江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语 Unit2 The Universal Language Welcome to the unit教学设计 牛津译林版选修8.docVIP

单 元：Unit 2 The universal language 板 块：Welcome to the unit Thoughts on the design: 本节课以看、说为主，通过Welcome to the unit部分所提供的四张图片，激活学生对音乐类别的了解，通过该部分相关问题的讨论，进一步激发学生的学习热情并为本单元后面更深入的学习奠定基础。 Teaching aims: After this lesson, students will be able to tell different types of music and musical instruments and they will also be able to talk about their favorite kind of music and famous musicians. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Brainstorming (PPT4-6) 1. Show students a picture of people from different countries and ask them how they can communicate with each other. How do people from different countries communicate with each other? (They can speak English since it is a language used widely in the world. They can draw pictures to get their ideas across. They can also use body language to show their feelings.) 2. Get students to focus on the topic of the unit “The Universal language”. If a language can be understood by all the people in the world, it is a universal language. So is English a universal language? (No, not everyone in the world can speak and understand English.) What about pictures? Are they universal? (Yes. A picture can be appreciated by people all over the world.) Is body language also universal? (Yes, body language is more or less the same throughout the world. It is a very effective way for people speaking different languages to communicate with each other.) 3. Draw students’ attention to the unit topic—music. There is also another kind of language which is universal. That is music. Why do we say so? (Because people all over the world can understand music) Prepare the students with vocabulary related to music. Have them brainstorm any word related to the kind of music, people related to music and musical instruments. Kinds of music: classical music, pop music, folk music, swing music, blues, jazz, rock and roll, rap, opera … People related to music: musician, singer, composer, pianist, violinist … Musical instruments: guitar, piano, violin, drum … [Explanati