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Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION Listening and Talking:Talk about
Life in Space教学设计
教学目标
在本节结束时，学生将能够： 1.理解、梳理听力材料中的话题词汇、语块，并掌握太空生活的情境表达； 2.获取、分析并归纳宇航员所述太空生活的细节信息，并感悟太空生活的挑战与乐趣； 3.运用拓展表达句式，自然流利地表达好奇心和兴趣，谈论太空生活，并从情境中迁移 、联系、反思对中国航天梦的认知。
教学内容
主题语境：人与社会 文本分析： 【What】 听力文本是一段访谈对话。访谈嘉宾Captain Brown是刚执行完太空任务回到地 球的宇航员，主持人围绕他的太空生活经历提出了一些具体的问题，包括：如何着装、 如何进食、如何保持个人卫生、具体需要做哪些工作、如何度过休闲时光等。虽然对话 文本包含很多细节，但无论是主持人还是被采访嘉宾，所使用的语言都通俗易懂，比较 符合普通大众的认知和理解水平。 【Why】 主题是“谈论太空中的生活”(Talk about life in space),这也是学生比较 感兴趣的话题。关于太空的独特环境、不断发展的太空科技，以及宇航员在太空生活所面 临的挑战，都是值得探讨的问题。学生将学习如何进行有效的听和说，以便更好地与他 人交流和互动。这包括掌握倾听技巧、提出问题、表达观点和意见等。通过这些活动， 学生将培养他们在社会中与他人沟通的能力，提高他们的交际技巧，了解到宇航员在太 空生活的一些细节，这些细节会勾起学生的好奇心，促使他们展开想象，怀着强烈的学 习欲望去探究与太空生活有关的更多问题，并从宇航员身上学到积极面对挑战的态度与 情感。 【How】 听力与口语内容通过访谈的模式展开，文本以主持人围绕宇航员的太空生活经历 提出了一些具体的问题为线索，以分点描述的形式将宇航员在太空生活的各方面的生活经
历，包括：如何着装、如何进食、如何保持个人卫生、具体需要做哪些工作、如何度过休 闲时光等。对话文本的句式与表达符合交际用语语境，让学生感受到面对不同人群、语境 时采用不同的表达方式，模仿并恰当地提出问题、表达观点和意见等。
教学重点：
获取、分析并归纳宇航员所述太空生活的细节信息，使用听力材料中的重要细节谈论太空 生活，并感悟太空生活的挑战与乐趣。
教学难点：
想出向宇航员提出的问题，并运用他们学到的表达句式就太空生活进行对话，并从情境中 迁移、联系、反思对中国航天梦的认知。
Notes:Abbreviation-
Ss:Students T:Teacher
IW:Individual work PW:Pair work
GW:Group work CW:Class work
IE:Individual Evaluation VE:Teacher's Verbal Evaluation
WE:Teacher's written evaluation PE:Peer Evaluation GE:Group Evaluation
教学步骤 教学过程 教学过程 设计意图 评价内容
Lead in
Step Activate and stimulate GW,IW T poses the background knowledge by mentioning KWL tool and inserting a message mode to naturally bring in the topic by showing a short video: What is the everyday life of an astronaut in space.And invite Ss to mark down some Activate existing knowledge, lexical chunks, stimulate Ss interest towards the topic and lay basis on the listening materials Ss can actively express the items that astronauts may use in space. VE GE
names of the items that astronauts may use in space
Pre-listening
Step 2 Predict and categorize GW,IW T asks students to relate the semantic vocabularies to the video and look at the pictures and items in Activity l on page 43 and discuss which of them is necessary for astronauts'life in space.Collect answers from the class and ask students to give reasons.T then guides Ss to reckon about the use and functions of each item and categorize or rank the most important ones. Stimulate students Curiosity towards interview th e by Ss are able to name and categorize the items according to the existing knowledge and video. VE GE IE
predicting the items through relating both pictures and the video.
While-listening
Step 3 Comprehend and extract GW,IW,PW ● Penetrating the topic:T invites Ss to be involved in the messaging scenario and guides Ss to use the space-related items from previous activity into making a prediction and in-process mind map,and naturally focus on one of the listening strategies: Enhance and consolidate the listening strategies in the process of note taking; Encourage Ss to notice the key Ss can grasp the main ideas and key words related to the interview; Ss are able to finalize the mind map and make summary
make a mind map while listening; ● 1st time listening: T plays the audio and guide students to take down important space-related items by filling the blanks And invite Ss to listen carefully and pause if necessary before they note down gist and details. ● 2nd time listening: T invites Ss to go through answering the question and completing mind maps based on the items that astronauts may use in space And plays the tape again for students to add more information to their answers in complete sentences, following which T checks their answers to the six specific questions.T encourages Ss to speak out loud about their answers in full sentences. language; Emphasize the importance of space-related items and complete detailed information through analyzing, mind-mapping and collecting listening to the gist and details Ss can Speak boldly out
answers in grammatically correct and full sentences. VE GE
Post-listening
Step 4 ● Questions patterns: Notice the Ss are able to
Analyse and note down GW.IW T reminds students to pay attention to the structures of three sentence patterns: direct questions,indirect questions and statement of curiosity. T invites Ss to note down important expressions to help better express their curiosity properly. sentence pattern and learn from the difference (
to
)according context. identify the sentence patterns and transfer different patterns according to Context VE GE IE WE
Talking
Step 5 Apply and express GW,IW,PW ● Expressing curiosity: T guides Ss to be from the angle of the character in the scenario and list more questions they would like to ask an astronaut about space life. T encourages them to cover as many aspects as they can and use the sentence patterns to convey curiosity. ● Presenting curiosity: T invites some groups or individuals to present their conversations to the class and give feedback and sample for the possible conversation. Apply and internalize sentences to express curiosity properly. Ss are able to
convey curiosity using their by and
transferring the sentence patterns. VE GE IE
Evaluation and homework
Step 6 Assess and Transfer IW Ss are required to complete a self-evaluation form and rate their learning by using handout and KWL tool. Exit ticket is presented in the handout for Ss to fill. Ss are asked to think about the questions by raising the scenario of leaving comments in blogs:Do you want to experience life in space or become an astronaut T invites Ss to read out loud Evaluate the learning process and consolidate, reflect on what Ss have learned. Ss objectively Can rank
their reflection and write down the answer to the question by using the expression and detailed information. WE
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