Teaching Design Unit 2 Culture shock Title Living in another country Subject English Grade Grade 9 Teaching Oxford English Module 1 Explorations and Module Material 9B exchanges Type Listening and speaking Time 1 period(20 minutes) This is an English listening and speaking class.In the first half of the class,a listening material will be given.The short passage is approximately 3 minutes long and some facts about the U.S. will be illustrated.Through the listening material,the students will have a chance to know some Analysis of the basic knowledge of American cultures. teaching In the second half of the lesson,a chart refers to the comparison between the schools in China material and the U.K.will be shown by the teacher.The chart is based on the article of 'More Practice' on page 29.The two education systems will be compared from the following 5 aspects:1Age for starting school;2Types of schools;Number of terms in a school year;Main subjects in primary school;5Other subjects in secondary school. As the curriculum mentioned,students in Grade 9 should be able to understand the conversations and get the useful information from their familiar topics.In the previous lessons, the students have learnt about a story of a Chinese exchange student's life in the US and get to know what is 'culture shock'.From their daily lives,the background knowledge of America is Analysis of the also easy to get access to,so it is not difficult for them to understand the listening material.For students the speaking competence,the students of Grade 9 are expected to have the ability to clarify their views in a proper way.The speaking task of this lesson is to make comparison based on a chart. The students may find it difficult to organize their language,so more expressions and sentence patterns should be given first. By the end of this lesson,the students'English core competence will be cultivated as follow: 1.Language Proficiency: 1.Get to know more words about other cultures,such as:Washington D.C.,The Statue of Liberty,The White House,etc. 2.Do the story retelling by the given key words from mind map in a fluent and logical way. 3.Master the expressions and sentence patterns of making comparison and use them correctly in speaking practice. 2.Learning Capacity: 1.Key information catching and the skill of fast notes taking will be strengthened. 2.Students'ability of analyzing information will be trained. Teaching aims 3.Cultural Consciousness: 1.Encourage students to learn about differences cultures and background knowledge among different countries.Have a deeper understanding of Culture Shock'. 2.Let the student understand that:Every culture has its unique charm,and there is always
Teaching Design Unit 2 Culture shock Title Living in another country Subject English Grade Grade 9 Teaching Material Oxford English 9B Module Module 1 Explorations and exchanges Type Listening and speaking Time 1 period ( 20 minutes) Analysis of the teaching material This is an English listening and speaking class. In the first half of the class, a listening material will be given. The short passage is approximately 3 minutes long and some facts about the U.S. will be illustrated. Through the listening material, the students will have a chance to know some basic knowledge of American cultures. In the second half of the lesson, a chart refers to the comparison between the schools in China and the U.K. will be shown by the teacher. The chart is based on the article of ‘More Practice’ on page 29. The two education systems will be compared from the following 5 aspects: ① Age for starting school; ②Types of schools; ③Number of terms in a school year; ④Main subjects in primary school; ⑤Other subjects in secondary school. Analysis of the students As the curriculum mentioned, students in Grade 9 should be able to understand the conversations and get the useful information from their familiar topics . In the previous lessons, the students have learnt about a story of a Chinese exchange student’s life in the US and get to know what is ‘culture shock’. From their daily lives, the background knowledge of America is also easy to get access to, so it is not difficult for them to understand the listening material. For the speaking competence, the students of Grade 9 are expected to have the ability to clarify their views in a proper way. The speaking task of this lesson is to make comparison based on a chart. The students may find it difficult to organize their language, so more expressions and sentence patterns should be given first. Teaching aims By the end of this lesson, the students’ English core competence will be cultivated as follow: 1. Language Proficiency: 1. Get to know more words about other cultures, such as: Washington D.C., The Statue of Liberty, The White House, etc. 2. Do the story retelling by the given key words from mind map in a fluent and logical way. 3. Master the expressions and sentence patterns of making comparison and use them correctly in speaking practice. 2. Learning Capacity: 1. Key information catching and the skill of fast notes taking will be strengthened. 2. Students’ ability of analyzing information will be trained. 3. Cultural Consciousness: 1. Encourage students to learn about differences cultures and background knowledge among different countries. Have a deeper understanding of ‘Culture Shock’. 2. Let the student understand that: ‘Every culture has its unique charm, and there is always
something we can learn from.' 4.Thinking Quality: 1.Develop abilities of analyzing,summarizing and critical thinking. 2.Be will to express their opinions. By the end of the class,students will be able to understand the listening material and retell the it Key points by using the mind map. By the end of the class,the students are expected to make the comparison with the given Difficult points sentence patterns and clarify what are the similarities and differences between the two education systems. Teaching Procedures Stages Procedures Learning Activities Purposes Introduce two figures:Mary is from the U.S., To arouse Ss'curiosity Lead-in Jack is from the U.K.They are going to visit and try to create a real China as exchange students. language scenario. Pre-listening To help Ss get to know 1.Show 3 pictures form listening part. the theme of listening Think and answer 2.Let the students speak out what are they in material and input some the pictures. background knowledge. 1.Listen to the recording and choose the right To train Ss'ability of answers. While-listening Listen and write 2.Check the answers. information catching and notes taking skills. 1.Listen to the recording again 2.Retell with the mind map. 1.location 3.how many states 2.the capital of the Us h线 To train Ss'speaking Post-listening skill and the thinking Think and retell 4.Thanks giving quality of analyzing and summarizing
something we can learn from.’ 4. Thinking Quality: 1. Develop abilities of analyzing,summarizing and critical thinking. 2. Be will to express their opinions. Key points By the end of the class, students will be able to understand the listening material and retell the it by using the mind map. Difficult points By the end of the class, the students are expected to make the comparison with the given sentence patterns and clarify what are the similarities and differences between the two education systems. Teaching Procedures Stages Procedures Learning Activities Purposes Pre-listening Lead-in Introduce two figures: Mary is from the U.S., Jack is from the U.K. They are going to visit China as exchange students. To arouse Ss’ curiosity and try to create a real language scenario. Think and answer 1. Show 3 pictures form listening part. 2. Let the students speak out what are they in the pictures. To help Ss get to know the theme of listening material and input some background knowledge . While-listening Listen and write 1. Listen to the recording and choose the right answers. 2. Check the answers. To train Ss’ ability of information catching and notes taking skills. Post-listening Think and retell 1. Listen to the recording again 2. Retell with the mind map. To train Ss’ speaking skill and the thinking quality of analyzing and summarizing
To guide the Ss to the next topic and activate 1.Brainstorming:What do you know about their background education in the U.K.? knowledge. Connect and say 2.Give a brief introduction about the Guide Ss to find differences between two educational systems. similarities and differences in two education systems. 1.Look at the chart and find out how many perspectives are there in comparing the two educational systems. 2.Write down the useful information in 30 seconds. To train Ss'learning Read for ltems Schools in the UK Schools in China ability of key Age for starting school five seven information information catching Types of schools state school and private public school and private school school Number of terms and the skill of fast in a school year three two Main subjects in primary schoal 器% notes taking. Other subjects in Physics,Chemistry,Biology secondary school History,Geography.etc. Studies,etc. Speaking Use the sentence patterns to talk about the similarities and differences. Similarity:We do the same things./It sounds similar./both...and... Difference:We do it in a different way./ The main difference between A and B is... Give Ss one possible answer: Education in the UK and China has Practice Ss'oral some similarities and differences. English and encourage Compare and Both British and Chinese children can them to express their speak choose to study either in public school, opinions,meanwhile, which is free,or private school,in which their critical thinking is the fee is needed.The school term is also cultivated. divided in three terms in the UK.However, we do it in a different way,for we just have 2 terms in China.The subjects like the English and Science are quite similar,but we Chinese students have to learn Chinese as it's our mother tongue. Differences and similarities as we have. it's significant for us to enjoy studying and finally we can get a lot from it!
Speaking Connect and say 1. Brainstorming: What do you know about education in the U.K.? 2. Give a brief introduction about the differences between two educational systems. To guide the Ss to the next topic and activate their background knowledge. Guide Ss to find similarities and differences in two education systems. Read for information 1. Look at the chart and find out how many perspectives are there in comparing the two educational systems. 2. Write down the useful information in 30 seconds. To train Ss’ learning ability of key information catching and the skill of fast notes taking. Compare and speak Use the sentence patterns to talk about the similarities and differences. Give Ss one possible answer. Give Ss one possible answer: Practice Ss’ oral English and encourage them to express their opinions, meanwhile, their critical thinking is also cultivated. Similarity: We do the same things./It sounds similar./ both...and... Dif erence: We do it in a different way./ The main difference between A and B is... Education in the UK and China has some similarities and differences. Both British and Chinese children can choose to study either in public school, which is free, or private school, in which the fee is needed. The school term is divided in three terms in the UK. However, we do it in a different way, for we just have 2 terms in China. The subjects like the English and Science are quite similar, but we Chinese students have to learn Chinese as it's our mother tongue. Dif erences and similarities as we have, it's significant for us to enjoy studying and finally we can get a lot from it!
1.Use the expressions learned in class and practise talking about the similarities and differences Homework between Christmas Day and Chinese New Year. 2.Revise the notes. Unit 2 Culture shock (Listening and speaking) Mary Jack Blackboard design Location in North Similarity:We do the same things./It America sounds similar./both...and... Capital Washington D.C. Difference:We do it in a different How many way./The main difference between 50 states states A and B is... Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday in Day November Teaching reflection
Homework 1. Use the expressions learned in class and practise talking about the similarities and differences between Christmas Day and Chinese New Year. 2. Revise the notes. Blackboard design Teaching reflection
