Module 4 教学案1
Period One Speaking and Introduction
Teaching aims:
1. To know about some English vocabulary related to music.
2. To have a discussion about music and express their own opinions freely. 3. To develop the Ss’ speaking ability by practicing saying the familiar topic. Important and difficult points:
1. Get the Ss to know about as much music knowledge as possible. 2. Enable the students to recognize some musical instruments. 3. Arouse the students’ interests in music. Teaching procedures: Speaking Lead-in
Firstly, ask the students “How many kinds of music do you know?” Then ask them to speak the general categories about music as follow:
Rock music
Jazz
Folk music
Traditional Chinese music Popular music Classical music music Symphony After this, continue to ask the students “Which kind of music do you like best? Why?” to encourage the students to express their opinions freely.
And then, develop the Ss’ speaking ability by practicing saying the familiar topic as follows: Activity 1
Work in groups of four to answer the questions and make a list of your answers: 1. What is your favorite kind of music?
2. How long have you been listening to it? 3. When do you listen to music? 4. How do you listen to music? 5. Why do you listen to music? Activity 2
Write a short report about the music interests and habits of your group. Use these expressions: My favorite kind of music is …but Yang’s favorite music is… My favorite artist is…
I’ve been listening to music…for/since… I like listening to music when I’m… Introduction Step 1. Leading-in
Firstly, lead in by playing a piece of music Liang zhu(梁祝)played by violin or Guzheng for the students to listen. Then ask them “What kind of musical instrument is the piece of music played by?”
Next, brainstorm musical instruments: “How many kinds of musical instruments do you know?” At the same time, in order to make the students know about some English vocabulary related to music, show the students some pictures and ask them to recognize the musical instruments as follows: Brainstorming:
Are you familiar with these instruments?
violin erhu piano drum Musical instruments After this, say to the students, “Most of you are familiar with these musical instruments. Today we’ll know more Chinese and western musical instruments. Now let’s know more musical instruments.”
flute guitar saxophone Step 2. Activity 1
Continue telling the Ss that the following photos are almost the same with those of their book on page 31. And ask them to look at the photos of Chinese and western musical instruments and answer the following questions. 1. Which instruments have strings?
2. Which Chinese and western instruments look similar.
3. Which of the instruments does the musician hold when he / she is playing? Step 3. Activity 2
Ask the students to look at the pictures and read the information about Chinese and Western musical instruments.
The konghou is an instrument with strings. It came to China from the West during the Han Dynasty about 2,000 years ago.
The guzheng has been used for more than 2,300 years. It looks like a table harp.
The pipa is a lute with four strings and is a relative of the European lute. It came to China from Central Asia in the fourth century.
The yueqin is a round instrument like a mandolin. It was called qinpipa during the Han Dynasty. Step 4. Discussion
Get the students to discuss the following questions with other students. 1. How many of the above Chinese instruments have you heard? 2. Do you know any artists who play them?
Period Two Reading & Vocabulary
Teaching aims and demands: