Abriefinstructionof“ATasteofEnglishHumour”IAnalysisoftheTeachingMaterial1.StatusandfunctionThislessonisthesecondperiodoftheunit,focusingonreading.ReadingisoneoftheabilitiesthatSsmusthave.Asweknow,readingbelongstotheinputduringtheprocessofthelanguagelearning.Theinputhasagreateffectonoutput,suchasspeakingandwriting.SothislessonplaysanimportantroleintheEnglishteaching.Thisreadingpassageintroducesamasterofnonverbalhumour—CharlieChaplin.Studentsgettoknowhislifeandhiswork.Besides,thetextinspiresSstothinkaboutthereasonsforhissuccessandbeoptimisticwhenmeetingwithdifficulties.2.Teachingkeypointsanddifficulties1)Keypointsa.HelptheSstounderstandthetextbetter.b.DeveloptheSs’readingability,especiallysomereadingskills,includingskimming,scanning,andsummarizing.2)Difficultiesa.TraintheSs’readingskills,especiallysummarizing.b.Analyzethewritingtechniquesofthetext.3.Teachingaims1)Knowledgeaimsa.HelptheSsgettoknowthewell-knownactor,CharlieChaplin’slifeandhiswonderfulperformancesinsilentmovies.b.Helpthemlearnhowtodescribeaperson.2)Abilityaimsa.HelptheSsimprovetheirreadingabilityandskills,includingpredicting,skimming,scanningandsummarizing.b.HelptheSsimprovetheirabilitiesoflistening,speakingandwriting.c.HelptheSslearnhowtoexpresstheiropinionsandcommunicatewithothersinEnglish.3)Emotionormoralaimsa.HelptheSslearnhowtocooperatewithothers.b.InspireSstobeoptimisticandnotgiveupwhenmeetingwithdifficulties.II.TeachingmethodsThislessonisbasedonthestudentcenteredteaching.TheteacheractsasthedirectorwhiletheSstheheroesandheroines.Sothefollowingmethodswillbeused:1.Task-basedteachingmethod2.Communicativeteachingmethod3.Audio-visualmethodIII.LearningmethodsAsstudentsofsenior1,theyhaveacertainabilitytoreadandspeak.However,theydon’toftenuseEnglishtoexpressthemselvesandcommunicatewithothers.Andsomestudentsarenotactiveintheclassbecausetheyareafraidofmakingmistakes.SoIwouldliketoencouragetheSstolearnintheseways:1.Learningautonomy2.CooperativelearningIV.TeachingprocedurePeriod2ReadingWarmingUp(5mins)Pre-reading(3mins)While-readingSkimming(3mins)Scanning(5mins)Step1GreetingsGreetthewholeclassasusual.Step2WarmingupWatchapieceofvideotakenfromthemovieTheGoldRushandthenreviewthetwotypesofhumour.Purpose:ArousetheSs’interestsinlearning.Whilewatching,gettheSstoknowtheactor,CharlieChaplinandreviewthetwotypesofhumour.Step3Pre-readingAsktheSstolookatthetitleandthepicturesofthereadingpassageandpredictitscontent.Thenwritedowntheirideasinonesentence.Thispassageisabout______________________________________.Purpose:HelptheSsimprovetheirabilityofpredictingthecontentbylookingatthepicturesortitlesofthereadingpassage.Step4While-readingTask1SkimmingAsktheSstoskimthepassageandchecktheanswerofthepre-reading.Purpose:Ssskimthepassageveryquicklyandseeiftheycanpredictthecontentcorrectly,forpredictingisanimportantabilityofreading.Meanwhile,helpthemgetthemainideaofthepassage.What’smore,SslearntoformthegoodPost-reading(6mins)Homework(1min)DetailedReading(17mins)habitofreading.Task2ScanningAsktheSstoscanthepassagequicklyandfillinthechartonP19,whichisaboutthekeyinformationaboutthehero,CharlieChaplin.Purpose:Throughthistask,SsfurtherknowsomekeyinformationaboutCharlieChaplin.Born1889JobactorFamouscharacterLittletrampCostumelargetrousers,worn-outshoes,smallroundblackhatandawalkingstickTypeofactingmimeDied1977Task3DetailedreadingItisalsoc...
