The land down under教案
teaching methods:
1.warming up to arouse the students’ interest in visiting australia.
2.listening activity to help the students go through the listening material.
3.making simple dialogues to practise the students’ speaking ability.
4.individual,pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
teaching aids:
1.a computer and courseware
2.a tape recorder
teaching procedures:
step ⅰ greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ⅱ free talk and lead-in
t:today we’ll learn a new unit—the land down under.“down under” means “in australia”.(write them on the bb.)so we’ll talk about the land in australia.have you been to australia?
ss:no,but we hope we’ll go there one day.
t:do you know something about australia?
s1:yes.australia is in oceania.it’s in the south of the earth.it lies in the south pacific ocean.
t:very good.what interests you most in the country?
s2:australia has a special kind of animal called “koala”.it only eats leaves of a particular eucalyptus tree.there is also a kind of animal named “kangaroo” in australia.
s3:australia also has many great buildings.sydney opera house interests me.it is described as the greatest one in the 20th century.
s4:...
t:ok.you’ve known much about australia.i’ve prepared some pictures of animals for you.please look at them and let’s try to talk about them together.
(teacher uses the multimedia to show the pictures of koala bears,kangaroos and a wild dog on the screen.)
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(3)
t:do you like them?(ss:yes.)look at picture 1.they are koalas in australia.who knows something about them?
s5:the koala bears are very lovely.i like them very much.they are considered as national treasures in australia as is the case with pandas in our country.they like to move about at night while they sleep in the daytime.they seldom drink water,so they are called “koalas”.but now they are in danger,so they should be well protected.
t:what about the second picture?
s6:it is a dingo in it.it is a kind of wild dog living in australia.it likes to attack sheep at night...
s7:they are kangaroos in australia in picture 3.they are very strange.when they have young,they carry them in the pockets of skins on their stomachs for several months until they grow strong enough.they have a mouselike head and jump along on their large legs.they only live in australia.i like them very much.
t:very good.they are unusual animals and very lovely.
(show another two pictures on the screen.)