新编大学英语 2 Unit 12 教案

Unit 12 Time
I.Teaching Objectives
In this unit students are required to:
1.get to know some useful information concerning the concept of time;
2. do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, etc.
to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills;
3. grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their
vocabulary;
4. study the in-class reading passage in detail and grasp some expressions and
grammatical points in the in-class reading passage to improve their reading comprehension;
5. do the exercises concerning the in-class reading passage and Quiz 12 class to see
how well the students have mastered what they learnt in class;
6. translate some typical sentences from Chinese to English by using some
expressions learned in the reading passages to acquire some translating skills and better their translating abilities.
7. write a composition on your perceptions of time, and the writing should be no less
than 120 words.
III. Teaching Methodology
Mainly applying task-based approach and communicative one to construct a student –centered classroom
The whole learning and teaching proceed is tended to follow the model of pre-task------task cycle------post-task
IV. Time Distribution
According to Students’ current situatio n and the learning content, the unit is going to finish within 8 periods: 1. Listening & Speaking (2 periods) 2. In-class Reading (2 periods) 3. Exercise & After-class Reading (2 periods) 4. Further Development &Writing (2 periods).
Period One & Two listening and speaking
I、Teaching Content
1. Preparation : 1). reading a poem about time (P302)
2). word association: work in groups to think of as many
expressions as possible that are related to time
3). talking about Punctuality.
2. Listening of the two passages
II、Teaching design
Part One: Preparation
Discuss the following questions.
A.What are your impressions of the poem?
Besides the features of beauty, this poem is very terse and easy to understand.
It shows the change of time depending on people’s viewpoints or emotions in different situations
B.Expressions related to time
1..Have a good time
2. Take one’s time
3. For the time being
4. Once upon a time
5. Make up lost time
6. From time to time
7. Behind the times
8. Make up time
9. Time after time
10.Nine times out of ten
11.Time flies.
12.Time is money.
13.Time is ripe.
14.Time is up.
15.Time is running out.
16.Time works wonders.
17.Time and tide wait for no man.
18.Time cures all things.
19.Time heals most troubles.
20.Time never stands still.
Are you often late for class?
No, I am never late for my class. Being for late class, I would show no respect to my teachers. And my being late would distract my classmates’ attention, which is bad for both sides.
Have you any suggestions for people who are always late?
Yes. I have two suggestions for them. Firstly, they should realize that it is really impolite to keep the others waiting. You should try to be punct6ual, or else your being late wo uld waste the others’ precious time and would give the others a bad impression, it means that they may dislike or distrust you. Secondly, you can benefit a lot from wearing a watch. It can remind you of the time, which avoid being late for your appointment or class and provide you with a sense of safety.
Part Two: Listening-centered activities
Listening I
1)Explain the new words : swift, deserve, vanish , seize .
2)First listening to the poem and fill in the blanks.(on P303)
3)Listen to the story again and work in groups to answer the questions .
A.What is the main idea of the poem?
The main idea of the poem is that time is limited, especially when you are busy. So if you love your friends and family members and if you want to show your appreciation of other people’s help, it is important to tell them.
B.What can you learn from the poem?
We can learn from the poem that we should take the time to express our love and appreciation for others because life is short . Expressing our love to others will make a difference in both our life and other people’s lives. It is important not to have regrets in life.
Listening II
1)Explain the new words : stress a point, illustration, high-powered, overachiever,
fist-sized, dump, jar, eager beaver
2)Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.
A. Who was giving a speech ?
An expert on the subject of time management was giving the speech.
B. Who was the audience?
The audience was a group of business students.
C. What was the speaker trying to illustrate?
If you don’t put the big rocks in the bottle first, you’ll never get them in at all.
You have to do the most important things first, otherwise you’ll never achieve anything.
Period 3&4 Reading
I、Teaching Content
Intensive Reading : The title of the passage is “How To Take Your Time”
II、Teaching aims
1) Understand and master the words and phrases: alter , emerge, humidity,
internal, summon, survival, feel like.
2) Understand 6 long & difficult sentences:
III、Teaching Design
1.Finishing reading the passage within 16 minutes, and point out the main idea
of the passage.
2.Finishing doing the reading comprehension exercises and complete the table
about the exercise Tabulating Facts.
nguage Points
Word study :
1）to alter: make or become different; change in character(appearance, etc.) eg. Our country must radically alter its traditional economic policy.
This shirt will have to be altered; it’s too large.
2）to emerge: come out, come forth into existence; become known, appear eg. The moon emerged from behind the clouds.
3）humidity: (degree of) moisture
eg. The humidity of soil helps plants to grow.
absolute humidity, relative humidity
4）internal: of or in the inside; domestic, of the home, affairs of a country eg. I had bought an internal modem which does not work efficiently.
An internal war, internal trade
5）summon: issue a call to convene; demand the presence of, call or send for eg. He summoned his courage and entered the dark house.
She was summoned as a witness.
6）survival: state of continuing to live or exist; person, custom, belief, etc. that has survived but is looked upon as belonging to past time eg. The survival of even a few made people grateful to God.
That fashion is a survival from the 1920s.
7) feel like: having a kind of feeling, be in the mood for
eg. I feel like a bird.
Do you feel like a cup of tea?
It feels like an apple.
Study some long &difficult sentences :
1. They remind me that my life is not ruled by clock, that I can choose the time
I live by.
2. How a person thinks about time can kill him, according to Dossey, a pioneer
in the emerging science of chronobiology, the study of how time interacts with life.
3. Dossey has discovered that these and other stress-induced ills can often be
successfully treated by using simple techniques to change how a person thinks about time.
4. Pioneering studies in Germany reported that when people were put together
in groups isolated from external, time cues of light, temperature and humidity, their own complex internal timekeeping rhythms became desynchronised; then they resynchronized in unison.
5. Those who have been in a serious accident often report that, as it occurred,
everything happened in slow motion; apparently this is a survival tool built into the brain, an ability to accelerate to several times normal perceptual speed, thereby “ slowingdown” the world and giving the victim “time”to think how to avoid disaster.
6. To keep someone waiting is frowned upon.
Do Exercise1.2.3 (P 310): to review and consolidate the new words and the
usage.
Homework: 1. preview and memorize new words in after-class reading;
Period 5&6 After-class Reading and Exercise
I. Teaching Content
Two pieces of After-class Reading:
a)Social Time: The Heartbeat of Culture;
b)The V oices of Time.
c)Do Quiz 12
To learn them by using reading skills of extensive reading skills and check the answers to the exercises..
II. Teaching Objects
To encourage Ss’ get useful information from the reading material as soon as possible, t o encourage reading fluency, so students should not be stop frequently because they do not understand a passage. Enhance learners' general language competence, provide 'comprehensible input', increases the students' exposure to the language, and increase knowledge of vocabulary.
III. Teaching Design
A. Passage I
Ss are given ten minutes to read the passage “Social Time: The Heartbeat of Culture”; get the outline with the useful information from the passage.
B. Passage II
Ss are given ten minutes to get the outline of the passage, and complete the
2 exercises (P322-323).
C. Quiz 12 Check the answers with Ss, and give the explanation to the
difficulties.
Period 7&8 Further Development &Writing
I. Teaching Content
Warming-up, discussion (group work), and writing.
II. Teaching Objects
After 6 periods exposure to language input, reading material, and language skills training on the topic , Ss have been familiar with the relevant content, vocabulary and language expression on the same topic. Through this 2 periods, Ts are expected to organize some integrated activities to get Ss have an increase in the ability of language use.
III. Teaching Design
1. Talking about your timing: answer the following questions to see how
efficiently you use your time. (P324)
2. Talking about the pace of life in different countries (P325)
3. Enjoying humor (P325-326)
4. Relating your own experiences: work in groups to exchange your
experiences with time.
5. Writing: write a description of an event when time seemed to pass
extremely fast or slow. Try to focus on your perception of time. Your
composition should be no less than 120 words.
Summary
The topic is familiar to the Ss, and the new words and reading material of this unit are not difficult to understand and master. So the Ss’ c an express their view more freely on this topic. Ss can digest the key points and difficulties and have more understanding of how to use their time in life: Life is long if you know how to use it. Teaching aims are achieved.。