您正在看的高中二年级是:The British Isles。

　　Teaching goals

　　1. Get the students to talk about pictures.

　　2. Encourage the students to talk out what they know about the UK and Ireland.

　　3. Help the students learn to get information by listening.

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　Step 1 Warming up

　　1.Lead-in

　　(1) What do you think of Jiaojiang? Which place impresses you most?

　　(2) A. There are not many visiting places in Jiaojiang as it is a newly-developed city. But what about our country? Think what words you’ll need to describe a country and then give a brief description of China.

　　B. There are many famous places in China. Think out one and describe it, letting others guess which place it is.

　　2. Show pictures of some famous places of China. Ask: Where are they taken?

　　3. Show pictures of some places of the British Isles and ask the students where they are taken. Then tell the students to say something they know about these places.

　　4. (1) Ask the following question: Do you know how many parts the UK is made up of? (Scotland/ England/ Wales-----Britain + Northern Ireland-----the UK + the Republic of Ireland---- the British Isles)

　　(2) Show the map of the British Isles to help the students to get a clear idea of some important cities in the UK and the names and the locations of different parts and counties and rivers.

　　(3) Then ask the students to look at some cities in the UK and to name them.

　　5. Group work:

　　(1) What is the UK famous for? Think about sport, art, architecture, literature, film, food and life. (Show some famous examples.)

　　(2) Talk about the geography, history, languages, culture, famous people, buildings and other things in the UK and Ireland.

　　Step 2 Listening

　　1. The teacher talks more about the languages in the UK and Ireland. Then ask the students to talk more about the education in the UK.

　　2. Ask: How are classes arranged in schools in the UK?

　　3. (1) Listen to the tape and tick the sentences which are true.

　　(2) Listen to the tape and fill in the timetable below.

　　(3) Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.

　　Step 3 Extension

　　1. Talk about our own timetable.

　　2. Have a discussion about the similarities of the timetables in our country and the UK and also tell the differences between them.

　　Step 4 Homework

　　Find more information in relation to the UK and Ireland on the Internet.

　　The second period Speaking

　　Teaching Goals

　　Train the students’ spoken English

　　Improve the students’ ability of imagination and debate

　　Practise eXPressing agreement and disagreement

　　Increase participation and learn from each other.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Talking about hot topics

　　1. The students are asked to listen to the 28th Olympic theme song and talk about the host city of Athens

　　2. Talk about the 28th Olympic Games

　　3. Talk about their favourite athletes

　　Step2 Group theme debates

　　Of the talks about the country and Olympics above, lots of things are talked about like the opening ceremony, island, weather, language, geographic position, medals and so on.. The following three topics will be talked about . The students are divided into three groups and each will choose one of the topic boxes

　　1. Box 1 Xiangsheng performance by the Chinese and the westerners. Is Chinese easy to learn for the westerners?

　　2. Box 2 Learning different positions of England by moving different parts. Is it easier to learn geography by going there ?

　　3. Box 3 Enjoying pictures of island or small countries like Iceland and Japan. Do island nations have advantages over other countries?

　　Step3 Tips on how to eXPress agreement and disagreement

　　Don’t you think that…?

　　I don’t think that’s right…

　　I don’t think so.

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