How I learned to learn English教案

July 7th, 2007

Teaching contents: Go for it! Book III p6: How I learned to learn English

Teaching aims: the students are supposed to

1. describe what’s happening in the movie Doraemon using the following phrases:

a) be difficult/easy for sb. to do

b) To begin with, … Later on, …

c) be afraid to

d) take notes

e) be impressed

f) write sentences using the grammar I have learnt

2. find some problems in learning English

3. find some solutions to the problems in learning English

4. reading strategy: scanning and skimming

Teaching steps:

Warming-up: cartoon clip of Doraemon: Memory bread for testing

Vocabulary teaching:

Have you ever watched this cartoon?

What is this cartoon about? memory bread for testing

What was the beginning of this cartoon?

To begin with, 大雄 was worried.

Why was he worried?

He was worried because he was afraid to take the tests.

Then what did Doraemon give大雄later on?

Later on, Doraemon gave大雄some memory bread for testing.

How do you use the memory bread for testing?

You can put the bread on the notes and then eat the bread. You will be able to remember everything on your notes.

After eating the memory bread for testing, was the test still difficult for大雄?

No. After eating the memory bread for testing, it was easy for大雄 to take the tests.

Do you think 大雄 will get good grades if he uses the memory bread?

大雄 will get good grades by using the memory bread.

You watched the cartoon with a foreigner. But since the cartoon is in Chinese, and the foreigner cannot understand it, he asks you to explain what’s happening to him. Would you like to have a try?

To begin with, 大雄 was worried, because he was afraid to take the tests. Later on, Doraemon gave大雄some memory bread for testing. After eating the memory bread for testing, it was easy for大雄 to take the tests. I think 大雄 will get good grade using the memory bread for testing.

Reading:

Leading-in:

Have you ever wanted something like memory bread before you have the tests? Do you afraid to take the tests?

Some of my students are afraid to take the tests. They have some problems in learning English. Would you like to give them some suggestions?

Thanks. But before that, could you tell me if you have any problems in learning English?

Group discussion, brainstorm

Listening

Speaking

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Culture

Some of my students do have some problems in learning English. What are their problems? (watch the video clip)

Student A: We have started learning more and more about English grammar. I take grammar notes in every English class. I work very hard. But I find it very difficult to remember the notes and I can’t use them well either. What can I do?

Student B: I like watching English movies, but I don’t think it’s helpful to my English. Because the actors always speak so fast that I can’t follow them. So I end up in reading the subtitles. What should I do?

Student C: There are more and more English words. How can I remember them all?

Now you are good at finding problems. But how can they solve these problems? Can you give them some suggestions? Before we do that, I’d like to show you a passage written by another student of mine. She also had some of these problems when she started learning English. But she has solved them successfully. What are her problems and how did she solve them? Let’s read her passage and find out.

First, read the passage very quickly and find out what problems she had? You may circle her problems in the passage.

Scanning: listening/speaking/grammar

Her English has improved since she started doing something. How does her English

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