Unit 1 Where’s your pen pal from?教案

unit 1 where’s your pen pal from?教案

language goals:
 in this unit students learn to talk about countries, nationalities and languages.
 ask and tell where people live.

new languages:
 where is your pen pal /he / she from?
 he’s / she‘s from canada/ australia / england / china / france/ singapore.
 where does he / she live?
 he / she lives in toronto/sydney/australia/japan/china.
 what language does he / she speak?
 he / she speaks english and french.
 countries such as australia, japan, the united states, canada
 languages such as english, french, chinese, japanese
 members of the family

difficult points:
1. listening for the information about countries, nationalities and languages.
write an e-mail about oneself.
describe the new students in class.
2. grammar focus: where is your pen pal from?    he’s from australia.
                  where is john’s pen pal from?  he’s from japan.
                  where is her pen pal from?     she’s from france.
                  where does he live?           he lives in paris.
where does she live?          she lives in sydney.

teaching periods:
 period 1:section a  1a, 1b, 1c
 period 2:section a  2a, 2b, 2c,2d
 period 3:section a  3a, 3b, 4
 period 4:section b  1, 2a, 2b, 2c
 period 5:section b  3a, 3b, 3c
 period 6:self check

period 1
teaching aims:
1. teach words and expressions:
   pen pal, australia, japan, canada, france, the united states, singapore, the united kingdom, country
2. target languages:
where is your pen pal from?
she’s from japan.
3. enable the students to talk about nationalities.
4. help the students learn how to talk about nationalities.

teaching procedures:
step 1.  free talk
say: do you have any friends? where is she/he from?
help the students make the same sentences and give them more chances to say.

step 2. talking about the picture (1a)
hold up the picture on page 1 and point at the map. ask students to read the picture.