外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.教案设计

Module 9 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion

【教学目标】

         Knowledge objective

1. To understand the conversation in relation to population.
2. To get specific information from the listening material.
3. To talk about and understand numbers.

         Ability objective

To make a short passage or a dialogue with the points in this unit

         Moral objective

To get the student to know how to make a teamwork

【教学重点】

New words and expressions

To learn the grammar knowledge of big numbers

【教学难点】

To grasp the phrases and important sentences

【教学方法】

PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach

【教学手段】

A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures

【教学过程】

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in   

Ss look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.

Step 2 Consolidate new words

Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say the new words as quickly as possible.

Step 3 Look at the picture and talk about the picture

Let Ss look at the picture and use the words in the box to talk in pairs.

Step 4 Listening

Listen to Activity 2 and choose the best answer.

1. What’s the population of Beijing?
2. What’s the population of Chongqing?

Step 5 Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions

1. What is Tony preparing for a report called “our growing population”?

2. Where are they talking?

Step 6 Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions

Let Ss listen to the dialogue and answer the two questions. Then check in groups.

Step 7 Read the dialogue and answer the questions

1. Is population increasing a big problem in many countries?

2. How many babies are born every minute in the world?

3. Will China’s population grow fast? Why?

Step 8 Now complete the notes

Babies born in every minute (world):

Babies born every year (world):

Population of China:

Population of the world:

Step 9 Choose the correct answer

Let Ss choose the correct answers and show in groups.

Step 10 Everyday English

I don’t believe!

Hang on a minute!

Great!

Step 11 Language points

Let Ss master the main points of the passage.