張晨 湯海英
●The analysis of the textbook
This lesson is selected from EEC textbook in Grade 8. It is the last time for the teachers and students to use this textbook. This unit develops different kinds of teaching activities which are related with the topic of the world of nature. The type of this lesson is the listening and speaking part. This lesson aims to help students know the two sides of nature. Nature gives humans what we need and at the same time nature will harm us if we dont respect nature. The core of this lesson is to teach students to use the expressions to show their doubts and opinions and to cultivate students consciousness of respecting nature.
●The analysis of the students
The students who take this class are not the students the teacher teaches, so the teacher is not that familiar with these students. The teacher carefully analyzes the situations of the students. Students in Grade 8 have certain language skills and they have accumulated many words and expressions, but the polarization among students is more and more obvious. Students in Grade 8 are not willing to speak English in class because of their shyness. Students can understand words and dialogues with the help of pictures and videos which can also motivate their learning interests. According to these situations, the teacher teaches new words through pictures and simple explanations of the words. The teacher uses a short video to help all the students understand the listening dialogues in order to reduce the gaps among students with different standards. The teacher applies a talk show to help students actively participate in the class activities and use English to express their opinions.
●Teaching aims
Knowledge and abilities: Students can master the new words and know how to read these new words through the chant. Students can use the key expressions “What makes you think that?” and “To me, nothing is more important than respecting nature” to express their doubts and their opinions. Students can practice listening and speaking skills.
Process and methods: Use some pictures to help students acquire the meaning and pronunciation of the new words. Use a short video to help students understand the listening dialogue. Cultivate students listening and speaking skills during the class. Ask students to use the expressions to make a new dialogue and show their performance in the talk show.
Emotion, attitude and value: Learn some knowledge about nature and introduce some disasters in nature. Encourage students to protect nature through some trifles around them and improve their consciousness of protecting nature.
●Teaching emphasis
Help the students acquire the key expressions “What makes you think that?” and “To me, nothing is more important than respecting nature” to express their doubts and opinions. Enable students to develop their listening and speaking skills.
●Teaching difficulty
Enable students freely use the expressions to communicate with others when expressing their doubts and opinions. Enable students to use listening strategies while listening to the dialogue.
●Teaching strategies and methods
Situational approach; task-based teaching approach; group work technique.
●Teaching measures and equipment
A computer; blackboard; some pictures; two short videos; listening and speaking materials.
●Teaching procedure
Step 1 Warm up and lead in
Introduce myself to the students through some pictures. Ask students to guess where I was in the pictures in order to make students prepare for the class and be interested in this class and lead in the topic “The World of Nature”.
Step 2 Presentation
(1)Learn the new words through some pictures. Ask students to guess the Chinese meaning through pictures and English meanings. Ask students to pay more attention to the pronunciation of some letters.
(2)My two students like traveling very much and they are talking about what to do to enjoy nature. Read their dialogue and later try to make your own dialogue.
Make your own dialogue with your partners using some phrases in the box or using your own words.
(3)Trees are very important parts in nature. Talk about what we make with trees. Discuss what trees give us. And ask your partners what trees need to grow.
Step 3 Listening
(1)According to the two students dialogue, predict what they will talk about in the following dialogue and watch a short video to find the answers and grasp the main idea of the dialogue.
(2)Let the students listen to the tape carefully and answer the question “Why do people cut down trees” and write the missing information.
(3)Let the students listen to the tape again. And this time, all the students should choose “T” for true and “F” for false.
(4)Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Step 4 Speaking
(1)Listen to the speaking dialogue carefully and answer the question “What is the most important thing to the boy?”
(2)All the students read the dialogue loudly.
(3)Read the dialogue with your partners and you are supposed to change roles.
Step 5 Act out the dialogue with the key expressions
Watch a short video and tell their feelings.
Create new dialogue using the key expressions and ask them to talk about what we should do to protect nature.
Step 6 Summary
Ask students to summarize what we have learnt in class. Nature is our friend. Lets join hands to protect nature.
Step 7 Quiz
Ask students to finish the quiz to check whether they have mastered what they have learnt.
Step 8 Homework
(1)Keep the key expressions in mind and recite the listening dialogue.
(2)Prepare for a new talk show about “Human and Nature”.
●Blackboard design
●Reflections
In this class, the teacher uses English to teach students and designs a number of activities to help them learn this lesson. The teacher designs a chant using the new words in this lesson to help students understand the meanings of the words and learn the pronunciation of the words. This activity motivates students learning interests and makes the teacher and students be familiar with each other.
The teacher fully utilizes the multimedia technology to motivate students learning interests. The teacher rationally designs different tasks in order to help students with different learning standards to acquire something from this class. The teacher also designs a talk show activity to ask students to use the expressions to show their doubts and opinions and to propose suggestions of protecting our mother nature. This design of this class acquires some achievements. For example, it helps students know the key expressions and two sides of nature. It makes students realize the importance of protecting and respecting nature.
But the teacher still teaches more in this class. The teacher should give students more opportunities to use English to express themselves and give them more instructions on how to learn English and how to apprehend the listening dialogue using some learning strategies. As a novice teacher, I should establish the consciousness of lifelong learning and constantly improve myself. Moreover, I will pay more attention to improving students learning competence in future.
評(píng)析:
哈爾濱市蕭紅中學(xué)張晨老師作為青年教師,個(gè)人素質(zhì)優(yōu)秀,基本功扎實(shí),課堂表現(xiàn)突出,是一位非常有潛力的英語教師。potential這個(gè)英文單詞可以用來評(píng)價(jià)本節(jié)課,其中,potential(有潛力的)的每一個(gè)字母分別代表一個(gè)單詞,而每一個(gè)單詞正是這節(jié)課的特點(diǎn)。
Passionate(熱情的)
教師有活力,課堂氛圍好,學(xué)生們被教師的熱情點(diǎn)燃,積極熱情地參與到英語課堂中。
Organized(有組織的)
板書設(shè)計(jì)與各教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)緊密相扣,幫助學(xué)生厘出一條清晰的脈絡(luò),從點(diǎn)滴入手,在落實(shí)課標(biāo)的基礎(chǔ)上,重在發(fā)展學(xué)生的核心素養(yǎng)。
Thoughtful(思考的)
全英授課,語音語調(diào)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)地道,創(chuàng)設(shè)了良好的語言環(huán)境,課堂情景設(shè)置有想法,不斷為學(xué)生搭建臺(tái)階,升華表達(dá)。
Elegant (優(yōu)雅的)
教師教姿教態(tài)優(yōu)雅,有親和力,課堂評(píng)價(jià)用語能夠很好地激勵(lì)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí),增強(qiáng)英語學(xué)習(xí)的自信心,具有啟發(fā)性。語音語調(diào)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)地道,課堂用語流暢清晰。
Novel(新穎的)
設(shè)計(jì)新穎,選用了貼近學(xué)生生活的英語學(xué)習(xí)資源,多媒體技術(shù)為課堂增色添彩,充分體現(xiàn)了信息現(xiàn)代化手段在英語教學(xué)中的積極作用。英語課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)要求教師要不斷豐富學(xué)生的課程資源,拓展英語學(xué)習(xí)渠道,在本節(jié)課的輸入過程中,教師選用了學(xué)生熟知的卡通人物作為主線,并嘗試以視頻短片的形式將聽力對(duì)話呈現(xiàn)給所有學(xué)生,創(chuàng)造性地開發(fā)和利用了現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中鮮活的英語學(xué)習(xí)資源,幫助學(xué)生更好地融入到英語課堂中。
不同層次學(xué)生的接受程度不同,并且我們的學(xué)生有著不同的學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格和習(xí)慣。在以往的聽力教學(xué)中,聽覺型學(xué)習(xí)者往往更有收獲,本節(jié)課教師在設(shè)計(jì)教學(xué)任務(wù)時(shí)考慮到不同學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格學(xué)生的特點(diǎn),以貼近學(xué)生生活的視頻呈現(xiàn)對(duì)話的設(shè)計(jì),有助于滿足不同學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)要求,視覺型學(xué)習(xí)者和聽覺型學(xué)習(xí)者都能有所收獲,同樣這種方式也有利于滿足各個(gè)層次學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)需求。Chant的設(shè)計(jì)是本節(jié)課的高潮,在這一教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)中,所有的學(xué)生在課堂中都被調(diào)動(dòng)起來,在活動(dòng)中鞏固單詞,此設(shè)計(jì)有助于滿足動(dòng)覺型學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)要求??傮w看來本節(jié)課的教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)可以更好地關(guān)注課堂中所有學(xué)生,這一點(diǎn)很符合英語課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)中面向全體學(xué)生,關(guān)注語言學(xué)習(xí)者不同特點(diǎn)和個(gè)體差異的要求。
Task-based teaching(任務(wù)型教學(xué))
本節(jié)課采用任務(wù)型教學(xué)方式,示范先行,教學(xué)任務(wù)的設(shè)置有梯度。英語課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)要求教師要充分考慮語言學(xué)習(xí)者的漸進(jìn)性和持續(xù)性。本節(jié)課教學(xué)任務(wù)的設(shè)計(jì)緊緊圍繞“學(xué)生的需求”,任務(wù)的設(shè)置由淺入深,循序漸進(jìn),不斷增強(qiáng)了學(xué)生英語學(xué)習(xí)的自信心。
Interesting(有趣的)
創(chuàng)設(shè)情境,激發(fā)學(xué)習(xí)興趣。學(xué)生對(duì)教師設(shè)計(jì)的“人與自然”英語談話節(jié)目的語言輸出環(huán)節(jié)表現(xiàn)出濃厚的學(xué)習(xí)興趣,主動(dòng)融入課堂任務(wù)中,這一環(huán)節(jié)的設(shè)計(jì)符合英語課標(biāo)中重視語言學(xué)習(xí)的實(shí)踐性和應(yīng)用性這一要求。
Accurate(準(zhǔn)確的)
本節(jié)課定位準(zhǔn)確,目標(biāo)科學(xué)。教師對(duì)教材把握到位,課堂中各環(huán)節(jié)如行云流水般流暢,各環(huán)節(jié)間過渡自然,對(duì)學(xué)生的學(xué)情了解到位。課程設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)現(xiàn)了本節(jié)課的知識(shí)與能力目標(biāo),而且還提高了學(xué)生的環(huán)保意識(shí),實(shí)現(xiàn)了本節(jié)課的情感、態(tài)度和價(jià)值觀這一教學(xué)目標(biāo)。
Lack(缺乏)
教學(xué)是一門遺憾的藝術(shù),本節(jié)課雖然經(jīng)過教師的精心設(shè)計(jì),在課堂中取得一定的成效,但是仍有一些不盡如人意的地方。教師仍需進(jìn)一步轉(zhuǎn)變課堂角色,做匠心獨(dú)運(yùn)的引領(lǐng)者,將課堂真正的主動(dòng)權(quán)交還給學(xué)生,而不要一味地提問學(xué)生,這樣學(xué)生回答的多,思考領(lǐng)悟?qū)W習(xí)方法的時(shí)間相對(duì)較少,無法體現(xiàn)課堂中學(xué)生的主體地位。在今后的教學(xué)過程中,教師應(yīng)該多花時(shí)間思考如何引導(dǎo)學(xué)生關(guān)注學(xué)習(xí)方法,并將行之有效的方法滲透在教學(xué)過程中,這種無痕教學(xué)更有利于幫助學(xué)生潛移默化地掌握多種多樣的學(xué)習(xí)方法。另外,教師要在今后的課堂中進(jìn)一步思考如何優(yōu)化課堂評(píng)價(jià)用語,使得課堂評(píng)價(jià)用語更有啟發(fā)性,更好地激發(fā)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣,進(jìn)一步促進(jìn)學(xué)生自主學(xué)習(xí)能力、思維能力以及跨文化意識(shí)的發(fā)展。
相信張晨老師在今后的工作中一定能夠繼續(xù)發(fā)揮潛力,不斷學(xué)習(xí),不斷成長,在教學(xué)的道路上不斷更新教學(xué)理念,提升教學(xué)能力。
(注:此課榮獲哈爾濱市南崗區(qū)第32屆“百花獎(jiǎng)”一等獎(jiǎng)。)
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