九年级英语 Unit1 How do you study for a test.doc

九年级英语 Unit1 How do you study for a test
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Structures: verb＋by with gerund
Target language:
How do you study for test?
Well, I study by working with my classmates.
Have you ever studied with a group?
Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
I don’t have a partner to practice English with.
Maybe you should join an English club.
Vocabulary: flashcard, take notes, frustrating, memorize, aloud, comma, make mistakes, pronunciation, be afraid to, What about…? Why don’t you…?
Learning strategies: Personalizing, Role playing
Section A
Goals
● To talk about how to study
● To read about how to study
Procedures
Warming up by greeting
Hello, everyone!
From now on you are a ninth grader. Congratulations to you and I wish you a great success in your studies!
Today we shall take up the first unit in this new term, Unit 1 How do you study for a test?
Look at the blackboard and read after me the target language for this unit. When you read pay attention to the structure of the sentence.
▲How do you study for test?
▼Well, I study by working with my classmates.

▲Have you ever studied with a group?
▼Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.

▲I don’t have a partner to practice English with.
▼ Maybe you should join an English club.
Learning to Learn is very important. And learning to pass a test is also very important to you.
Learning couldn’t be easier!
If you have not developed good ways or methods to study for a test, talk to your classmates about it, your parents, or the teacher like me if you are brave enough. You should be brave enough to talk to others about your problems with your studies.
Next I’d like to give you some useful practical advice about studying for a test and also ask you questions to make you think about things such as:
▲using your time effectively
▲motivation
▲how to learn your lessons in the ninth grade year
▲different modes of teaching you may meet
▲how to develop particular skills, such as note-taking in class
1A: Checking the ways you study
Next turn to page 2 and check √ the ways you study for an English test. Then add other ways you use sometimes.
■How do you study for a test?
I study for a test___
By reading to the tape; By underlining the expressions; By reading beyond the text; By doing used exam papers; By going over exercises books; By copying down the text; By learning the text by heart; By speaking with classmates
Now raise your hand and report your added ways to the class. I will make a list of all the added ways on the blackboard.
1b Listening and writing
Listen to understand how these people in the picture on page 2 study for a test. Write letters from the pictures. While listening, pay attention to the structures of the sentences.
Section A 1b Tapescript
Boy1: Hey, gang. There’s a big test on Tuesday. I really need some help. Can you tell me how you study for a big test?
Voices: Sure! Yes. Sure we will.
Boy1: You did really well on the last English test, didn’t you, Mei?
Girl1: Yeah, I did OK.
Boy1: Well, how did you study？
Girl1: By making flashcards.
Boy1: Maybe I’ll try that. How did you study, Pierre?
Boy2: By asking the teacher for help. She was really happy I asked.
Boy1: That’s interesting. How do you study, Antonio?
Boy3: I like to study by listening to cassettes. But sometimes my mother thinks I’m listening to music. And then she gets mad.
Boy1: Oh, well…
1c Doing a pairwork
Now in pairs ask your partner how he or she studies for a test.
A: How do you study for a test?
B: I study by working with a group.
C: I study by listening to English.
D. I study by playing games with my classmates.
E. I study by doing actions such as coloring, matching.
F. I study by singing English songs.
G. I study by writing letters and emails.
H. I study by acting out simple dialogues.
I. I study by listening to and understanding stories.
J. I study by writing simple sentences.
K. I study by imitating from the recording.
L. I study by speaking out words or phrases.
M. I study by doing simple role plays.
N. I study by reading and understanding simple stories.
O. I study by using daily expressions.
P. I study by performing short plays.
Q. I study by performing simple rhymes.
R. I study by writing sentences for pictures.
S. I study by writing out simple poems.
T. I study by reading aloud correctly.
U. I study by playing text plays.
V. I study by working with classmates.
W. I study by going over the text before class.
X. I study by copying words and expressions.
Y. I study by looking and saying.
Z. I study by asking others questions.
2a Listening and checking
Now let’s go to page 3. Listen to the tape and check the questions you ask.
While listening, pay attention to the structures of the sentences.
Section A 2a, 2b Tapescript
Girl1: Welcome to the English club. Today we’re going to talk about the best ways to learn English. Who has an idea?
Boy1: Do you learn English by watching English-language videos?
Girl2: No. It’s too hard to understand the voices.
Boy1: What about keeping a diary in English? Do you learn English that way?
Girl2: I think so. It helps to write English every day.
Girl3: Have you ever studied with a group?
Girl2: Yes, I have! I’ve learned a lot that way.
Girl1: Do you ever practice conversations with a friend?
Girl2: Oh, yes. It improves my speaking skills.
Boy1: What about reading aloud to practice pronunciation?
Girl3: I do that sometimes. I think it helps.
Boy2: I do too. And I always look up new words in a dictionary.
Girl3: That’s a great idea!
2b Listening and matching
Listen again and match each question from 2a with an answer in the box on page 3.
2c Doing a pairwork
Next we are going to make a conversation in pairs using the information from activities 2a and 2b.
A: Have you ever studied with a group?
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
A: Have you ever learned English by watching videos?
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
A: Have you ever practiced conversations with friends?
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
A: Have you ever listened to tapes?
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
A: Have you ever read aloud to practice pronunciation?
B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
3a Reading the article and completing the chart
1.Reading to the tape
We are going to read the article on page 4. First we shall read to the tape together. That is, we start reading aloud as the recorder goes, and we stop reading aloud as the recorder stops. While reading, let’s pay enough attention to the pauses, the pronunciation and the intonation of the native reader. Make our reading aloud as the same as the reader’s.
2.Reading and dividing the article into parts
Next we are going to read aloud the article slowly and clearly. We will try to divide it into thought groups.
3.Reading and underlining
We shall read the article once again, this time, to underline all the useful expressions in it. After school, you are going to write them down in your notebook.
This week/ we asked students/ at New Star High School/ about the best ways/ to learn more English. Many said/ they learnt/ by using English. Some students had more specific suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said/ the best way/ to learn new words/ was by reading English magazines. She said that/ memorizing the words of pop songs/ also helped/ a little. When we asked about studying grammar/ she said, “I never study grammar. It's too boring.”
Wei Ming feels differently. He's been learning English/ for six years/ and really loves it. He thinks/ studying grammar /is a great way/ to learn a language. He also thinks that/ watching English movies/ isn't a bad way/ because he can watch the actors/ say the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies/ frustrating/ because the people speak too quickly.
Lin Chang said that/ joining the English club/ at school/ was the best way/ to improve her English. Students get lots of practice/ and they also have fun. She added that/ having conversations/ with friends/ was not helpful/ at all. "We get excited/ about something/ and then/ end up speaking/ in Chinese,” she said.
4.Translating and completing the chart
Because you have read this article many times you are going to translate it into Chinese first and then complete the chart on page 4.

Who will be the first to have a try?
Ways of learning English

Not successful
OK
Successful
Lillian Li
Studying grammar
memorizing the words of pop songs
reading English magazines
Wei Ming
watching movies
watching English movies
studying grammar
Liu Chang
having conversations/ with friends

joining the English club
3b Doing a pairwork
Silence, please! We are going to have a role play in pairs. One of the pair is to be one of the people in 3a. The other is to interview him or her about learning English.
Zhao: Excuse me, Li Hong. Could you help me with my English?
Li: Yes, please. What’s the matter?
Zhao: I have difficulty studying grammar.
Li: Grammar? I never studying grammar. I study English mostly by memorizing the words of pop songs.
Zhao: No grammar at all?
Li: Yes, I did study grammar. But I study it by reading English magazines. I put grammar learning into reading articles. That is the best way to understand English grammar.
4 Doing a pairwork
Turn to page 4 to check √what you do to learn English in the box.
Closing down by asking and answering—How did you learn English?
＊ I listened to English them every day.
＊ I read English books many times a day.
＊ I learned many English songs by heart.
＊ I sang the English songs to myself.
＊ I learned every new English word in the text.
＊ I learn English by going to English classes.
＊ I do English homework at school.
＊ I read English textbooks in the evening.
＊ I speak English very slowly.
＊ I play computer games in English.
＊ I read a lot of English sentences in the morning.
＊ I do well in class English tests.
＊ I get a lot of good advice on learning English from my teacher.
＊ I discuss English problems with my classmates.
＊ I follow the advice from my father.
＊ I learn English sounds from the tape.
＊ I use English-English dictionaries.
＊ I listen to recordings and English-language TV.
＊ I talk to native speakers every chance I got.
＊ I read books in English, mostly novels.
＊ I learn a lot of new words from English books.
＊ I write more and more e-mail in English.
＊ I use English more than my first language.
＊ Most of my reading (websites and books) is in English.
Section B
Goals
● To listen about learning English
● To talk about learning English
● To read about learning English
Procedures
Warming up by reading to the recording
Hello, everyone. To begin with, let’s listen and read to the recording of the text HOW DO YOU LEARN BEST? That is, read aloud to the tape, as fast as the tape goes, as clearly as the native reader reads. OK? Here we go!
My cat speaks English.
Sometimes my cat comes to me and tells me that she is hungry. Or that her leg hurts. How does my cat tell me these things? I don't speak pussy-cat language.
1a Reading and checking
Learning English can be both easy and difficult. What things are easy for you? And what things are difficult for you? Now turn to page 5, read the list on the top and check √the statements that are true for you.
1b Making a list
You have read and checked the statements true for you. Now think and make a list of other things difficult for you, too.
I don’t know how to…!
1. I don’t know how to use commas.
2. I don’t know how to work with others.
3. I don’t know how to make flashcards.
4. I don’t know how to read the textbook.
5. I don’t know how to make vocabulary lists.
6. I don’t know how to listen to tape.
7. I don’t know how to ask the teacher for help.
8. I don’t know how to study for a test.
9. I don’t know how to work with a group.
10. I don’t know how to watch English videos.
11. I don’t know how to practice conversations with friends.
12. I don’t know how to read aloud to practice pronunciation.
13. I don’t know how to learn by using English.
14. I don’t know how to get more specific suggestions.
15. I don’t know how to read English magazines.
16. I don’t know how to learn new words.
17. I don’t know how to memorize the words.
18. I don’t know how to studying grammar
19. I don’t know how to watching English movies
20. I don’t know how to joining the English club
21. I don’t know how to improve her English
22. I don’t know how to get lots of practice
13. I don’t know how to ask teachers about the best ways to learn more English.
2a Listening and checking
Paul is a nice boy. He works hard at his English, but still has many learning challenges. Now listen to find out what challenges he has and check them in the box on page 5.
Challenges to Paul at learning English
1._____ can’t get the pronunciation right.
2._____ forget a lot of new words.
3._____ can’t understand when people talk to me.
4._____ can’t understand the words in magazines.
5._____ don’t get much writing practices.
2b Listening and matching
Now listen again to Paul talking about his challenges at learning English and match them with the solutions listed in the box on page 5. While listening, pay attention to the structures of the sentences.
Tapescript
Teacher: You look worried, Paul.
Boy: I am, Ms Mitchell. I’m having trouble learning English.
Teacher: You said you liked English. What’s the problem?
Boy: I can’t get the pronunciation right.
Teacher: Well, listening can help. Why don’t you borrow the teacher’s tapes? You can listen to them at home and repeat the sentences that are difficult for you.
Boy: That’s a good idea. But what about all the new words? I forget a lot of new words.
Teacher: You can always write the new words in your notebook and study them at home. You can even study in the train on the way to school.
Boy: That might really help! Thanks.
Teacher: Can you understand when people talk to you?
Boy: Well, no. Not always. Sometimes I just don’t understand what people are saying.
Teacher: Why don’t you join an English language club to practice speaking English? The English club meets after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Boy: Maybe I’ll go. The only other problem I have is that I don’t get much writing practice.
Teacher: Maybe you should find a pen pal.
Boy: That sounds like a fun way to practice writing. Thanks, Ms Mitchell.
2c Doing pairwork
IN pairs we are going to role play conversations using the information from activities 2a and 2b.
I don’t have a partner to practice English with.
Maybe you should join an English language club.
I can’t get the pronunciation right.
Listening can help.
I forget a lot of new words.
Write the new words on cards and study them daily.
I can’t understand when people talk to me.
You can join an English club to talk t