Unit 5 The British Isles.docx

1、Unit 5 The British IslesUnit 5 The British IslesUnit 5 The British Isles Teaching Goals: 1. Talk about the UK and Ireland. 2. Practise expressing agreement and disagreement. 3. Learn about Noun Clauses (1). 4. Write a description of a town and the countryside. 5. Improve students鈥?ability in listeni

2、ng, speaking, reading and writing Teaching Key and difficult points: 1. Master the expressions for agreement and disagreement. 2. Learn and master the following words and expressions: words: form, influence, basis, inland, mountainous, narrow, diversity, republic, Wales, mild, union, strength, Welsh

3、, Scofish phrases: stand for, be made up of, be unknown to, make the most of, hold together, lie off, be separated from, at one point, in general, as much as, run over, end up with 3. Learn and master noun clauses as the subject, the object, the predicative and the appositive introduced by 鈥渢hat鈥? 4

4、. Master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause. Teaching Approach: Task-base; student-centered; equipment-aided Learning Approach: Exploration Study; Co-operation Teaching Aids: a computer, a courseware , a projector, a tape recorderTeaching Procedures: Pre-Unit Ta

5、sk: Task 1: Exploring The British Isles Before class, present students the following subjects about Britain :geography (including important cities/rivers/names of countries),history, language, culture, sports and arts , architecture, literature, film food, famous people and life .Divide them into se

6、veral groups and each choose one to do some exploring study. Ask them to do as follows: First , surf the internet to find out as much information as you can and then sort out the information collected. Finally, make CAIS and get a leader to report the results. Task 2: Investigate Your Hometown Get t

7、he same groups to investigate their hometown, by interviewing experts, going to visit some places of interest and government offices related (eg. The weather station), and colleting information. Then fill in the chart: Name of my hometown Location Weather Places of interest The life of residents Pop

8、ulation or historyThe First Period Teaching Aims: 1. Refresh the students鈥?memory about 鈥楴ew Zealand鈥?which they learned last term. 2. Remind them useful ways of expressing direction 3. Develop the ability at doing exploration study .Teaching Procedures: Step1 Lead-In Show the class the maps of Chin

9、a and New Zealand. Have them talk about these two countries. Teacher says 鈥?As a Chinese, there鈥檚 no doubt that everyone here knows China very well. Besides, in last term, we have learnt a lot about New Zealand. Can you tell me something about them. Step 2. Warming Up After talking about China and N

10、ew Zealand, shows them the national flag of the UK while playing the national anthem 鈥楪od save the Queen鈥?T: You have really known much about China and New Zealand .Listen !what鈥檚 the song? Look! Which country鈥?national flag is it? Do you also know a lot about The UK and Ireland? Today well learn a

11、new unit-the British Isles. In the last period, I told you to search for as much information as possible about the UK and Ireland through the Internet. Im sure youve got a lot. Now can the leaders report your exploring study? Get the leaders to report and add extra information References for teacher

12、s: Food and dishes: roasted beef, steak kidney pie, English fish chip, chicken ala king, sandwich and so on. Sports. walking, swimming, playing football, playing tennis, bicycling, skating, hiking and so on. Way of life: DIY. They often fix up a house, plant their gardens, and make furniture by them

13、selves. Even they build their houses themselves. Important cities are: London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin, Cardiff, Belfast and so on. London is the biggest city and the capital of England. It lies on the River Thames. London is also a cultural and political center. In it t

14、here are many world-famous places of interest. Places of Interest: St. James Park, Hyde Park, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace. National westminster and so on. Geography : four parts. They are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There are many kinds of na

15、tural resources, such as coal, iron, oil and natural gas. Languages: English is the official language in the UK. It is also widely used in the world. Rreligion & beliefs : People in the UK mostly believe in Christ. Some of them believe in Islam, and Buddhism. Schools :Two kinds. One is private schoo

16、l and the other is public school. Schooling is free of charge in public schools while it costs much in private ones. There are many world-famous universities in the UK, like, Cambridge University, Oxford University, London University and so on. Famous people :Shakespear / Franscis Bacon Step 3.Liste

17、ning Presentation: So far, we have known so much about the UK and Ireland . Imagine this, today you have a chance to go to study in a famous university in Ireland鈥旸ublin University, experiencing the school life. (Shows a picture of Dublin University )The teacher is telling us the course schedule, in

18、cluding the time, courses and teachers. Play the tape for the first time for general ideas. Play the tape many times for them to tick the sentences which are true ,answer the questions in Ex.3 and fill in the timetable on P 34. Extensions: Ask to talk about their own school activities. Step 4. Summa

19、ry and Homework T: Today we learned so much about the UK and Ireland. We鈥檝e also get to know Dublin University. Most of you have done good jobs . After class, please exchange information you have collected. Besides , carry out the task of listening in Workbook. Record after teaching:The Second Perio

20、d SpeakingStep 1.Lead-in T锛欰s far as we know, today people in the world are paying more attention to the spirit of team work. We almost need to discuss together when we do everything. And more and more views and points are tolerated . By the way, if we agree or disagree to do something, what can we

21、use to express ourselves? (Teacher writes students鈥?answers and some other expressions on the screen.) Useful expressions锛?Dont you think that鈥? I dont think thats right鈥?I dont think so. You must be mistaken鈥?No, you are wrong thinking that鈥?Im afraid you are wrong鈥?I believe that youve got it righ

22、t. Im not so sure about that鈥?Surely it must be鈥?Yes, you are right, but鈥?Arent you confusing鈥? Yes. I agree with you. Step 2. Make up dialogues Ask the Ss to use these expressions to make up a dialogue in pairs in the following situation: In October, the school meeting will be held. Some students w

23、ho will take part in 3000-meter-race think that they need sports shoes to run faster and that our class should pay the bill instead of themselves because they can make contributions to our class. What do you think about it? Step 3 .Debate T: Now open your books at Page 34. Go through the three state

24、ments together , while dealing with some words and phrase (consist of /statements/power/advantage/have advantage over)at the same time. Ask them to summarize these statements into three topics. Then divide the class into three groups and each group will discuss one topic and debate which point of vi

25、ew is reasonable. Group Topics Why? 1 Is English easy or difficult to learn for Chinese people? 2 Can we learn the geography more easily by going there? 3 Which countries have more chances to become rich, small , big or island countries? (Then teacher asks three pairs to present their dialogues.) Sa

26、mple dialogues: 1. A: How are you getting on with your English? B: Very badly. I find it difficult to learn. A: Why do you think so? B: As you know, we have to learn a lot of words and phrases by heart every day. And there are many grammar rules we have to follow. A: But I cant completely agree with

27、 you. In my opinion, its easy to learn. As long as we master the basic grammar and speak it as often as possible, we can learn it well. B: I dont think you are right. Personally, I think we have fewer chances to speak English. Whats more, English and Chinese have little in common. A: But I think we

28、should find more chances to speak, just as we learn Chinese. If you speak, read and listen as much as possible, you can find it easy to learn. B: Thats a good idea. Thanks for your advice. Ill do my best to study it wall. A: Im sure that you will. 2. A: What are you doing? B: Im reading the geograph

29、y book. A: I think it is difficult to learn if you cant go to that country. B: I dont think so. You often look at maps carefully and remember all the names of cities and provinces. A: Im afraid I dont agree with you. I think those names are very confused and we can learn it easily by going there. B:

30、 Certainly visiting some places is better in learning geography. But we cant go to all places of the world. Thats too expensive and we dont have enough time, too. A: Of course you are right. Now computers are used in many fields. You can get as much information as possible about the countries you wa

31、nt to know through the Internet. B: Thats a good idea. Ill try it. 3. A: Hello. Can you tell me which are the countries that make up the Group of Eight? B: Yes. It consists of eight richest countries in the world. They are Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Japan, America and Russia. Five o

32、f them are quite small and two of them are island countries. A: Do you think small countries have better chances than big ones to become rich? B: I dont think so. A: Why? B: First small countries have few natural resources. Theyre very important for a country. Second, their labour force is limited.

33、As a result, that prevents their economy developing fast. A: I cant quite agree with you. In fact many small countries are very rich. B: Yes. Though some countries are small, people of these countries can get good education and make their countries become powerful by developing science and technology. For example, Japan has few natural resource