveacompetition.
Letthemguess:What’sinthebag?Howmany?Purpose:TopresentthekeystructuresonebyoneismucheasierfortheSstolearnandgraspthemeanings.PropercompetitioncanarousetheSs’interestinEnglishlearning.
3.WiththehelpoftheCAItopresentthedialogue.SetasituationtohelpSsunderstand:TwoSsarecoming.Onegirliscarryingaheavybagonherback.Theyaretalking.
Girl:Myschoolbagisheavy.
Boy:What’sinit?
Girl:20story-books,32pencil,9rulers,12crayonsand30picture-books.Etc.
Boy:Whatwillyoudo?
Girl:Theyareforthepoor.
Boy:Great!I’llbringsomeschoolthingstoo.
Theboycomesbackhomeandputsalotofthingsintothebag.Thenhegoestoschoolagainandgivesthemtoateacher.Whileheistakingthemout,heiscountingthenumbersofallthings.Theteachersays:Thankyousoooooooomuch.
4.Mentionthatweshouldtakecareofthepoor.
5.Playthecassette.LettheSslistenandimitatethedialogue.
Payattentiontotheirpronunciationandintonation.Purpose:CAIcanprovidearealsituationfortheSstounderstandthedialogueandtherelationshipsbetweenpeoplebetter.TelltheSsweshouldshowourlovelinesstotheSs.
Step3.Practice
DivideSsintogroupsofsixchildren.Eachonewouldfinishtheprintedformbyaskingandanswering:Howmanystorybooksdoyouhave?Findoutwhichgroupfinishesfaster.Storybookspicture-bookssharpenerscrayonspencilseraserspencil-casesrulersChenJie82433226413Purpose:Task-basedteachingmethodisusedheretodevelopSs’abilityofcommunicationandalsotheirabilityofco-operationwillbewelltrained.
Step4.Assessment
HelpSsfinish“Let’scheck”ofthisunitandworkbook.
Purpose:TochecktheknowledgeSshavelearnedinthisperiod.
Step5.Add-activity
1.LetSstelleachotherhowmanyschoolthingstheyhaveafterclass.Telltheirparentshowmanyschoolthingstheyhaveathome.
2.Takecareofeverythingtheyhave.
Purpose:RevisionissoimportantthatSsshouldspeakEnglishasmuchastheyasinclassorafterclass.ItisnecessaryfortheSstodosomeextensiveexercisesafterclasstoconsolidatetheknowledgetheylearned.
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