BackgroundofEnglishteachinginprimaryschool:
ItisnotalonghistorythatEnglishisasasubjectinprimaryschoolinourcountryandthemaininstructionalaimsofteachingEnglishinprimaryschoolistocultivatepupils'basicabilitiesoftheirlisteningandspeakingandtheirgoodsenseoftheEnglishlanguage.OurboysandgirlsareexposedtoEnglishforthefirsttime,soitisveryimportanttodeveloptheirkeeninterestinEnglish.
I.Contents:
TodayI'mgoingtotalkaboutPartBofUnit2,PEPPrimaryEnglish,Book3.Thislessonincludestwoparts:Let'stalkandlet'spractice.Insection1,itmainlydealswiththedialogueabout“What'sintheschoolbag?”andtheanswers.Andinsection2,itprovidesarealsituationfortheSstoprastisethepattern:Howmanyn.（pl.）doyouhave?Andtheanswer:Ihave23n.（pl.）
II.Teachingaims
1.Aimsontheknowledge
（1）ToenabletheSstounderstandandspeak:“Myschoolbagisheavy.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-operateskil
（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'llfinish
thislessoninfivesteps.
Step1.Warm-upandpreview
1.FreetalkbetweenTandSsaboutthingsintheclassroom.
2.Singthesongtogether:Booksandpencils.
3.DosomeTPR,forexample:ShowmeyourEnglishbook.Showmeyourcrayon.
4.Reviewthenumbersbyasking:“Howmanycrayonsdoyouhave?”
Purpose:ItisimportanttoformabetterEnglishlearningsurroundingfortheSs
bysinginganddoingsometotalphysicalresponseandatthesametime
itprovidessituationstoreviewlearnedknowledgeforthenextstep.
Step2.Presentation
NowI'llmainlytalkaboutthisstep.
1.Presentthepattern:“Myschoolbagisheavy.”“What'sinit?.”
（1）Showabagandsay:“Look!Ihaveabag.”Carryitandsay:“Oh,itisheavy.Myschoolbagisheavy.”HelptheSsunderstandthemeaningwiththehe
lpofmybodylanguage.ThenleadtheSstoreadthesentence.Makesuretheycansayitcorrectly.（2）T:Myschoolbagisheavy.
Openthebagandsay:“What'sinit?What'sinmyschoolbag?”
TakeoutaChinesebook.Thendotheactionagain.LettheSsreadthesentence.
2.Playaguessinggame.Dividethewholeclassintofourgroupstohaveacompetition.
Letthemguess:What'sinthebag?Howmany?
Purpose:TopresentthekeystructuresonebyoneismucheasierfortheSstolearn
andgraspthemeanings.PropercompetitioncanarousetheSs'interestin
Englishlearning.
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.Thenhegoesto
schoolagainandgivesthemtoateacher.Whileheistakingthemout,heiscounting
thenumbersofallthings.Theteachersays:Thankyousoooooooomuch.
4.Mentionthatweshouldtakecareofthepoor.
5.Playthecassette.LettheSslistenandimitatethedialogue.Payattentiontotheir
pronunciationandintonation.
Purpose:CAIcanprovidearealsituationfortheSstounderstandthedialogue
andtherelationshipsbetweenpeoplebetter.TelltheSsweshouldshow
ourlovelinesstotheSs.
Step3.Practice
DivideSsintogroupsofsixchildren.Eachonewouldfinishtheprintedformbyaskingandanswering:Howmanystorybooksdoyouhave?Findout
whichgroupfinishesfaster.story
bookspicture-bookssharp
enerscrayonspencilseraserspencil-casesrulers
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Purpose:Task-basedteachingmethodisusedheretodevelopSs'abilityof
communicationandalsotheirabilityofco-operati
onwillbewelltrained.
Step4.Assessment
HelpSsfinish“Let'scheck”ofthisunitandworkbook.
Purpose:TochecktheknowledgeSshavelearnedinthisperiod.
Step5.Add-activity
1.LetSstelleachotherhowmanyschoolthingstheyhaveafterclass.Telltheir
parentshowmanyschoolthingstheyhaveathome.
2.Takecareofeverythingtheyhave.
Purpose:RevisionissoimportantthatSsshouldspeakEnglishasmuchasthey
asinclassorafterclass.ItisnecessaryfortheSstodosomeextensiveexercises
afterclasstoconsolidatetheknowledgetheylearned.