Unit4MyFavouriteSubjectSectionAPronunciation

StudentscanaccuratelynamemonschoolsubjectsinEnglish,suchas"math","science","art","music","history","geography","Chinese","English","PE",etc.

Theycanmastertheusageofconjunctionsand,but,because,andunderstandtheirfunctionsinconnectingsentencesandexpressingrelationships.

Studentscancorrectlypronouncethediphthongphonemes/e?/,/a?/,/??/,/??/,/a?/,/??/,/e?/,/??/andrememberthelettersandletterbinationsthatrepresentthem.Forexample,knowthat"ay"and"ai"oftenrepresent/e?/asin"day"and"rain".

Beabletoidentifythelinkingrulesinsentences,suchasthelinkingofconsonantandvowelsoundsbetweenadjacentwords.

Masteringthevocabularyofschoolsubjectsandbeingabletousethemproficientlytotalkaboutschoollife.

Understandingandcorrectlyusingthesentencepatternsforaskingaboutandexpressingfavouritesubjectsandreasons.

Graspingthepronunciationrulesofthediphthongphonemes/e?/,/a?/,/??/,/??/,/a?/,/??/,/e?/,/??/andbeingabletopronouncetherelatedwordsaccurately.

Identifyingandapplyingthebasiclinkingrulesinsentences.

Thisunitfocusesonthethemeof"MyFavouriteSubject".Themaincontentofthissectionincludeslearningaboutdifferentschoolsubjects,expressingpreferencesandreasons,aswellasmasteringthepronunciationofcertaindiphthongsandwordlinkinginsentences.

Thetopicpictureshowsstudentshavingageographyclass,whichleadstotheexplorationofvariousschoolsubjects.Therearetwoconversations.ThefirstconversationisbetweenEllaandPeter.EllaplainsthatsheisunhappybecauseshehashistoryclassonTuesdaymorning,whichshefindsverydifficult.Peterasksaboutherfavouritesubject,andEllathinksmathisveryinteresting,andshealsobelievesartandgeographyareinteresting.ThesecondconversationisbetweenMr.GaoandPeter.Mr.GaoasksaboutPeter'sclassesfortheday.PeteranswersChineseandmath,andhelikesChinesebecauseit'sinteresting,buthedoesn'tlikemathbecauseit'sboring.Mr.GaoexpectsPetertoattachimportancetoeverysubject.

HavinggonethroughprimaryschoolEnglishlearning,seventhgradestudentshavealreadymasteredcertainbasiclanguageknowledgesuchasphonetics,vocabulary,sentencepatterns,andgrammar.Forexample,theyhavelearnedsomesimpledailyexpressionsandbasicvocabulary.

Theyarealsofamiliarwithsomeofthebasicvocabularyandsentencepatternsinvolvedinthisunit.Forinstance,theymayhaveeacrosswordslike"like"andsimplesentencepatternsforexpressinglikesanddislikesbefore.Inaddition,studentshavelearnedsomesubjectrelatedwordsinprimaryschool,suchas"Chinese","math",etc.,whichcanhelpthembetterunderstandthecontentofthisunit.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)一Warmingup

Step1:Warmingup

Activity:Showstudentsashortvideoaboutschoollife,whichincludesscenesofdifferentclasses.Afterwatchingthevideo,askstudentssomesimplequestions,suchas"Whatclassescanyouseeinthevideo?""Whichclassdoyouthinkisthemostinteresting?"

Purpose:Thisactivitycanquicklyarousestudents'interestandenthusiasmforlearning,andatthesametime,leadtothetopicofthisunitschoolsubjects.Italsohelpsstudentsreviewsomeoftheschoolrelatedvocabularytheyhavelearnedbeforeandcreatearelaxedandactivelearningatmosphere.

教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)二TeachingProcedures

Step2:PresentationofNewWords

Activity:

DisplaythepicturesofdifferentschoolsubjectsonthePPTonebyone,suchasapictureofamathbookfor"math",apictureofascienceexperimentfor"science",etc.Aseachpictureisshown,saythecorrespondingEnglishwordclearlyandloudly,andaskstudentstorepeatafteryouseveraltimes.

Then,distributeflashcardswiththenamesofschoolsubjectstostudents.Letstudentsreadthewordsonthecardsandcheckeachother'spronunciation.

Purpose:Throughthevisualaidofpicturesandrepeatedimitationandreading,studentscanquicklyandaccuratelyremembertheEnglishnamesofdifferentschoolsubjects,layingafoundationforsubsequentlearning.Theuseofflashcardscanincreasestudents'participationandmakethelearningprocessmoreinteresting.

Step3:ListeningPractice

Activity:

TurntoPage44,1binthetextbook.TellstudentsthattheywilllistentotwoconversationsbetweenElla,PeterandMr.Gao.TheirtaskistolistencarefullyandtickthesubjectsEllaandPetertalkabout.

Playtherecordingforthefirsttime.Afterthat,askstudentstoparetheiranswerswiththeirpartners.

Playtherecordingagain.Thistime,letstudentscirclethecolouredwordstheyhear,suchasthewordsrelatedtoElla'sandPeter'sopinionsaboutdifferentsubjectsandthereasons.Forexample,inthesentence"Elladoesn'tlikehistorybecauseit'shard",studentsshouldcircle"history"and"hard".

Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.

Purpose:Thislisteningpracticecanhelpstudentsimprovetheirlisteningability,especiallytheabilitytoobtainspecificinformation.Bylisteningtotheconversations,studentscanalsofurtherunderstandhowtouseEnglishtotalkaboutschoolsubjects,likesanddislikes,andreasons,whichisbeneficialfortheirsubsequentspeakingpractice.

Step4:SpeakingPractice

Activity:

Basedonthelisteningcontent,askstudentstoworkinpairs.OnestudentplaystheroleofEllaorPeter,andtheotherasksquestions.Forexample,"What'syourfavouritesubject?""Whydoyoulikeit?""Whatclassesdoyouhavetoday?"etc.Encouragestudentstoansweraccordingtotheinformationintheconversationortheirownsituations.

ProvidestudentswithsomesentencepatternsonthePPTtohelpthem:

—What'syourfavouritesubject?

—Myfavouriteis...ectis...

—Whydoyoulike...？

—Becauseit's...

Inviteseveralpairsofstudentstoetothefrontoftheclassandroleplaytheirdialogues.Givepraiseandencouragementtothestudentswhoperformwell.

Purpose:Throughthisspeakingpractice,studentscanpracticeusingthelearnedsentencepatternsandvocabularyinreallifemunicationsituations,improvingtheiroralEnglishexpressionabilityandconfidence.Theroleplaycanalsomakethelearningprocessmorevividandinteresting.

Step5:PronunciationTeaching

Activity:

IntroductionofDiphthongs:Startbyintroducingtheconceptofdiphthongstostudents.Explainthatdiphthongsaresoundsthatbinetwovowelsounds.Then,showthediphthongphonemes/e?/,/a?/,/??/,/??/,/a?/,/??/,/e?/,/??/onthePPT.

PronunciationDemonstration:Demonstratethepronunciationofeachdiphthongforstudents.Forexample,whendemonstrating/e?/,showthemouthshapeandexplainhowtopronounceit.Then,givesomeexamplewordslike"day","cake","make"andpronouncethemslowly,askingstudentstoobserveandimitate.Dothesameforeachoftheotherdiphthongs,suchasfor/a?/,usewordslike"my","bike","like";for/??/,use"boy","toy","enjoy",etc.

ListeningandImitation:Playtherecordingofthewordswithdiphthongs.Letstudentslistencarefullyandimitatethepronunciation.Theycanfollowtherecordingandreadthewordsseveraltimes.

TongueTwistersPractice:Presentsometonguetwistersrelatedtothelearneddiphthongstostudents.Forexample,for/e?/:"Abigcakeforyouandme."For/a?/:"Iliketoridemybikeatnight."Letstudentsreadthetonguetwistersingroups,petingtoseewhichgroupcanreadthemthefastestandmostaccurately.

LinkinginSentences:Next,teachstudentsthelinkingrulesinsentences.UsesimplesentencesonthePPT,suchas"anapple","lookatit",andexplainhowtheconsonantsoundattheendofonewordlinkswiththevowelsoundatthebeginningofthenextword.Playarecordingofsentenceswithlinkingforstudentstolistenandimitate.Then,letstudentspracticereadingsomesentenceswithlinkingbythemselves.

Purpose:Bysystematicallyteachingdiphthongpronunciationandsentencelinking,studentscanimprovetheirpronunciationaccuracyandmaketheiroralEnglishmorenaturalandfluent.Theuseofvariousactivitiessuchasdemonstration,imitation,andtonguetwisterscanmakethepronunciationlearningprocessmoreinterestingandeffective.

Step6:ConsolidationandExtension

Activity:

Designagroupactivity.Dividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Eachgroupisgivenatasktomakeashortdialogueabouttheirfavouritesubjects.Inthedialogue,theyneedtouseatleastthreedifferentschoolsubjects,expresstheirpreferencesandreasons,andalsopayattentiontothecorrectpronunciationandtheuseofconjunctions.

Afterthegroupsfinishpreparing,eachgroupestothefrontoftheclasstoperformtheirdialogues.Therestofthestudentslistencarefullyandevaluatetheperformanceintermsofcontent,pronunciation,andlanguageuse.

Providestudentswithsomenewwordsandphrasesrelatedtoschoolsubjects,suchas"chemistry","physics","begoodat","beinterestedin",andaskthemtotrytousethesenewwordsandphrasesintheirsubsequentmunication.

Purpose:Thisactivitycanhelpstudentsfurtherconsolidatewhattheyhavelearnedinthisclass,includingvocabulary,sentencepatterns,pronunciation,andtheuseofconjunctions.Thegroupcooperationcancultivatestudents'teamworkspiritandmunicationability.Theintroductionofnewwordsandphrasescanexpandstudents'vocabularyandknowledge.

Step7:Summary

Activity:

Reviewthekeypointsofthisclasswithstudents,includingtheEnglishnamesofschoolsubjects,theusageofsentencepatternsforexpressingpreferencesandreasons,thepronunciationofdiphthongs,andthelinkingrulesinsentences.

Askstudentstosummarizewhattheyhavelearnedinthisclassintheirownwords.Encouragestudentstosharetheirlearningfeelingsanddifficulties.

Purpose:Throughsummary,studentscanhaveamoresystematicunderstandingoftheknowledgelearnedinthisclass,whichisbeneficialformemoryandreview.Lettingstudentssharetheirlearningexperiencescanalsohelpteachersunderstandstudents'learningsituationsintimeandadjustteachingstrategies.

Step8:HomeworkAssignment

Activity:

Askstudentstomakeaposterabouttheiridealschoolschedule.TheyneedtowritethenamesofdifferentclassesinEnglish,andwriteashortsentenceundereachclasstoexplainwhytheylikethisclass.

Requirestudentstopracticereadingthewordsandsentencestheyhavelearnedinthisclasstotheirparentsorfamilymembers,payingattentiontocorrectpronunciationandintonation.

Purpose:Thepostermakinghomeworkcannotonlyreviewandconsolidatetheknowledgeofschoolsubjectsandexpressingreasonsbutalsoexercisestudents'creativityandhandsonab