九年级英语 Unit 1How do you study for a test 教学教案 人教新目标版.doc

How do you study for a test?
I. 单元教学目标

Skill
Focus
技能目标Skill Goals
▲ Talk about how to study
▲ Listen, describe and talk about different ways to learn English
▲ Write about language learning
▲ Learn to deal with new problems or situations using what you know

II. 目标语言

Language
Focus
功能句式
Talk about ways to learn English (P2-6)
How do you study for a test?
By doing ...
Have you ever studied with a group?
Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
... they learned by using English.
Studying grammar is a great way to learn a language.
He finds watching movies frustrating.
What things are difficult for you?
... it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher ...

词

汇

1. 重点词汇
pronunciation, differently, quickly, excited, slowly, realize, afraid, secret, term, trouble, fast, deal, unless, regard, duty, easily, influence, friendship, lose, soldier
2. 认读词汇
flashcard, vocabulary, aloud, specific, memorize, grammar, frustrate, frustrating, pronounce, spoken, comma, challenge, solution, complete, sentence, learner, impress, soft, essay, unfair, solve, disagreement, adult, unimportant, psychologist, Pierre, Antonio, Lillian, Stephen Hawking
3. 词组
not at all, end up, make mistakes, later on, be afraid to, laugh at, take notes, look up, make up, deal with, be angry with, go by, try one’s best to, break off
语法
verb + by with gerund
Strategy
Focus
1. Personalizing
2. Role playing
Culture
Focus
Challenges are used to take the place of difficulties.

II. Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging 教材分析和重组

1. 教材分析
本单元以Learning how to learn为话题,共设计了四个部分的内容：
Section A
该部分有4个模块：第一模块围绕How do you study for a test?这一话题展开思维（1a）、听力（1b）、口语（1c）训练；第二模块围绕Talk about something done in the English club 进行听力（2a-2b）、口语（2c）训练；第三模块继续就上一模块中的The best ways to learn English这一话题展开训练，训练形式为填表(3a)和pairwork (3b)；第四模块仍就The best ways of learning English以Pairwork形式展开讨论(4)。
Section B
该部分有4个模块：第一模块是思维训练（1a）与运用（1b）；第二模块围绕Challenges in learning English对What things are difficult for you 进行听力（2a-2b）、口语（2c）训练；第三模块继续围绕How to learn English 这一话题展开阅读（3a）和写作（3b, 3c）训练；第四模块以interview的形式继续就上一模块中How to learn English这一话题以口语训练形式展开活动(4)。
Self check
该部分有2个模块：第一模块以填空形式对所学词汇进行训练(1)；第二模块以Xu Zheng’s note展开阅读和写作训练(2)。
Reading
该部分共设置了4项任务：第一项任务以问题讨论的方式谈论学生最近遇到的困难并进行词汇训练(Section 1)；第二项任务进行阅读训练，并通过做练习加深学生对阅读内容的理解(Section 2)；第三项任务要求学生对什么是最好的方法发表自己的看法(Section 3)；第四项任务要求学生能运用所学知识解决实际问题(Section 4)。

2． 教材重组和课时分配
Period 1 (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c)
New function presenting
Period 2 (Section A: 3a, 3b, 4)
Practice
Period 3 (Section B: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4)
Integrating skills
Period 4 (Self check: 1, 2)
Comprehensive review
Period 5 （Reading: Section 1-Section 4）
Reading comprehension

Ⅲ. Teaching plans for each period
分课时教案

Period 1 New function presenting

Language goals 语言目标
1. Words && expressions 生词和短语
flashcard, aloud, pronunciation, skill, voice
2. Key sentences 重点句子
— How do you study for a test? (P2)
— I study by working with a group. (P2)
— Do you learn English by reading aloud?
— Yes, I do. (P3)
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the Ss to talk about how to study for a test.
Emotion && attitude goals 情感和态度目标
Enable the Ss to form a correct attitude to study.
Strategy goals 策略目标
To understand the target language by reading and listening.
Culture awareness goals文化意识目标
Different people have different ways to study for a test.
Teaching important points教学重点
Talk about how to study for a test.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in (1a: P2)
Talk about the summer vacation with the Ss.
T: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you in the new term. How about your summer vacations?
S1: Wonderful! During the vacation, I went to Hong Kong and Hainan with my parents. The Hong Kong Disneyland will open in September.
S2: I studied English under the guidance of a famous teacher. And my English really improved a lot.
T: I want to know what you study for.
S3: For the test.
S4: For further study.
S5: To improve ourselves.
T: Of course, we cannot study only for entrance examinations. But to be frank, the most important goal for us to study is to pass exams. Then how should we study for a test? Today we’ll focus on the topic and find out the best ways to improve our English.
Ask the Ss to look at the following pictures.
T: We know it is not easy to learn English well. Different students use different ways to learn it. Now please look at the pictures and answer my questions!
Show the following pictures one by one.

T: How does he / she study English?
S6: She studies English by reading books.
S7: She studies English by watching TV.
S8: She studies English by surfing the Internet.
S9: He studies English by listening to the cassettes.
T: Very good. How do you study English? Could you tell me some other ways besides those in 1a?
Sample answers:
S1: I study English by listening to the radio.
S2: I study English by reading more English books.
S3: I study English by doing more exercises.
S4: By using computer.
S5: By watching TV.
S6: By learning from a foreign teacher.

Step II Listening and Speaking (1b, 1c: P2)
T: Right. Now you will listen to some students talking about how to study for a test. I will play the recording for you two or more times. Please listen for the first time to get the main idea. Keep notes while listening. OK?
Play the recording two or more times. Then check the answers.
T: We heard just now that how Mei, Pierre and Antonio study for a test. What about you? How about your friends? Please work in pairs to discuss.
Ask two students to read the model dialogue in 1c first.
Sample dialogue 1:
S1: How do you study for a test?
S2: I study by reading and writing.
Sample dialogue 2:
S3: How do you study for a test?
S4: I study by asking my teachers for help.

Step III Listening Practice (2a，2b: P3)
T: OK. We all know that different students have different ways to study for a test. In order to improve English, people use various ways. Now please look at the picture in 2a. Can you see some students in the picture? Please guess what they are doing?
S1: I think they are having a meeting.
S2: I believe that they are studying English.
S3: I think that they are studying together.
...
T: Right. This is an English club. The students meet after school once a week. They use many good ways to learn English well. First listen to the recording and check the questions you hear in 2a.
Play the recording twice. Then check the answers.
T: You’ll hear the conversation again. This time match each question in 2a with an answer from 2b.
Play the recording again, and then check the answers.

Step IV Oral Practice (2c: P3)
T: There are many ways to study for a test. Which way have you ever used?
Sample answers:
S1: By listening to the cassettes.

S2: By practicing conversations with friends.
S3: By reading aloud to practice pronunciation.
T: Now please read 2c, and you can do ask-answer practice in pairs.
A sample dialogue:
S1: Have you ever practiced conversations with your friends?
S2: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.
S3: Have you ever read aloud to practice your pronunciation?
S4: No, I haven’t. I think it’s too hard.

Step V Grammar Focus (P3)
Ask the Ss to read the sentences in the box.
T: When we want to ask about the ways to do something, we should use this structure “How + do + you / we / they + do + something?” or “How + does + he / she / it + do + something?” and when we answer them, we should use “by + something / doing”.
Show the following to the Ss.
How + do + you / we / they + do + something?
We / They + do + by + sth / doing.
How + does + he / she / it + do + something?
He / She / It + does + by + sth / doing.
Then ask the Ss to read the following examples.
T: Now read the following sentences.
Show the following example sentences.
1. I often go to work by bike.
2. Lucy writes well by practicing again and again.
3. Tom cooks food by burning the natural gas.
4. Lingling communicates with her friends by sending short messages.
Ask the Ss to make dialogues with the above sentences.
Sample dialogue 1:
S1: How do you usually go to work?
S2: I often go to work by bike.
Sample dialogue 2:
S1: How does Lucy write well?
S2: She writes well by practicing again and again.

Sample dialogue 3:
S1: How does Tom cook food?
S2: He cooks food by burning the natural gas.

Step VI Practice
Ask the Ss to do the following exercises.
T: Now who’d like to translate these sentences into English orally?
Show the following to the Ss.
1. 我们可以利用太阳的光和热促使植物生长。
2. 现在人们利用手机来进行交流。
3. Lily通过少吃减肥吗？不，不是的。
4. 中国人通过植树来使环境越来越美丽。
Sample answers:
1. We can make plants grow well by using the light and heat from the sun.
2. Now people can communicate with each other by using cell phones.
3. Does Lucy lose weight by eating less food? No, she doesn’t.
4. Chinese people make the environment more and more beautiful by planting trees.

Step VII Homework
T: In order to learn English well, each of us should try our best, but what is the best way to learn English? Work in pairs and ask your classmates what his or her best way to learn English is.

Period 2 Practice

Language goals 语言目标
1. Words && expressions 生词和短语
specific, memorize, grammar, differently, frustrate, frustrating, quickly, add, not at all, excited, end up
2. Key sentences 重点句子 (P4)
They learnt by using English.
Studying grammar is a great way to learn a language.
He finds watching movies frustrating.
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the Ss to talk about how to learn English well.
Emotion && attitude goals 情感和态度目标
Enable the Ss to learn more ways to study English.
Strategy goals 策略目标
Personalizing.
Culture awareness goals文化意识目标
Learn the best way to study for a test.
Teaching important points教学重点
Talk about the best way to learn English.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Revision and Lead-in
Talk about the best ways to learn English with the Ss.
T: You know that learning English is very useful and important. Different people learn English in many different ways. Now we are learning English by reading our textbooks. Can you tell me what the best way to learn English for you is?
S1: I think the best way to learn English is reading a lot.
S2: I think doing more exercises is the best way to learn English.
S3: I believe the best way to learn English is listening to the cassettes.
T: Besides the ways that you mentioned, we can learn other kinds of ways from the passage on page 4. Before reading, please talk about the following pictures.
Show the following pictures on the screen.

Sample answers:
1. They are having an English class.
2. She learns English by talking with a foreigner.
3. She learns English by listening to the cassettes / doing exercises.
4. They learn English by joining an English club / talking with friends.

Step II Reading (3a: P4)
Ask the Ss to read the passage in 3a.
T: Now read the passage quickly then match the names with the best ways of learning English.
Many students A: By studying grammar.
Lillian Li B: By reading English magazines.
Wei Ming C: By joining the English club.
Liu Chang D: By using English.
Sample answers:
Wei Ming — A Lillian Li — B
Liu Chang — C Many students — D
Ask the Ss to read the passage again and then fill the chart in 1a.
T: Now read the passage again and find out “How do Lillian Li, Wei Ming and Liu Chang study English?” Let’s look at the chart in 1a on page 4 and try to complete it.
Sample answers:
Ways of learning English

Not successful
OK
Successful
Lillian Li
studying grammar
memorizing the words of pop songs
reading English magazines
Wei Ming

watching English movies
studying grammar
Liu Chang
having conversations with friends

joining the English club

Step III Speaking (3b, 4: P4)
Ask the Ss to read the model dialogue in 3b first, and then act out the scene.
T: Now let’s have a survey about learning English. First, please read the dialogue in 3b together. Then you can act out your own dialogues in pairs.
A sample dialogue:
S1: I’m doing a survey about learning English. Can I ask you some questions?
S2: Sure.
S1: Great!How do you learn English?
S2: I learn English by listening to the cassettes / watching English-language videos ...
T: Great! Let’s go on with the survey. This time you can ask the students in your groups some questions according to the chart in 4 and write down all the answers.
A sample dialogue:
S1: Do you write vocabulary lists?
S2: Oh, yes. I do it sometimes.
S1: Do you read English books?
S2: Oh yes, I do it often.
S1: Do you watch English-language TV?
S2: Oh, no, I never do it.

Step IV Homework
Ask the Ss to learn the passage by heart.

Period 3 Integrating skills

Language goals语言目标
1. Words && expressions生词和短语
pronounce, spoken, slowly, make mistakes, comma, challenge, solution, later on, be afraid of, laugh at, complete, sentence, secret, learner, take notes, enjoy doing, term, impress, fast
2. Key sentences重点句子
I can’t pronounce some of the words. (P5)
I don’t have a partner to practice English with. (P5)
Maybe you should join an English language club. (P5)
First of all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class. (P6)
Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning. (P6)
Ability goals能力目标
Enable the Ss to talk about difficulties in learning English.
Emotion && attitude goals情感和态度目标
Enable the Ss to learn to deal with difficulties in learning English.
Strategy goals策略目标
Role playing.
Culture awareness goals文化意识目标
Learning English can be difficult.
Teaching important points教学重点
How to deal with the difficulties in learning English.
Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in (1a, 1b: P5)
T: In the last period, we’ve learned many ways to learn English well. Do you think doing your homework is the best way to learn English?
S1: I think doing homework is a very useful way to help us remember what we have
learned.
S2: I think doing homework can help us understand what we learned well.
S3: Doing homework does not help much, I think. We should remember everything important in the class. We don’t have enough time to do more homework.
S4: Most homework is boring. I think we should be given more free time.
Talk about the difficulties in learning English with the Ss.
T: We are trying our best to learn English well, but we have many difficulties in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Do you think so? What things are difficult for you to learn English? You can choose the statements in 1a that are true for you and you can also say other things which are difficult for you.
S1: I found it difficult for me to memorize the new words.
S2: Sometimes I don’t know the exact pronunciation of the new word