usinglanguage

Using language

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to learn to use the -ing form as the attribute, the object complement and the predicative.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to use the -ing form as the attribute, the object complement and the predicative.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Let the students know the members of the sentence and the structures of the sentences with the -ing form.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Help the students to tell the -ing form as the predicative and the usage of the present continuous tense.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Practice and conclude.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

StepⅠDiscovering useful structures

There are two steps in this step. One is to revise the usage of the -ing form which the students have learned in Unit 2. The other one is to learn the new usage of the -ing form.

Task 1 Revision

T: Now let’s have a revi sion about the -ing form used as the subject and the object. Here are some sentences for you to translate.

1. Talking to him is talking to a wall.

2. Smoking may cause cancer.

3. Walking is my sole exercise.

4. Talking mends no holes.

5. I suggested bringing the meeting to an end.

6. He admitted taking the money.

7. I couldn’t help laughing.

8. Your coat needs brushing.

Suggested translation:

1. 和他说话等于对牛弹琴。

2. 吸烟会致癌。

3. 散步是我唯一的运动。

4. （谚）空谈无济于事。

5. 我建议结束会议。

6. 他承认钱是他拿的。

7. 我禁不住笑了起来。

8. 你的大衣需要刷一下了。

Task 2 New usage of the -ing form

Ask the students to look at Exercise 4 on Page 20. And then work in pairs to finish the Exercise. In order to make sure the quality, the teacher can ask some of the students to explain some of the phrases in the Exercise.

T: Now let’s finish the Exercise 4 on Page 20. I’ll give one minute for you to check your answers. Because you have done this in the homework, I think one minute is enough. And then I’ll choose some of them to let you explain. But before doing this you’d b etter pay attention to the example. In the example, we can use for ... phrase or an attributive to explain the -ing phrases. Are you clear?

Ss: Yes.

T: Ok, do the Exercise now.

One minute later.

T: Well, what does cooking pot mean?

S1: A pot that is used for cooking.

T: What does operating table mean?

S2: A table for operating.

T: What does drinking horse mean?

S3: It means a horse that is drinking water.

T: It seems that you have master the usage of the -ing form as attribute. Now, let’s look at the Exerci se1 on Page 21. What does it tell us to do?

S4: It tells us to find the sentences in the reading passage where the -ing form is