Unit 11 Enjoying

Tai Chi

Ⅰ..Teaching ideasTeaching ideasⅠ..Teaching ideasTeaching ideas

The “standard” emphasizes the interestThe “standard” emphasizes the interests in learning, life experience, and cognitive s in learning, life experience, and cognitive level. It advocates learning English by experilevel. It advocates learning English by experiencing, practicing, participating, cooperating,encing, practicing, participating, cooperating, and communicating and the “task-based” te and communicating and the “task-based” teaching approaches. Doing it in this way will ceaching approaches. Doing it in this way will certainly develop the students’ ability of using Ertainly develop the students’ ability of using English.nglish.

ⅡⅡ.About the teaching material.About the teaching materialⅡⅡ.About the teaching material.About the teaching material

This lesson is the first period of This lesson is the first period of Unit 11 EUnit 11 Enjoying Tai Chinjoying Tai Chi from EEC, Grade 8. This is an a from EEC, Grade 8. This is an aural-oral lesson. We can improve the students’ ural-oral lesson. We can improve the students’ ability of communicating in English by talking ability of communicating in English by talking about different kinds of sports, using about different kinds of sports, using I enjoy/ pI enjoy/ pefer/ am fond of doing…efer/ am fond of doing…

ⅢⅢ.About the students.About the studentsⅢⅢ.About the students.About the students

The students are in Grade Eight, in this period, The students are in Grade Eight, in this period,

students are curious about English but also worried, students are curious about English but also worried,

they hope to be affirmed. And this time the students and they hope to be affirmed. And this time the students and

the teacher are strangers, we do not known each other. the teacher are strangers, we do not known each other.

So I will do my best to reduce the strangeness between So I will do my best to reduce the strangeness between

the students and the teacher. And make them take an the students and the teacher. And make them take an

active part in the activities to cooperate and active part in the activities to cooperate and

communicate .They will be confident in learning English.communicate .They will be confident in learning English.

ⅣⅣ.Teaching aims.Teaching aimsⅣⅣ.Teaching aims.Teaching aims

knowledge aims

knowledge aims

（（ 11 ）） . Have a good grasp of the new words and . Have a good grasp of the new words and expressionsexpressions ： ：  fight kung fu tai chi preferfight kung fu tai chi prefer（（ 22 ）） . Have a good grasp of the target language. Have a good grasp of the target language ：： Which sports do you enjoy doing ? Which sports do you enjoy doing ? I enjoy /prefer / hate /am fond of doing …

Ability aims

Ability aims

Improve the students’ abilities of listening Improve the students’ abilities of listening and speaking ,and the ability of communicating and speaking ,and the ability of communicating with the target language .with the target language .

Emotion aims

Emotion aims

（（ 11 ）） . Enjoy sports, and keep healthy.. Enjoy sports, and keep healthy.（（ 22 ）） . Cooperate in the activities and have fun. Cooperate in the activities and have fun in using English.in using English.

Have a good grasp ofHave a good grasp of

the structures.the structures.

① prefer doing sth. prefer doing sth.

② prefer sth. to sth.prefer sth. to sth.

③ prefer doing sth. tprefer doing sth. t

o doing sth.o doing sth.

.. Key Key pointspoints

..DifficultDifficult pointspoints

ⅤⅤ..Teaching Teaching key points akey points and difficult pnd difficult p

ointsoints

①. . Have a good grasp oHave a good grasp of the new words , exprf the new words , expr

essions essions andand the targthe targ

et languageet language.

②.. Communicate with target language freely.

ⅥⅥ .About the teaching .About the teaching approachapproaches.es.ⅥⅥ .About the teaching .About the teaching approachapproaches.es.

11Situational Situational approachapproach

22 CommunicativeCommunicative approachapproach

33 Task-based Task-based approachapproach

The situations I created are from the very The situations I created are from the very real life, the students are all familiar with these real life, the students are all familiar with these elements, so they could accept these activities elements, so they could accept these activities with no problems. In this lesson, students with no problems. In this lesson, students could talk a lot in English, the teacher could could talk a lot in English, the teacher could guide the students to speak English in different guide the students to speak English in different situations. situations.

ⅦⅦ.About the learning strategies.About the learning strategiesⅦⅦ.About the learning strategies.About the learning strategies

11Autonomic Autonomic

learninglearning

22 Cooperative Cooperative learninglearning

33 Inquiry Inquiry learninglearning

Students take an active part in different kinds of Students take an active part in different kinds of activities. They discuss ,cooperate and communicate activities. They discuss ,cooperate and communicate with each other in the target language. They get the with each other in the target language. They get the knowledge and skills. And at the same time they get knowledge and skills. And at the same time they get the the emotional experience and improve their ability of emotional experience and improve their ability of communication in Englishcommunication in English.

ⅧⅧ、、 About the teaching aidsAbout the teaching aidsⅧⅧ、、 About the teaching aidsAbout the teaching aids 1 Blackboard

4 Changyan language machine

2 Multimedia

3 Signs

Ⅵ Let’s challenge ourselves

Ⅶ Groupwork

Ⅷ Emotion education

Ⅸ Assessment

Ⅸ.Teaching steps

Ⅸ.Teaching steps

Ⅰ Warming-up

Ⅱ New words and target language

Ⅲ Practicing

Ⅳ Pairwork

Ⅴ Listening Ⅹ Homework

Tai Chi Clip

I enjoy doing tai chi.tai chi

I enjoy doing kung fu.

Which sports do you enjoy doing?

kung fu

I hate fighting(搏击） .

But I prefer(更喜欢 ) running.

Which sports do you enjoy doing?I enjoy swimming.

prefer v. like better

prefer doing sth.

1.prefer sth. to sth.

2.prefer doing sth. to doing sth.

I am fond of playing magic tricks.

Do you enjoy running?

Yes,I do.But I prefer playing magic tricks.

A: Do you enjoy doing exercises? B: Yes, I do. A: Which sports do you enjoy doing? B: I enjoy doing kung fu. A: I prefer doing tai chi to doing kung fu.

Pairwork

Work in pairs. Ask and answer in pairs to know about your deskmates’（同桌） favorite sports.

Sample conversation:

Phrases to use:

enjoy playing …prefer running… be fond of swimming…hate fighting…

Let’s  challenge ( 挑战 ) ourselves !

badmintton

baseball

football

tennis

basketball

volleyball

Come and join the sports clubs !Come and join the sports clubs !

Work in groups. The leader (Work in groups. The leader ( 组长组长 ) in each group asks ) in each group asks questions . Discuss (questions . Discuss ( 讨论讨论 ) which sports clubs the stud) which sports clubs the students in your group want to join.ents in your group want to join.

Groupwork

Fill in the blanks in the sentences using the Fill in the blanks in the sentences using the words below. words below.

I would rather play with I would rather play with someone than ______ with someone.someone than ______ with someone.

fight kung fu tai chi prefer enjoy hate fight kung fu tai chi prefer enjoy hate

fightfight

Assessment

Excellent

（优秀） Good

（良好）Average

（一般）Need

Improvement

(有待提高 ) 回 答问 题 

伙伴对话

团队精神

积极参与

Homework

1. Finish Exercises2 on Page40.

(You must do it. )

2. Discuss with your parents and find out

which exercises they enjoy doing, then

ask and answer with your patners(同伴 ).

(You may do it.)

ⅨⅨ、、 About blackboard designAbout blackboard designⅨⅨ 、、 About blackboard designAbout blackboard design

As we all know, blackboard design is the concentratiAs we all know, blackboard design is the concentrati

on and essence of a class. First I match the sign of tai chi on and essence of a class. First I match the sign of tai chi

with the word Tai Chi in the title, which can make students with the word Tai Chi in the title, which can make students

be in the perception of tai chi. As this class is about sportbe in the perception of tai chi. As this class is about sport

s; I put six colorful signs on which there are s; I put six colorful signs on which there are names of six names of six

sports clubssports clubs on the blackboard. Bright and lively, these si on the blackboard. Bright and lively, these si

gns can also be used in groupwork. Finally, I write the sengns can also be used in groupwork. Finally, I write the sen

tence tence ‘Let’s enjoy sports and keep healthy!’‘Let’s enjoy sports and keep healthy!’ between the ti between the ti

tle and the signs. This sentence not only echos the topic btle and the signs. This sentence not only echos the topic b

ut also sublimates students’ emotions.ut also sublimates students’ emotions.