Starter Unit 2 What’s this in English?
教材解读
Starter Unit 2是Go for it! 三个预备单元中的第二个单元。它生动有趣，为下一步的教学做了很好的铺垫，它的主要内容为26个英文字母和最基本的英语日常用语。本单元的教学内容为Ii-Rr 10个字母，ruler、map、quilt、jacket、key等7个单词。辨认物品What is this in English? 及其回答，并且注意培养学生的听说能力。
单元目标
一、知识与技能
1. 掌握Ii-Rr英语字母的发音及书写。
2. 熟练掌握this、that和it的疑问形式及答语形式。
3. 学习确认事物及表示感谢的日常交际用语。
4. 学会在实际生活中确认事物、培养会话、熟练运用本单元所列日常用语进行口头、笔头交际的能力。
5. 分角色表演对话的能力。
6. 提高听说能力。
二、过程与方法
采用任务型语言教学，实施情景教学法、交际法、情感激励法等教学方法。
三、情感态度与价值观
培养学生养成干净、整洁、合理摆放物品的好习惯。
教法导航
采用直观教学法，遵循以学生为主体,充分调动学生的积极性的原则。
学法导航
培养学生的交际能力和认知能力。
课时支配
第1课时：1a-2e
第2课时：3a-4d
课时教案
第1课时 1a-2e
教学目标
一、知识与技能
1. 掌握Ii-Rr英语字母的发音及书写。
2. Improve the listening skill.
3. 新单词：what、is、map、cup、ruler、pen、orange、jacket、key。
二、过程与方法
采用目标和任务教学法，调动学生的积极性，引导他们积极参与课堂。
三、情感态度与价值观
提高认知能力。
教学重点
1. 掌握Ii-Rr英语字母的发音及书写。
2. Improve the listening skill.
3. 新单词：what、is、map、cup、ruler、pen、orange、jacket、key。
教学难点
1. Improve the listening skill.
2. 新单词：what、is、map、cup、ruler、pen、orange、jacket、key。
教法导航
兴趣活动教学策略，充分调动学生的积极性。
学法导航
通过组内合作和组间比赛等活动，提高学生的合作能力和竞争能力，促使学生学会体验实践、参与合作与交流的学习方式。
教学准备
多媒体课件。预习新单词:听录音机，模仿跟读新单词和字母；准备与本课有关的学习用品实物。
教学过程
Step 1: Greetings
Greet the students as usual.
Step 2: Warming up
1. Good morning/afternoon/evening!
How are you?
I’m fine, thanks.
How are you?
I’m OK.
2. Sing the alphabet song
Step 3: Games
1. The teacher shows a letter quickly on the screen and asks: What’s this? Get the students to answer the questions like this: I think it’s A/B. Then show the whole of the letter to let the students check whether they’re right or wrong.
2. Go through the letters Aa-Hh quickly, pay attention to the intonation. Then play a game: Listen and pick the right letter, then arrange the letters in the right order and read aloud.
Step 4: 1a-1c
Work on 1a Look for the small letters in the picture for these big letters.
Work on 1b Listen and repeat
Ask the students to finish the two tasks.
Work on 1c Make a conversation in pairs according to the picture in 1a.
Have two pairs present their dialoue in front of the class.
Step 5: Presentation
Teach the letters Ii-Rr by using What’s this in English? It’s Ii/Jj/...
Step 6: 2a-2e
1. Finish 2a.
2. 2b Listen to the tape and write the number of the letters in the boxes according to the order in which you hear them. Play the recording twice and check the answer.
3. Look and copy the letters
4. 2d Write the small letters (or big letters) for big letters (small letters). While the students are doing the tasks, the teacher goes around the classroom to check what they are doing.
5. Ask the students to talk about the special letters. A few minutes later, the teacher gets three students to say the meanings of these letters.
Step 7: Homework
Copy the letters from Aa-Rr.
Make letter cards Ii-Rr and colour the letters.
课堂作业
Look and copy the letters Ii–Rr.
教学反思
学习字母是相对容易的课，学生很容易失去兴趣，因此本节课的关键是调动学生的积极性，激发他们的学习兴趣比如第3步Games很符合学生的心理，效果不错。
第2课时 3a-4d
教学目标
一、知识与技能
1. Master the new words.
2. 熟练运用句型What’s this in English? It’s a/an ... 进行对话。
3. Develop the ability of making a conversation.
4. Master the use of the pronunciation of the four vowel letters.
二、过程与方法
通过闪现等活动，锻炼学生反应能力和注意力集中程度，充分利用小组活动。
三、情感态度与价值观
培养合作精神和练好语音语调习惯。
教学重点
1. Master the new words.
2. 熟练运用句型What’s this in English? It’s a/an ... 进行对话。
3. Develop the ability of making a conversation.
4. Master the use of the pronunciation of the four vowel letters.
教学难点
Develop the ability of making a conversation.
Master the use of the pronunciation of the four vowel letters.
教法导航
通过小组活动、组间竞赛，培养学生的合作意识和团队精神。在活动中培养学生的想象力和创造力。
学法导航
通过游戏等活动，培养学生灵活运用语言知识和勇于创新的能力。
教学准备
1. PPT。
2. 练习上节课对话。
教学过程
Step 1: Greetings
Greet the students as usual.
Step 2: Warming up
1. Ask the students to show their letter cards. The teacher speak highly of the students.
2. Sing a song: What’s this?
3. Game: Find out the letters.
The teacher shows the letters very quickly and get the students to call out the letters they see.
4. Group work
The students prepare in four groups, draw some pictures and get the others to guess what letters they are.
Step3: 3a-3e
1. Let the students listen and number the pictures.
2. Get the students to complete the words under the pictures.
3. Play the tape for the students. If they can’t get the answers, play twice.
4. Check the answers.
5. Play the tape again and ask the students to practice it with their partners.
6. Have two pairs go to the blackboard to show their dialogues.
7. Ask the students to listen to the tape again. Then number the words they hear.
8. Talk about the picture by using “What’s this in English? It’s a/an ...” The teacher is ready to offer his/her help to those students who are in need of it.
9. Ask some demonstration groups to show their dialogues before the whole class.
Step 4: 拓展提升
The students work in groups, draw pictures of their rooms and talk about the pictures by using What’s this in English? It’s a/an ...
Step 5: Report
Ask some demonstration groups to show their pictures before the whole class.
They may do like this: This is my room. What’s this in English? It’s a/an ...
Step 6: 4a-4b
Ask the students to finish the tasks in 4a and 4b.
Check their answers.
Step7: 4c-4d
Listen and repeat
T: We have learned four vowel letters. They’re A, E, I, O. Look at the chart and read after the tape. We know letter A pronounced /ei/ and /æ/ in different situations. Letter E pronounced /e/ and /i:/ in different situations. What about letter I? Look at the chart on the blackboard.
I i
O o
fine /ai /
nice
like
OK /əu/
Sonia
those
quilt /i/
six
sister
orange /ɔ/
not
dog
Let the students try to read the words that are next to “fine” and find more words like these in the “Words and Expressions in each unit”.
4d: Consolidation
Ask the students to read the letters and words.
Then try to read the new words in column 2.
Step 8: Homework
Review the contents of 4c-4d.
