高中英语_人教版选修八Unit1 A Land of Diversity教学设计学情分析教材分析课后反思.doc

人教版 高二选修八 Unit 1 A Land of Diversity warming up and reading教学设计 Teaching objects Knowledge and skill Enable the students to talk about things about the USA and California. Help the Ss learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America, especially in California. Therefore, Ss can better understand why America is called “melting pot”. Process and method 1. Enable Ss to develop their ability of analyzing and summarizing through making mind maps on their own. 2. Enable Ss to get information accurately and quickly through skimming and scanning. 3. Activate Ss to do self-study by assigning before-class tasks. Emotional attitude and value Further develop Ss’ cross-cultural awareness. Guide Ss to cultivate their awareness of cooperation. Teaching important and difficult points Learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in California. Make mind map. Know how to deal with cultural conflicts. Teaching methods The first-posting teaching, Task-driven method, Situated language teaching Teaching aids A blackboard and a computer Teaching procedures Step 1　Before class Ask Ss to do self-study before class. They should surf the Internet and find some information about California. For instance, you should know more about its politics, economics, geography, culture, history and so on. They may make powerpoint files to display their findings. Step 2　Warming-up Ask Ss to do presentations in front of the class. They should display their products, introducing California with the assistance of the multimedia. The teacher should give appropriate feedback in time. 设计意图： 通过自学，可以锻炼学生的搜集、挑选、整理、呈现信息的能力，使学生具备基本的有关本节课的背景知识。同时，利用课堂展示的机会，学生可以大幅度地提升个人的自信，提高口语表达能力，增强自己以及其他人的学习兴趣。 Step 3 Mini-lecture In this step, we will have a mini-lecture. In this mini-lecture, we will first learn some essential concepts, and then know more background knowledge of California, for instance, the history of immigrants. After that, we will watch a short video introducing America’s cultural characteristics.