Unit6SpaceandBeyondUsinglanguage

Analysisofthetextbookforthislesson:ThetextbookusedinthislessonisUnit6SpaceandBeyondUsinglanguage,Volume4oftheOptionalCompulsoryForeignStudyEdition(2019).Thecoursefocusesonspaceandastronautics,includingwaystoexploreandunderstandspace,NASAmissions,andthelivesofspacescientists,

Objective:Bylearningthislesson,studentsshouldbeableto

masterthefollowingaspectsofEnglishknowledgeandability:1)Beabletouserelevantvocabularyandphrasestodescribespaceexplorationandspacemissions;2)Abletounderstandtheintroductionofspacescientistsandsortoutkeyinformation;3)Beabletousetheknowledgeandinformationlearnedtoconductgroupdiscussionsandwritearticlesonspaceexploration.

Teachingfocus:Theteachingfocusofthislessonmainlyincludesthemasteryofspaceexplorationvocabularyandphrases,theunderstandingofNASAmissionsandspacescientists,andthe

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developmentofEnglishlistening,speaking,readingandwriting

skills.

Teachingdifficulty:Theteachingdifficultyofthislessonliesintheimprovementofstudents'abilitytounderstandanddescribespaceexplorationandspacemissions,andthecultivationofskillsonhowtoorganizeandextractkeyinformation.

Analysisoflearningsituation:Inthesecondgradeofseniorhighschool,theEnglishlevelofthestudentshasbasicallyreachedthemiddleandadvancedlevel,andtheyhavemasteredcertainbasicEnglishknowledgeandskills.Studentsmayhavesomeinterestandcuriosityabouttopicssuchasspaceexplorationandspacemissions,butmaynotknowmuchaboutthem.Inaddition,studentsmayneedtoimprovetheirlistening,speaking,readingandwritingskills.

Teachingstrategy:Basedontheanalysisofschoolsituation,wecanadoptscenarioteachingandotherheuristicteachingstrategiestostimulatestudents'learninginterestandimprove

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theirenthusiasmandinitiative.Atthesametime,itcanalsoguidestudentstocarryoutcooperativelearning,promotemutuallearningandcooperationamongstudentsthroughgroupdiscussionandotherways,andimprovetheirlistening,speaking,readingandwritingability.

Teachingmethods:Accordingtotheteachingobjectivesandteachingstrategies,avarietyofteachingmethodscanbeadopted,suchasdemonstrationteaching,scenariosimulation,groupdiscussion,task-basedteaching,etc.Throughdemonstrationteachingandscenariosimulation,realspaceexplorationscenariosandspacemissionsareshowntohelpstudentsunderstandrelevantknowledge.Atthesametime,throughgroupdiscussionandtask-basedteaching,studentsareguidedtothinkpositivelyandcooperate,improvetheirlistening,speaking,readingandwritingability,andfinallycompletetheclasstasksuccessfully.

Theteachingprocessisasfollows:

Lead-in(5minutes):

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Teachingcontent:Introducestudentstotheunderstandingofspaceandtheuniverse.

Teachingactivities:First,Iwillshowstudentsapictureoftheuniverseandusequestionssuchas:"Whatdoyouknowabouttheuniverse?"Whatdoyouknowaboutstarsinspace,blackholes,planets,etc.?"Studentsaretheninvitedtodiscussandsharetheirknowledgeandopinionstogether.Afterthat,Iwillplayavideoaboutspacetoarousestudents'curiosityandinterest.

Classroominteraction(35minutes):

Content:Learnthekeywordsandphrasesinthearticle"MissiontoMars",andunderstandthemaincontentandstructureofthearticle.

Teachingactivities:First,IwillshowthetitleofthearticletothestudentsandexplainthattodaywearegoingtostudyanarticleabouttheMarsexplorationmission.Then,insmallgroups,Iwouldhandoutessaystostudentsandaskthemtoreadthetitle,thesubtitle,andthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph,thencollaborateandtrytoguessthegeneralcontentoftheessay.Next,I'llaskseveralgroupstosharetheirguesses,along

withsomesuggestionsandguidance.Next,Iwillguidethestudentstoreadthewholepassagetogetherandexplainthemeaningofthenewwordsandphrasesastheyread.Afterreading,Iwillleadtheclasstoanalyzethestructureofthearticleanddiscussthemainideaofeachparagraphandtherelationshipbetweenparagraphs.

Endsession(5minutes):

Content:Summarizethecoursecontentandencouragestudentstoaskquestionsanddiscuss.

Teachingactivities:Attheendofthesession,Iwillgiveabriefsummaryofthemainpointsofthelessonandencouragestudentstoraiseanyquestionsorideasthattheyarenotclearaboutanddiscussandanswerthemwiththeclass.Iwillhighlightimportantlearningpointsandtechniquesandencouragefurtherself-directedlearningandreadingafterclass.

Throughtheselead-in,classinteraction,andclosingsessions,studentswillbeabletoimprovetheirreadinganddiscussionskills,activelyparticipateinclassinteractions,anddeepentheirunderstandingofthetextsandtopicsastheyexplorespaceand

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theuniverse

Teachingreflection:

Inthislesson,Iusedmultimediamaterialsandintroducedvividandinterestingstoriestohelpstudentsunderstandandattracttheirattention.Thecoursecontentmainlyincludessomeknowledgeaboutspaceandhistoricalevents.

Intheteachingreflection,Ifoundthefollowingproblems:

1.Notdiverseenough.WhenIaskedquestions,Imainlyusedsinglechoiceandtrueorfalsequestions,whichmaylimitstudents'thinkingabilityandanswerways.NexttimeIcantrytouseopenquestionstoencouragemorediscussionandreflection.

2.Timeisnotevenlydistributed.Inthislesson,Ispenttoomuchtimeintheintroduction,resultingininsufficienttimefor

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follow-uppractice.Nexttime,Iwillarrangemytimereasonablyandmakesurethatthetimeofeachlinkisallocatedreasonablysothatthestudentscanfullypracticeandmastertheknowledge.

Inresponsetotheaboveproblems,Iputforwardthefollowingimprovementplans:

1.Askavarietyofquestions.Nexttime,Iwilltrytouseopenquestionsanddiscussionquestions,encouragestudentstothinkanddiscussdeeply,andgivethemenoughtimeandspacetoanswer