专科英语第一册nit 4教案.docVIP

Unit 4 CustomTradition Teaching material: English: Book 2 Target audiences: Freshmen of non-English major Careful reading: Zulu Masks I Teaching Objectives 1. To let students have a better knowledge about Zulu masks 2. To let students learn the important new words and expressions 3. To let students learn to appreciate different culture and custom II Teaching Emphasis Difficulty 1. Topic understanding and content understanding of texts 2. Improving the students’ reading ability: understand the words in context 3. Talking about the Zulu masks III Teaching Approaches 1. Student-oriented communicative teaching, free discussion and interaction IV Teaching Procedure Step 1：lead-in Activity: Watching and talking Q1:Look at the picture and the title on page 81 and what kind of expressions do you think of? Possible answers: Maybe we will think of the following expressions: South Africa; Primitive; African tribal masks; Exotic; Reed dance; African masks are usually shaped after a human face or some animals? HYPERLINK /wiki/Snout \o Snout muzzle;Many African societies see masks as mediators between the living world and the supernatural world of the dead, ancestors and other entities. Masks became and still become the attribute of a dressed up dancer who gave it life and word at the time of ceremonies( HYPERLINK /wiki/Wedding \o Wedding weddings,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Funeral \o Funeral funerals,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Initiation_rite \o Initiation rite initiation rites).? Q2: Do you like this mask? open Step 2: Pre-reading Activity: Prediction Look at the title of the text and guess the content of the text. Step 3: while-reading Activity 1. Fast -reading Read the passage as quickly as you can and answer the questions below 1.What kinds of masks do the Zulu people make? How do the Zulu people name the masks? 　 The Zulu people make masks especially for tribal festivities; and these masks are called Tribal masks; The Zulu people also make masks for personal use—keepi