Goodmorning,everyone.MynameisCaoLi.It’smypleasuretohaveanopportunitytotalkaboutsomeofmyteachingideas.MytopicisNoBoundariestakenfromSeniorEnglishforChinaStudent’sBook2Aunit1.Itismadeupoffourparts.
Part1TeachingMaterial
Thislessonisanextensivereading.BystudyingNoBoundaries,theSscanimprovetheirreadingability;getknowsomethingaboutthefamousscientistStephenHawking;andlearnthespiritofHawking.Atthesametime,weshouldgetthestudentstodiscusssomethingaboutHawkingtoimprovetheiroralabilityandunderstandthepassagebetter.LettheSsbecomestronger-mindtofacethedifficultyintheirlives.OnstudyingtheteachingmaterialandanalyzingtheregulationoftheSs’growingofmind,IputforwardtheteachingobjectivesaccordingtoEnglishSyllabusandnewlessonstandard.
1Perceptionobjective
boundary,disable,workon,goby,be/getengagedtosb.,useup,dreamof,goonwith,turnout,seek
2Abilityobjectives
TraintheSs’readingskills.
TheSsmasterthelanguagepointsandcanapplyitflexibly.
3Emotionalobjectives
Bystudyingthetext,letSsbecomestronger-mindtofacethedifficultiesintheirlives.
MakeSsbeawareoftheimportanceoflifeandrequirethemtocherishthelife.
Nextisteachingimportantpoints:
GettoknowsomethingaboutthefamousscientistStephenHawking.
Teachingdifficultpoints:
Firstofall,developsomebasicskillsofreading.
Second,learnthespiritofHawking.
SomethingabouttheSs:
Theseniorstudentshavelearnedsomevocabularies,sotheycanexpresstheirideastosomeextent.
SomeSsarenotactiveintheclassbecausetheyareafraidofmakingmistakes.Soweshouldencouragethemtopractice.
Well,I’lltalkaboutmyteachingmethodsbelow.
Part2TeachingMethods:
Accordingtothemodernperceptiontheoriesandsocialintercourseteachingtheories,Iadoptsthequestion-and–answermethod,cooperatemethodanddiscussionmethodinmyteaching.
First,question-and–answermethod,tosomedegree,itcanarouseSs’interestanddeveloptheircorpus.
Second,cooperatemethodcancultivatetheSs’scommunicateskillsandinfluenceefficiencyoftheclass.
Third,discussioncanhelpdeveloptheirthinkingandcommunicativeability.
Atthesametime,makeuseofthemodernelectricityteachingequipmentandallkindsofteachingmeans.ItcanmobilizetheSs’enthusiasmandcreativityinlearningEnglish.
TeachingAids:
Ataperecorder,aprojectorandacomputer
Part3StudyingMethods:
LettheSsstudyinarelaxedandagreeableatmosphere,Ssunderstandthemainideaoftextthroughthementalprocessofreading,saying,thinkingect.
Afterfeelingandcomprehendingthepassage,lettheSstalksomethingaboutHawkingintheirownwords.Thereby,developtheSs’abilitiesoforganizationthelanguageandcultivatetheirthinking.
Part4TeachingProcess:
Inordertorealizetheteachingprocesssystematically,properlyandefficiently,undertheprincipleof“regardSsasthecorpus,theteacherinspiresforpredominance”,Idividedtheteachingprocessintosixsteps.
Step1Lead-in
First,Ishowthequestion‘…maynothavemorethantwelvemonthstolive.Howwouldyoufeel?Whatwouldyoudo?’onthePowerPointandasktheSstosaysomethingaboutit.AndthenshowwhatStephenHawkingthoughtonthePowerPoint.ThepurposeistoarousetheSs’interestofthestudyonHawking.
Step2Fastreading
Beforefastreading,heresomequestionsforthem.
1WhydidStephenHawkingneedaPhD?
2WhendidHawkingbecomefamous?
3.WhendidHawkingvisitBeijing?
ThepurposeistoconcentratetheSs’sthinking,makethemfindtheanswerquicklytodevelopsomebasicskillsofreading.ItalsopreparesforknowingsomethingaboutHawkingandunderstandingthemainideaofthetext.
Step3Carefulreading
AskthestudentstoreadthetextcarefullyandfindtheinformationaboutHawking’smisfortune,attitudetowardsdifficulty,andhisachievements,alsotheresultsfromhisdisease.Thenfilltheinformationinaform.ShowtheformonthePowerPoint.Fourminuteslater,checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.FromthisformSscanhaveaclearimageofStephenHawking.AskSstodiscusswithgroupmembers:WhatshouldwelearnfromStephenHawking?Studentsaregivenseveralminutestodiscuss.Severalminuteslater,spokesmenorspokeswomenfromdifferentgroupswillstandupandspeakouttheiropinions.Differentpeoplehavedifferentopinions.Soitiseasytomaketheclassthefullest.Bydesigningthequestion,theSs’learnthespiritofHawking.Itisagoodcasepointof“regardSsasthecorpus,theteacherinspiresforpredominance”.
Step4Sumupthemainideaofeachpart
DuringthisprocedureTeacherwillplaythetapeforstudents.Studentswillunderlinetheheadsentences.Afterlisteningtothetape,studentswillgraspthemainideaofthetext.
Part1(Paragraph1~3)
ThisparttellsusaboutStephenHawkins’spositiveattitudetowardslifeinthefaceofgreatdifficulties.Itishispositiveattitudethathelpshimsucceed.
Part2(Paragraph4~5)
HisachievementsandhisbestsellerABriefHistoryofTime.
Part3(Paragraph6)
Thebasicstepsofthescientificmethod.
Part4(Paragraph7)
Science(Thespeechcomputer)enablesStephenHawkingtogivelecturesallaroundtheworld.
Throughfastreading,carefulreading,itgainstheaimoftraintheSs’sreadingabilitytosomeextent.
Step5Languagepoints
Pickoutsomedifficultsentencesandphrasedtoexplain.Makethemunderstandthepassagebetterandlayasolidbasisforapplyinglanguageability.
Step6Homework
SurfontheInternetandfindmoreaboutStephenHawkingandhiscontributionstotheworld.
Intheseactivitiesstudentsshouldlearntoco-operateandsolveproblems.