Unit1Othercountries，otherculturesThoughtsonthedesign:本节课是词汇教学课。词汇教学在高中英语教学中占据重要位置，正如著名语言学家威尔金斯（D．A．Wilkins）曾经说过“Withoutgrammar,verylittlecanbeconveyed;withoutvocabulary,nothingcanbeconveyed.”这句话的中文意思是“没有语法，难以表达；没有词汇，寸步难行。”词汇教学有效的方法之一就是按主题将相关词汇分类组块学习，这有助于学生的长期记忆和灵活运用。本节课词汇学习的焦点是关于描述国家的单词，即从哪些方面介绍一个国家。Teachingaims:Afterlearningthesection,thestudentswillbeabletoknowwhatwordscanbeusedtodescribeacountry.Theyareexpectedtousethewordslearntinclasstocompletetherelevantexercises.Meanwhile,thestudentswillgainsomeknowledgeoftheUnitedKingdom,whichhelpsthemtopromotetheircross-culturalawareness.Teachingprocedures:Step1Brainstorming1.Beginthelessonbyreviewingthereadingpassage‘Canada—landofthemapletree’.Askstudentstoanswerthefollowingquestion:WhatsubjectsarecoveredinthepassageofCanada—landofthemapletree?·Climate·Location·Size·Landscape·Resources·Population·Lifestyle·Cities·Language·History·Society·Symbol2.ShowthepicturesofBigBenandTowerBridgetostudents,andaskthemthequestions:(1)Doyouknowthebuildingsinthepictures?(2)Inwhichcountrydotheylie?(IntheUnitedKingdom.)3.Askstudentstothinkaboutthefollowingquestion:IfweweretowriteabookabouttheUnitedKingdom,whatsubjectsshouldbecoveredinthebook?[Explanation]鼓励学生尽可能多地说出相关词汇。Step2Vocabularylearning1.AskstudentstofocusonPartAonpage6.Letthemgothroughthecontentspageofthebookandthenchecktheircomprehensionbyaskingthefollowingquestions:Whichsubjectsareyoumostinterestedin?Why?Answers:(Encouragestudentstoexpresstheiropinionsfreely.)2.AskstudentstofocusonPartConpage7,whichhelpsstudentstoapplythenewwordstheyhavelearnedonpage6.Checktheanswers.Answers:1GreatBritain2Scotland3London4Edinburgh5Cardiff6Belfast3.AskstudentstofocusonPartBonpage6.Askthequestionstomakesurestudentsunderstandthemake-upoftheBritishCommonwealthofNations.(1)WhatcountriesisGreatBritainmadeupof?(2)WhatistheUKmadeupof?(3)WhatotherCommonwealthnationsdoyouknowof?Answers:(1)England,ScotlandandWales(2)GreatBritainandNorthernIreland(3)Canada,Australiaandsoon4.GetstudentstodealwithPartDonpage7.RequirestudentstomatcheachcitywithacountryintheUKandchecktheanswers.Answers:Glasgow—Scotland;Derry—NorthIreland;Swansea—Wales;Birmingham—England[Explanation]由于PartC基本未涉及到PartB中的词汇，所以在使用时将顺序颠倒了一下。学生在阅读PartA中的目录后，马上就可以利用其中的词汇完成PartC的填空，这样比较合理。Step3Vocabularyextension1.Organizeafollow-upactivitytohelpstudentsrememberandapplythewordslearnedinthesection.Requirestudentstoworkingroups,lookingataworldmapandfollowingtheinstruction:Chooseacountryfromtheworldmapandprepareashortspeechtointroducethecountrytoyourclassmates.Thespeechshallincludemorethanthreeaspectsofthecountry.Otherstudentsshalllistencarefullyandfindoutwhataspectsarementionedinthespeech.2.Askseveralstudentstopresentinclass.[Explanation]此环节要求学生从不同角度描述一个国家，既复习了本课的词汇，又扩大了学生知识面和英语口头表达能力。应鼓励学生从历史、文化、地理位置、城市、人口等多方面介绍所选的国家。如果学生在这方面知识不足，应该在课前布置学生查找、准备相关信息。Step4Homework1.Reviewthewordslearnedinthelesson.2.Chooseacountryyouarefamiliarwithtowriteashortessay,usingthewordswehavelearnedtoday.
