8A Unit 6 Birdwatching
Integrated skills
By Xiang Junrong
Taicang Experimental Middle School
Teaching aims
:
By the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to:
1. master some listening skills;
2. give and ask for advice in a group;
3. understand the importance of wetlands and protecting birds.
Teaching difficulties and emphases:
1. Learn to use some listening skills.
2. Learn to use some useful expressions.
Teaching procedures
A. Speak-up: What should we take with us?
Step 1. Lead-in
1. Watch a video and answer the question.
2. Learn some interesting facts about red-crowned cranes.
Step 2. Presentation
1. Explain the new word “binoculars”.
2. Listen and fill in the blanks.
Step 3. Group discussion and practice
B. Yancheng Nature Reserve
Step 1. Lead-in
Enjoy a video.
Step 2. Presentation
1. Finish the quiz.
2. Offer some tips before listening.
3. Explain some language points.
4. Listen and complete.
Step 3. Discussion
1. The importance of wetlands.
Why are wetlands so important?
2. Students’ actions.
What can students do for the birds?
Homework
1. Review the key sentence structures of this lesson.
2. Search
http://www.chinabirdnet.org/
for more information about birdwatching in
China
8AU6 Integrated skills校级公开课总结反思
本周在师傅及组内老师的帮助和指导下,顺利完成了本节校级公开课。
本节公开课我以一个鸟类视频导入,帮助学生回忆相关生词及拓展一些词汇。紧接着带入到丹顶鹤这种鸟类,并分享关于丹顶鹤的有趣知识,吸引学生注意力,激起学生的观鸟欲望。在接下来的流程中,我按照before-birdwatching、while-birdwatching和after-birdwatching的思路开展教学。在before-birdwatching中,我首先看图教授生词binoculars,随后利用“We should take....Because...”的句型鼓励学生思考观鸟应该携带什么东西。接着通过学习speak-up的内容,学习如何询问意见和给出意见的句型,并通过小组编对话的形式帮助学生熟练句型。在学习了观鸟应该带什么东西之后,过渡到去哪里观鸟,即while-birdwatching的学习。本部分先介绍盐城自然保护区的地理位置,然后观看关于盐城自然保护区的介绍视频,让学生对该地有更多的了解。随后让学生完成A1的小调查,并介绍在听力之前介绍听力技巧。此后再听音频完成A3练习。在after-birdwatching部分,鼓励学生思考湿地的作用以及作为学生如何保护鸟类,升华本课主题。
本节课我认为有以下不足:
细节上需要再注意。比如在上课前半段应该是合上书本进行听力训练的,但是因为没有提醒学生,所以有几个学生的书是开着的。
时间把控还需加强。在最后的讨论部分可以先给学生示范,给他们思考的方向,帮助他们发散思维,这样他们也不至于不知道该说什么,在时间上也需要控制一下,否则容易冷场。
班级学生的基础较差,基础性知识掌握不是很牢固,在语音面貌上尤其需要重视。因此在以后的教学中,除了新授课程,还需再抓基础。
总的来说本次公开课较为顺利,这离不开师傅一直以来对我的悉心指导和帮助,组内老师的意见和关心对我也非常有帮助,之后我会继续学习。


