take the plane. by plane. walk. on foot.
ride(s) a bike. by bike. take(s) the bus. by bus. does he He take(s) the subway. He by subway. How does she get to school? She take (s) the train. She get(s) to school by train. do they They take(s) the ship. They by ship. take(s) the plane. by plane. walk(s). on foot. five minutes. ten minutes. How long does it take? It takes thirty minutes. forty minutes. two hours.
然后以When do we use these sentences?来帮助学生进一步明确所学语言结构的语用。 Task 4: Know more about your friends
这是一个综合性的任务,其设计以学生的生活经验和兴趣为出发点,分为Make a survey和Make a report两个环节:
1. Make a survey
Make a survey of your best friends and fill in the chart below. Name How do you get to school? How long does it take? 2. Make a report
Make a report according to your chart.
Example: Lucy takes the bus to school. It takes her ten minutes
… Name Lucy How do you get to school? take the bus How long does it take? ten minutes 通过这两个活动,让学生进一步了解周围朋友的生活,使学生通过做事,通过思考,通过合作来体验目标语言,体验学的过程和快乐,在“用”中发展思维能力和各种语言应用能力。当然,在Make a survey和Make a report之前,教师必须为学生提供有效的语言范例。
为了更好地贴近生活,达到学以致用,教师可提供与话题相关的扩展词汇,例如:motorbike(摩托车), electric bike(电动自行车),boat, helicopter (直升飞机)等等,对于农村中学来说,还可以补充学生生活中常见的tractor(拖拉机), cart(马车),tricycle(三轮车)等等,并提醒学生上下学乘车时要乘坐有牌有照的客车,关注生命,关注安全。
Homework: Know more about your family
Make a survey of your family and fill in the chart below, then write a passage about it. Name Father How do they get to work? How long does it take? Mother 写作能客观地反映学生各方面的语言运用能力,如语言表达能力、思维组织能力等等,将调查完的表格写成短文,不仅能够促进学生获取、处理和使用信息,巩固课堂所学语言知识,提高写作能力,而且使学生从关注自己转向关注家人,英语学习也真正地延伸到了课堂之外。
第二课时
第二课时为读写课,教学目标为: 1. 学会谈论距离的远近; 2. 学会选择合适的交通工具;
3. 体验快速阅读的方法,学会有目的地检索信息,跳读,计算等。 4. 学会科学地安排生活。
本课的核心任务是Make a schedule for yourself, 主要分为Warming-up Activities, Pre-reading, While-reading,Post-reading四个部分。课堂流程如下所示: Warming-up Activities
Pre-reading
While-reading Leading-in Read Read Read Read Expla- and and aloud and nation draw Say answer
Post-reading Discussion Writing
Homework
Warming-up Activities
通过限时游戏来复习上一课时所学的目标语言。要求学生在三分钟内,以最快的速度询问How do you get to school?, How long does it take?两个问题,直到听到与第一次所听完全相同的答案后返回座位,否则继续,被询问者要尽可能地给出意想不到的答案。活动过程中,每一个学生都在动,教室里看起来乱套了,但是正是这种 “互动、开放、创造”的课堂氛围,使学生获得相当大的主动权,主动地使用所学语言,从而更好地表现自己,发展自己。
Pre-reading
游戏后小结并进行课堂导入:We have known many kinds of transportation. It’s important for us to choose the right transportation. But which is the best way? 提出本课要解决的问题,激发学生学习的动机,增强学生学习的目的性,并让学生小组讨论,自由表达自己的观点,努力为学生提供“开口说英语”的机会。
在Pre-reading环节,采用数学图例解释的方法(如下所示)
How far is from A to B? 10 kilometers
It’s 5 kilometers (km.) 10 5 10 30
A B C D E
How long does it take? It takes 15 minutes
4 hours
呈现目标语言How far is it from…to…? 要求学生按照图示用It’s …来回答,然后在时钟旁给出所用时间,继续用How long does it take?来引导学生用It takes …回答,随后提出问题:Which is the best way? 并不断延长线段反复进行训练。活动过程中学生需要进行计算才能给出正确的答案,注意了与数学学科的整合,极好地调动了学生的学习情绪,让学生积极地投入到语言操练中,实现双向互动,把教师“一言堂”变为师生“群言堂”,并通过Pair Work进一步得到巩固。
在整个Pre-reading过程中,学生通过计算、推理、判断等一系列的活动,解决Which is the best way这一问题。在探究过程中,使学生明确要根据距离的远近和所需时间来选择合适的交通工具。
While-reading
在任务型语言教学中,教师要从学生“学”的角度来设计教学活动,使学生的学习活动具有明确的目标,并构成一个有梯度的连续活动。另外,阅读训练不仅仅是做几道阅读理解题,更重要的是帮助学生从中获取信息,获得乐趣。因此,将While-reading分为五个步骤:
1. Read and say.
Read the passage and say what you have got.首先让学生阅读短文,这看起来似乎与当前盛行的“带着问题阅读”相矛盾,但阅读之后要求学生口头叙述阅读后所获得的信息,锻炼了说,也考查了读。
2. Read and draw.
Read again and draw a diagram about Lin Fei’s Route to school.当判断题、选择题让学生们的双眼已经疲惫的时候,很难想象为之激发的阅读兴趣会有多大。“读一读,画一画”,听起来就象是幼儿园里要做的事,阅读检测照样可以生动起来。
3. Read and answer
Read the passage carefully and fill in the chart.通过完成下列表格 When does Lin Fei get up? What does he usually do before school? When does he leave for school? How does he get to the bus station? How long does it take? How does he get to school? How long does it take? 从而使学生进一步理解短文。
4. Explanation
释疑短文中所出现的难点,例如:have a quick breakfast, leave for, at around half past six, take him to school等。在这个过程中,教师要努力控制做老师的欲望,引导学生根据上下文进行词义猜测。
5. Read aloud.学生只有通过大量的朗读,才能不断地纠正自己的语音和语调,逐步形成英语语感。朗读训练单靠课堂上的几分钟是远远不够的,可以要求学生在课后不断练习,直到自己感到满意的时候,录制成磁带,收入到自己的成长档案袋中。
通过以上五个微型任务,构成一个层层递进,逐步深入的任务链,培养了学生的阅读能力,增强了阅读兴趣。
Post-reading
Post-reading是一个读后输出的过程,共分两个环节: 1. Discussion
What do you think of Lin Fei’s schedule? Do you think his arrangement is reasonable? Why?引导学生进行思考和讨论并进行小结,帮助学生学会科学地安排生活。
2. Make a schedule for yourself.
听上去复杂,但实际上只是更字换词的仿写句子训练,学生可以轻松完成。 Homework
Mother is great, and hard-working. What about her schedule?
How does she get to work? How long does it take? How far is it from your home to her office? Know your mother better and write a passage.
本次作业要求学生了解母亲的日常生活并形成短文,在巩固课堂所学的目标语言外,引导他们体谅母亲,关爱母亲。