Unit1 How do you study for a test—1st period
unit1 how do you study for a test—1st periodⅰ. analysis of the teaching material
1. status and function
in this unit, students learn to talk about how to study. such topic is very useful to students. it’s helpful to raise learning interest of all the students. either more or less advanced students will benefit a lot.
(1)the first period mainly gives students listening and oral practice using the target language "how do you study for a text? i study by doing…"
(2)the activities in the second period give students more listening and oral practice using more target language. they are helpful to improve students’ listening and speaking skills.
(3) in the third period, students learn to
get detailed information from an article. it is a basic reading skill and is
a great help to improve students’ reading skill.
(4) the fourth period not only introduces some new words but also provides students with many different kinds of activities. in this class, students learn to give advice to those who have difficulty in studying using the target language.
(5)the fifth period is designed to train students’ reading and writing skills.
(6) all the activities in the last period in this unit are used to provide writing practice using the target language.
2. teaching aims and demands
(1) knowledge objects
in this unit, students learn to talk about how to study for a test and give advice to those who have difficulty in studying.
(2) ability objects
to train students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using the target language.
(3)moral object
everyone learns a different way.
the best one is to do. that is, no pains, no gains.
3. teaching key point
to make students learn and grasp the key vocabulary words and the target
language.
4. teaching difficult point
to train students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
to train students’ communicative competence.
5. studying way
teach students how to be successful language learners.
ⅱ. language function
talk about how to study.
ⅲ. target language
1. how do you study for tests?
well, i study by working with my classmates.
2. have you ever studied with a group?
yes, i have. i’ve learned a lot that way.
3. i don’t have a partner to practise english with.
maybe you should join an english club.
ⅳ. structure
verb + by with gerund
ⅴ. vocabulary
1. flashcard, take notes, frustrating, memorize, aloud, comma, make mistakes, pronunciation, be afraid to
2. what about…?
3. why don’t you…?
ⅵ. recycling
vocabulary list, cassette, conversation, improve, forget, test, notebook, friend, english language, study, video, pop song, speak, learn, watch, work, join, listen, write, practice