体验英语任务型设计 1.docx

1、体验英语任务型设计 1Unit One Caring for Our EarthTask-based Design for Six Contact Hours Session No.Unit Content InvolvedFocal PointsTask-based activitiesSession 1(90-100 min)1. Listen and TalkLead inPassage listening practiceDialogue SamplesCommunicative Tasks1.The causes and effects of global warming2.Key

2、words and expressions related to the topicimpact on; artificial; make a difference; breathe in; decreasing performance; conscious; dispose; install; overflow; recycle; solve; starve; sweat; deforestation; drought; ecological; symposiumExpressions and sentences for talking about environmental problem

3、s( See Communicative Tasks)The same as the above.Talking about the environmental issues shown in the pictures given after the passage. Role-playing the dialogue samples. Doing the communicative tasks according to the situation provided. 2. Read and explorePassage ACare for Our Mother EarthLexical pr

4、eparationKey words and expressionsindependent from sb./sth.; isolate from; be blind to; convert into/to; evaporate; release; transform into; trap; impact; priority; inexhaustible; ignore; abuse; nurture; ailPicking out sentences from Passage A containing the key words and expressions in the left col

5、umn and making up new sentences with them.Session 2(90-100 minutes)2. Read and explorePassage ADeath of a DreamReadingPassage understanding on the basis of the analysis of the passage structureSpeakingDiscussing the causes and effects of the natural disasters.WritingDescribe the urgent situation of

6、an endangered species and call for help. 1. Picking out the words used for describing the causes and effects of some natural disasters.2. Matching the causes and effects of each disaster. 3. Discussing how to prevent the disasters.Writing a paragraph Describing the urgent situation of an endangered

7、species and call for help.Session 3(90-100 minutes)2. Read and ExplorePassage BFrog Story3. Write and ProduceGeneral Writing Practical WritingReadingPassage understandingReading Skills Word Attack Strategies Translating Skills Extension of the meaning of a wordWord consolidation audio; residence; at

8、op; figure; overtake; live a life; survive; subtle; leap full force; for the sake of sb./sth.; boundary; cup; decade; species; tone; communicate with; take up residence; figure; directlySentence Functions in Paragraph DevelopmentThe expressions used for writing a formal letter of invitation to a sym

9、posium.Doing fast reading of Passage B and discussing the questions in Ex. 12 in groups. Discussing the definition of the skill in groups.Discussing the definition of the skill in groups.Making up sentences with the words on the left column with the help of the related sentences in the passage.Ident

10、ify the functions of the topic sentences, the developing sentences and the concluding sentence. Learn how to work out good topic sentences and concluding sentence.Writing a letter of invitation to an international symposium on city garbage disposal.Unit Group project: Talking about the natural disas

11、ters and the influential environmental issues in the world using PPTIII. Suggested teaching procedures and class activitiesSession 1 (90-100 min)Listen and Talk1. Lead inTask1 Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words in the blanks. Step 1 Lead-in questions1. 3What are main e

12、nvironmental problems and natural disasters today in the world? Give an example.(deforestation, pollution, sandstorm, drought, flood, endangered species, global warming, disease and so on.)2. What are the causes and effects of global warming? Give an example.(human beings irresponsible and harmful a

13、ctivities, pollution, growing assumption of fossil fuels, ecological disruption, floods, droughts, disease and so on.) Step 2 Listening practice The students listen to the passage for three times and fill in the missing words in the blanks. Teacher: Listen to the passage for three times and fill in

14、the missing words in the blanks.Step 3 Word studyThe teacher lays emphasis on the following words and expressions related to the topic: impact on; artificial; make a difference; breathe in; decreasing performance; conscious; dispose; install; overflow; recycle; solve; starve; sweat; deforestation; d

15、rought; ecological; symposium Teacher: Can you pick up the words and expressions related to the topic? What are they? Task 2 Picture descriptionThe students talk about the pictures provided in the textbook with the words and expressions they have learned from the listening passage in groups. Teacher

16、: Work in groups to talk about the pictures with the help of the words and expressions youve learned from the listening passage. Five minutes later you will be expected to do class presentation. 2. Dialogue Samples Dialogue 1: Talking About the Effects of Global Warming.Step 1 Lead in questions1. Do

17、 you know how to start talking about an environmental issue?( Is the Earth really getting warmer?)2. Are you able to talk about the environmental problems in English? Step 2 Dialogue Samples studyThe students read the first dialogue in pairs and speak out the following sentences for talking about an

18、 environmental issue in the dialogue.Teacher: Please read the first dialogue in pairs and speak out the sentences for talking about an environmental issuethe effects of global warming. Several minutes later.Teacher: Can you speak out the sentences youve summarized? Yes, theres no doubt about it.But

19、why does it matter if the Earth gets a little warmer?It matters because it changes a lot of things concerning our life. You mean it will cause flooding? To say nothing of beautiful Venice.Thats terrible! Can we do something about it?Therere a lot we can do.Otherwise, we will suffer from our careless

20、 action.And then the teacher asks the students to give more examples. Teacher: Can you give us some more examples to show the serious effects of global warming?Did you hear/read about global warming? Dialogue 2: The Environmentally InformedStep 1 Lead-in questionTeacher: Do you know what people usua

21、lly say concerning bath and smoking from the angle of environmental protection?(Oh no. Ill take a shower. Baths use up too much water. Here, have a cigarette.No way! Not only is smoking bad for your health, its the source of environmental problems.Thats incredible!So for every cigarette I smoke, som

22、eone is starving?Ok, no more cigarettes and only quick showers.)Step 2 Dialogue Samples studyThe students read the second dialogue and speak out the following sentences that are used for describing the effects of baths and smoking in the dialogue. Teacher: Please read the second dialogue in pairs an

23、d speak out the sentences useful for describing the effects of baths and smoking in the dialogue.Several minutes later.Teacher: Now, can you speak out the sentences youve summarized?(A bath uses up 3 times more water than a shower. Not only is smoking bad for your health, its the source of social pr

24、oblems in developing countries because, since profit from tobacco is very high, tobacco has taken up the best food-growing areas, leading to food shortages. Yes, its a fact.And many tobacco planners use wood to dry tobacco leaves. You know that when you down a tree, youre taking another step on your

25、 way to erosion. And erosion is also the beginning of hunger.)The teacher asks the students to speak out the sentences that are used to convince others by facts and reasoning in the dialogue or more sentences theyve learned outside class. Teacher: Please find the sentences used to convince others by

26、 facts and reasoning in the dialogue. What are the sentences? (You know. Yes, its a fact. And if you like to , you waste from 25 to 45 liters every time you brush. This way a family of four would by the time . Not only, its the source of , because, since. You know that when you down a tree, youre .)

27、Teacher: Do you know more youve learned outside class?Standby examples: 3. Communicative TasksTask 1: Talking about the advantages and disadvantages of building the Three Gorges Dam.Roles: The foreign visitors and the Chinese studentsSituation: A debate between foreign visitors, who have just come t

28、o visit China, and their Chinese friends, college students, about the advantages and disadvantages of building the Three Gorges Dam.The students are given 5 minutes to work in pairs according to the situation given and then role-play the task. Some students make comments on their performance, which

29、should involve their presentation of the real-life situation and the English they use for the debate.Teacher: Work in pairs to do Task 1. Five minutes later some pairs of you are expected to role-play the task, and then the others will be invited to make comments on your performance. The comments sh

30、ould involve the presentation of the real-life situation and the English you use for your debate. Task 2: Discussing some resource-saving and environmental protection techniques. The students do the task after class in pairs. 4. Read and ExploreLexical preparation for Passage AStep 1 Word studyKey w

31、ords and expressions:independent from sb./sth.; isolate from; be blind to; convert into/to; evaporate; transform into; release; trap; impact; priority; inexhaustible; ignore; abuse; nurture; ailStudents are given 7 minutes to pick up the sentences containing the words and expressions from Passage A

32、which are displayed on PPT. The teacher may assign each group two or three words or expressions.Teacher: Please do fast reading of Passage A and pick up the sentences containing the words and expressions displayed on PPT. Group 1 are responsible for the first two words, Group 2Sentences to be picked up: