Unit 1 The world’s population was about 7.8 billion in 2020.
Teaching background | |||||
Unit 1 The world’s population was about 7.8 billion in 2020. | |||||
主备人 | 沈臻锐 | 参备人 | 张晶晶，胡洁， 陈雅丽，关静 | ||
使用年级 | 八年级 | 集体备课时间：2024.11.18 | 使用时间：2024.11.19 | ||
Analysis of the Teaching Material
| What: This lesson focuses on enabling students to write a report on world population change verbally or in writing through the listening and reading task. Why: The discussion of demographic changes can be expressed with large numbers, and through dialogue, it can be achieved to use large numbers for oral communication and summarize the use of large numbers. How: Through the learning of the dialogue content of this unit, students can achieve the purpose of oral communication with large numbers. Teachers should guide students to express their own opinions in communication, which is not only conducive to students’ better use of textbook knowledge, but also can achieve the purpose of improving students’ comprehensive language skills. | ||||
Analysis of the Target Students
| Students have mastered certain vocabulary and sentence patterns in terms of knowledge accumulation, and they can learn to summarize the use of large numbers in oral communication. Through dialogue of population changes and talk about the corresponding problems brought about by population changes, they can analyze the trend and impact of population changes. | ||||
Teaching objectives | 1. Complete the form to get the demographic change that Tony and Lingling talked about in the conversation and the impact of demographic change. 2. Based on the content of the conversation, pay attention to and summarize the expression of large numbers, internalize and try to use informal words that appear in the conversation (e.g., I can’t believe it., hang on a minute, I see., thanks for the information, etc.). 3. Use relevant language expressions, ask questions and answers in the group, talk about the world demographic change and the corresponding problems brought about by it, and be able to analyze the trend and impact of China’s demographic change. | ||||
Teaching key points and difficult points
| Key points: 1. Learn to speak and write big numbers in English. 2. Consolidate structure of discussing population. | ||||
1. Master the usage of the report. 2. Give a report on population increase according to what they’ve learnt | |||||
Teaching and learning methods | Teaching methods: Interactive language, Task-based language approach | ||||
Learning methods: 1. Individual learning; 2. Pair work | |||||
Teaching procedures:
Task1 Q&A
针对今天的话题抛出一些问题.
Give out some questions about today’s topic.
Q: Boys and girls, do you know how many people there are in your city?
And what is the population of China?
A: …
Q: The larger population the city has, the better the city will be. Do you agree?
A: …
Q: In this class, we’ll talk about population.
（设计意图：引出本模块关于人口的话题，激发学生的兴趣。）
Task2 Do activity 1
两两合作,谈论A1中的图片.
Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it.
Use the words in the box to help you.
(Activity 1 on page 72)
1.Look at the picture and think what it shows.
2.Talk about the picture in pairs. It is a good way to describe the picture by asking and answering questions. For example:
—What can you see in the picture?
—I can see buildings, cars and a lot of people.
—Is there much traffic in big cities?
—Yes, there is.
（设计意图：能通过听，理解对话主题，选出正确答案。）
Task 3 Listening 1(Activity 2)
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1 What is the population of New York?
a)About 17 million.
b)About 9 million.
c)About 30 million
2 What is the population of Tokyo?
a)About 4 million.
b)About 28 million.
c)About 14 million.
（设计意图：使学生感知并注意听力中出现的生词，听辨并练习大数字的读法，为理解文本扫清语言障碍。）
Task 4
1.Listen and answer the questions.
(1)What are they talking about?
(2)Why are they talking about that?
2.Listen and complete
Report: “_________________________”
Data(数据):
World’s population in 2020: ______________________
World’s population in 2030: _______________________
Population of India in 2030: ______________________
Problem:
Fast-growing population:
______________________________
_______________________________
Slow-growing population:
no enough people to ________________
no enough young people to __________
（设计意图：通过听能选出正确回答，在培养学生捕捉细节信息与速记的能力，并帮助学生进一步掌握对话内容。）
Task 5
2.Read the dialogue and discuss.
(1)What are the problems of fast-growing populations?
(2)What are the problems of slow-growing populations?
(3)What problems will population aging cause?
（设计意图：通过阅读，拓展学生思维，引导学生们能回答下列问题。这些问题有的来自文本，有的需要学生思考并结合实际表达。）
Task 6
Group work
Make a report about China’s population aging problem.
1. Choose the topic “Disabled elders” or “Fewer working people”.
2. Get some information from the graph and pictures.
3. Prepare some notes.
4. Have a report.
（设计意图：基于本课时学习内容进行迁移创新，为最终的产出介绍人口的任务作材料储备。）
Task 7
Homework:
All:Choose the topic “Medical care” or “Empty nesters” and then complete its report.
Optional:
Search for some solutions(解决措施) online to solve the population problems and write a complete report.
Blackboard Design:
Modue9 Unit1 The world’s population was about 7.8 billion in 2020. Words: noise, prepare, notes... Phrases: prepare, for, talk about, such as... Patterns: I can’t believe it! Hang on a minute! |
当堂练习&达标测试：
一、词汇考查：
A.据首字母汉语提示完成句子。
1. Our country has done something to stop population i______.
2. Try not to make a n____ when you go upstairs.
3. Don’t speak loudly in p________ . It’s impolite.
4. The boy was naughty and he used to c______ so many problems.
5. Our teachers always ask us to take n_____ in class.
6. The dustman(垃圾清理工) comes once a week to collect the r_________.
7. I heard the sound of a window breaking and called the p______.
8. The world’s p___________ is becoming larger and larger.
9. May Day is a p______ holiday in China.
10. Thank your company for providing(提供) such a good s____________.
B.用所给词的正确形式完成句子。
11. Do you think the____(increase)population is the biggest problem in the world?
12. We are sad about the____(pollute)of our environment.
13. It took Linda an hour____(do)her homework last night.
14. The population of this city____(be)not large.
15. In the school hallways, the students are supposed to speak and act____(quiet).
16. You should protect your child from____(catch) a cold.
17. People moved to the big city in order to live a____(good) life.
18. There are____(million) of farmers working in the city every year.
19. There are seven days in a week. And Thursday is the____(five) day.
20. Everyone should work harder____(solve) some difficult problems.
Reflection --- 培优辅弱方法
培优 八1班 张克凡
张克凡同学的基本功较为扎实，学习态度端正。他还需要从学习方法上下功夫，所以可以从四个方面对他进行培优。
一、强化词汇与语法基础：
词汇积累方面，我鼓励张克凡建立自己的词汇本，每天记录并学习10-15个新词，尤其是教材中出现的关键单词和短语。
同时，我提议他利用在家假期的碎片时间复习词汇，如使用手机应用进行单词记忆，以提高记忆效率。
语法深化方面，我要求他要重点学习较为复杂的时态、语态及从句等语法要点，通过大量实践巩固语法知识。并且我鼓励他尝试分析复杂句子的结构，提高语法运用的准确性和流畅度。
二、拓展阅读与写作：
广泛阅读：
我推荐张同学阅读英文原著如哈利波特以及英文报纸杂志，以拓展知识面和词汇量。
同时我鼓励其阅读并讨论英文文章的主题、结构和作者观点，培养批判性思维能力。
三、单独辅导：
对张同学在英语学习中遇到瓶颈的情况我会利用课间时间进行单独辅导，帮助其找到问题所在并提供解决方案。并且我鼓励张同学和班上其他的优等生进行相互帮助和学习，形成良性竞争和合作氛围。
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