有效教學實踐及其研究越來越強調教師的“設計意識”,教師的課堂教學設計不僅表達著自己的教學思想,而且直接關系到課堂教學的效率。有效教學的前提是有效設計,要想實現有效教學,教學設計也就成為了重中之重的基礎。2008年10月24日,圍繞著“提高課堂教學實效性”的研究主題,筆者上了一節展示課,內容為6A Unit 6 Holidays第一課時。為確保研討活動的順利開展,之前筆者作了認真的準備——反復試上和反思調整教學環節。本文擬就其中詞組教學的片段展開討論、研究。
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課堂教學一:采用教師引領、逐個呈現的方式進行詞組教學
一、由復習談論已學過的節日為線,引出教學新句型
T-Sx:When’s Children’s Day? What do you usually do on Children’s Day?
(同上師生談論Teachers’Day,Women’s Day和National Day;在談論National Day時,引出教學句型:What do people usually do on National Day? Theyusually …)
二、開門見山揭題,逐個引入教學新單詞
1.T:Today,we are going to talk about an interesting topic—‘Holidays’.
Teach:holidays(開門見山地揭題)
2.T(CAI:呈現New Year’s Day的節日畫面):Look at the picture and tell me“What holiday is it?”.
引出教學New Year’s Day
Practice: T-Sx ( Talk about New Year’s Day.)
When’s New Year’s Day?
What do people usually do on New Year’s Day?
Sing a song“Happy New Year”
3. CAI:呈現相關詞組in May,workers,
T:Guess!What holiday?
引出教學May Day
Practice:T-Sx,Sx-Sx (Talk about May Day.)
Pairwork/check.
4.歸納介詞on的用法(We use “on” before “Day”)
5. T:Look,the game is so exciting. All the people are very excited.Guess!What holiday?教學:Dragon Boat Festival
Practice: Talk about Dragon Boat Festival with your friends.
教學:watch the dragon boat races/eat rice dumplings
6. CAI:呈現圖片circle→moon→moon cake
教學: mooncake
引出教學Mid-Autumn Festival及相關單詞eat moon cakes/watch the moon
Practice:Talk about it.
7.T(描述一段話):It is a very important festivalfor us,now, we can eat delicious food,we often visit our relatives and friends……What holiday is it?
S:It’s Spring Festival.
Teach: Spring Festival.
Practice:Talk about it.(同上)
8.(1)齊讀板書上的節日名,先讓學生觀察,嘗試歸納on和at的用法,再總結on和at的用法。
(2)鞏固練習:用on 或at填空。
經過第一次的試上,感覺并不順利,因為時間關系,最后的輸出反饋環節進行得很倉促,原先設計的給Mike寫回信介紹中國節日的過程也只能拖到了課后。到底是什么導致了時間分配上的偏差?課后筆者作了一番認真的分析和反思,發現問題主要出在新授環節,在依次引入教學5個節日單詞的時候,循著課件的“編排”,為了讓學生說到老師設計的“點子”上,一開始花費了較多的時間。