Festivals and Celebration 阅读课说课稿

Students’ analysis:The teaching object of this class is the students of the second semester of senior one. Most of the students have good reading comprehension ability, but their inductive ability need to be enhanced. They usually study hard, so their desire for knowledge and performance is very strong. In English class, they often think actively. So if they are interest in the class activities, they will glad to participate in the class and show their intelligence. At present, the communication of the class is mainly interpersonal，and effective communication is not paid enough attention. Due to insufficient attention to culture teaching, students’ cross-cultural awareness is not high. The extracurricular language activity environment is not rich and usually ignored. So students lack of real language application,and their comprehensive ability of English language is low.Analysis of teaching materials:This lesson is based on the contents of the first unit of the PEP third compulsory of high school. The topic of this unit is festival. The title of this reading is Festivals and Celebration, which is an important expression of the theme of this unit. It mainly introduces the types and origins of Chinese and western festivals, as well as activities and customs. It can not only improve students’ understanding of Chinese traditional festivals, but also improve understanding of foreign festivals, cultural quality, expand students’ social and cultural background and enhance their cross-cultural awareness. Teaching targets:1.After the learning of this class and the functional practice, most of the students will be able to say fluently the name of some important festivals in English, and what people often do on these holidays.2.After the study of this lesson, students will be able to express their own ideas clearly about festivals.3.After reading the passage, most students can establish a correct understanding of Chinese and foreign cultures.Teaching Point:1.Be familiar with Chinese festivals and western festivals.2.Analyze and sort out the details of the text.Teaching difficulties:Use the knowledge that is studied from the class to talk about Chinese and western festivals.Teaching methods:1.Task based teaching method. Teachers design different task to help students to understand the text.2.Heuristic teaching method. In some difficult parts, teachers give students some tips to help students broaden their thinking.3.Activities teaching method. In the process of teaching, teachers pay more attention to students cooperation to enhance student’s enthusiasm and initiative.Teaching aids: PPT , pictures and blackboard.Teaching steps:Step 1: GreetingStep 2: Leading-inActivity one: Teacher introduces the origin of Children’s Day to the students based on the date of the day. (Reason: it can broaden students’ knowledge and raise students’ interest.Step 3: Pre-readingActivity one: Teachers ask students to work in groups to introduce some festivals that they are familiar with, and chose one of them to share with classmates. In this activity, all of the members of the group have opportunity to show themselves. (Reason: this activity is related to students life, so students will be willing to participate the class) Activity two: Prediction. Students should based on the title and the pictures to predict the main information of the text. (Reason: this activity can practice students' inferential ability and critical thinking. )Step 4: ReadingSkimming:Activity one: Students should skim the passage quickly, and answer two question that is list on the PPT.(Reason: the question is not difficult, and it can practice students' ability of grasping main information.)Scanning:Activity one: Students should scan the passage and do the two exercise.Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks.Exercise 2: Fill in the chart.Careful Reading:Activity 1: students should ready the passage carefully, and find more details of the festivals, and list the right order on the PPT.Activity 2: Finish the exercise True or False, and tell the right expression.Step 5: Post-readingActivity1: Role play. Students work in groups, suppose one student is a reporter and the others in the group are foreigners from different countries, talk about the festivals and act it out. (Reason: this activity need students to use the knowledge that they have studied in the class, so it can deepen students' understanding of the text. It also can raise students' interest. )Activity 2: Discussion. Students discuss with their partner, and describe a new festival based on the suggested expression.(Reason: this activity can practice students' imagination, and thinking ability.)Activity 3: Debate. Students discuss in groups, should we Chinese students celebrate western festivals? Why or why not?(Reason: It can practice students ability of critical thinking, and establish correct understanding of Chinese cultural and western cultural.)Step 6: Homework1. Collect more information of the festival that you are interested in, and share with others next class.Optional:2. Write a passage about whether we Chinese students should celebrate western festivals or not, about 85 words.3. Write an e-mail to your American friend John about Dragon Boat Festival of our country. (When, where, how to celebrate, what do people celebrate)。