Leon 42
Target language 目标语言
1.Words and phrases生词和短语：
language，exciting，main，meaning，welcome，Mexico，Spanish，million，official，French，united，nation，each other, all over the world, official language
2.Key sentences重点句子：
Learning English helps the people all over the world talk to each other.
What do you mean by “United States”?
More than 450 million people in the world can speak English.
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to talk about the importance of learning English.
Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn to talk about the importance of learning English.
Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点
Get the students to learn about the importance of learning English.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape-recorder, some slides, a multiple-media computer and a projector.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Homework checking and lead in
Check the students their homework to have a review of what they have learned during last period.T: Hello, everyone! Have you finished your homework?
S: Yes!
T: Well! Which pair would like to read it to us?
Ask some pairs to act out the dialogues.
T: Quite good! Let’s give a big hand to them.…
T: I am very glad you can make phone calls in English.But can you tell me why people all over the world are learning English?
S: English has become an international language.Wherever you go, English is always commonly used.
T: Yes, English is widely used in the world.It is also the official language of many countries.Today, we are going to learn Leon 42 Welcome to the World of English!
Step II Listening
Ask the students to listen to the conversation and answer the questions given to have a basic idea of this text.
T: Please listen to the tape carefully and answer the following questions.
1.How many people can speak English?
2.What are the main languages used at the United Nations?
Play the tape-recorder, ask the students to listen carefully and take some notes if neceary.After that, ask some students to answer the questions above.
S1: More than 450 million people in the world can speak English.
S2: English, Chinese and French are the main languages used at the United Nations.
T: That’s it! Please read after the tape.While reading, please underline the difficult language points.
If neceary, explain the following language points in cla and then give the students a few minutes to practice.
1.help sb.(to) do
E.g.I help my mother (to) do some housework.
2.talk to = talk with
E.g.Don’t talk to a stranger.
3.more than = over
E.g.There are more than 50 students in our cla.
4.What do you mean by…?
E.g.What do you mean by saying you are stupid?
Step III Readingspeaking
Ask the students to read the text and talk about why it is important to learn English according to the text and their own opinions.
T: Read the paage again and tell me why it is important to learn English.
Get the students to read the text and give them enough time to discu in groups.After that, ask some of them to expre their opinions.
S1: Learning English helps the people all over the world talk to each other.
S2: More than 450 million people in the world can speak English.
S3: It is the official language of more than forty-five countries.
T: Correct! Any other ideas?
S1: English has become a bridge between China and other countries.
S2: I will have a bright future, if I learn English well.
S3: The English language is used as the world language today.
T: Great! So, you see, learning English is very important.Speaking is especially important in learning English.But how can we speak English well?
S1: We should read and speak English every day.
S2: And we also have to use it as much as poible.
T: Yes, I agree with you.Rome wasn\'t built in a day.Learning English takes time,
S2: When we read, read as loudly as poible, as clearly as poible and as quickly as poible.T: Wonderful! If you want to speak good English, please don\'t care how poorly or how well you speak, only care about catching the chances to speak.You must enjoy losing face; just forget about your face.The more you speak, the better your English will become.The more mistakes you make, the more progre you will make.You must enjoy speaking poor English, because speaking is the only thing that will lead you towards succe.Don\'t give up.Just try your best.Every time you move your mouth, your memory will deepen, your muscles will strengthen.You can make itStep IV Homework
1.Read the first reading in Reader.
2.Preview Leon 43 Write a Letter in English!
3.Do exercises in the activity book.
Leon 45
Target language 目标语言
1.Words and phrases生词和短语：
ago, pronounce, story, keep / stop doing, look it up in a dictionary
2.Key sentences重点句子：
She speaks English, but her grandmother taught her some Chinese.
When I don’t understand a word, I look it up in the dictionary.
I like reading, but my favorite way to learn English is watching TV and movies.
Ability goals 能力目标
Enable students to talk about how to learn English well.
Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to learn English well.
Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点
Get the students to learn about the method of learning English well.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape-recorder, a multiple-media computer, some slides and a projector
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Lead in
Lead the students to the new leon.
T: It is fine day today! Why not sing a song to begin our cla? Now let’s sing the song Say the Word together.
T: Quite well! Say the Word is useful to read the difficult English words.As long as you keep trying, you will learn English better and better.
Step II Warming up
Ask the students to talk about the questions in THINK ABOUT IT in groups of four.
T: Look at the questions on the top of page 56 and have a discuion about it.
Give the students enough time to discu the questions and then ask some of them to give their opinions.
T: Time is up.The first one, if you move to Canada, what difficulties will you meet? What will you do?
S: If I move to Canada, I may not understand what they are saying.I have to spend a lot of time speaking with them and listening to the radio and watching TV more often.
T: Good idea! How does Teresa learn English?
S: Maybe she gets some help from her Canadian friends and she reads and speaks English a lot and listens to English as often as poible.
T: Good answer! Well, would you like to get the answers about how Teresa learns English? The text Keep Trying will give you the answer.
Step III Listening
Ask the students to listen to the text and answer some questions to get familiar with the text.T: Listen to the tape and answer the questions on the slide.
1.Where does Teresa live now?
2.Where does Teresa come from?
3.When Teresa doesn’t understand a word, what does she do?
4.What about Teresa’s favorite way to learn English?
The teacher can divide the cla into two groups and have a competition to see which group can correctly answer more questions, and this group wins.
Suggested answers:
1.Teresa lives in Canada now.
2.Teresa comes from Hong Kong.
3.When Teresa doesn’t understand a word, she looks it up in a dictionary.
4.Teresa’s favorite way to learn English is watching TV and movies.
Step IV Reading
Ask the students to read the text and explain some language points to help them to understand the text better.
T: Read the text silently and underline the sentences you don’t understand.
Then the teacher explains the language points to the students on the slide.
1.teach sb.sth.= teach sth.to sb.
E.g.Mary teaches me English.= Mary teaches English to me.
teach sb.to do sth.
E.g.Mary teaches me to learn English.
2.*look up （在字典中）查寻，查找
E.g.I look up the words in the dictionary.= I look them (the words) up in the dictionary.*look up 向上看
E.g.He looked up and saw a plane in the sky.
* look up 了解
E.g.I must look up the time of the plane.
3.(the) way to do sth.= (the) way of doing sth.
E.g.What is the best way to learn English? = What is the best way of learning English?Step V Speaking
Get students to talk about questions in LET’S DO IT in groups of four and help them to have a better idea of learning English well.
T: Who can tell me Teresa’s tips of learning English?
S: Teresa has some good tips for learning English, for example, she uses a dictionary more often, reads a lot, speaks everyday and never stops.
T: You got it! Let’s come to LET’S DO IT: Can Chinese students learn English like Teresa does? Why or why not? Talk in a small group first, and then share your ideas with the cla.
S: I think Teresa finds the proper way to learn English.So Chinese students can learn English like Teresa.Reading and speaking are very important to English learners.The spirit of keeping trying is a key to doing every thing well.That is why we should follow Teresa’s way to learn English.T: Your group did a good job!
Step VI Homework
1.Preview Leon 46 Your Future and English.
2.Do exercises in the activity book.
