Unit 6 Food and lifestyle
Study skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. read the vowels, consonants they have learned correctly;
2. pronounce the new consonants correctly.
3. read the sentences with the new sounds correctly and fluently.
II. Teaching contents
Consonants: /f/, /v/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/, /tr/, /dr/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ts/, /dz/
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Read some difficult consonants like /ʃ/ & /ʒ/, /θ/ & /ð/, /tʃ/ & /dʒ/ correctly;
2. Judge if the same letter or letter group pronounces the same sound;
3. Read the sentences correctly and fluently.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Ask students if they like learning English and show a video about a Frenchman to them. Tell the students that “Practice makes perfect.”
T: Boys and girls, do you enjoy learning English? I think learning English well is very important, especially when you work in an international company or travel abroad, right? Let’s enjoy a video first.
T: What’s the man in the video doing?
S: He is practising saying English.
T: Right! He is practising his pronunciation. See, even if you are poor in your pronunciation, you can be better by practising more.
【设计意图：用视频导入，让学生在轻松愉悦的氛围中开始新课，同时明白“熟能生巧”是练好发音、学好英语的不变途径。】
Step 2 Revision
1. Revise phonetic symbols
Revise the 34 phonetic symbols students have learned before by reading them in the phonetic symbol table.
2. Read tongue twisters
【设计意图：本课将教授最后14个新音标，这是复习环节。从旧音标复习入手，以新音标学习收尾，体现了音标学习的整体性。绕口令的设置与教材C部分的练习相呼应。】
Step 3 Learning and practising
1. Listen and repeat
T: Let’s learn to read the words with 14 new consonants.
Teach the consonants one by one through listening and imitating.
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1. Pair work
Show the phonetic symbol table and help students practise reading the consonants.
T: Ok, I think all of you have known how to read these consonants. Please read them to your deskmates, and ask your deskmates to help you correct if necessary, and then exchange.
T: (two minutes later) Who can read these consonants for us?
Ask several students to read them, help correct the pronunciation if necessary.
2. Play a game
T: Good job! Since all of you can read them correctly, let’s play a game. Try to be the quickest learners with sharp eyes. It means if you see a consonant that you can read, stand up and say it out loudly. Are you ready? Let’s go!
3. Make a conclusion
(1) Show the letters or letter groups one by one: f, v, sh, ch, ts, z, tr, ds, dr, j, g.
T: They all pronounce the same sound, but what about “s” and “th”? Read the following three words: usually, seldom, always.
Writes down three sounds: /ʒ/, /s/, /z/.
(2) T: Please read these two words, “think” and “there”.
Write down two sounds: /θ/, /ð/.
T: Not all the letters or letter groups pronounce one sound.
【设计意图：这是新授课的环节，通过四个步骤帮助学生掌握14个辅音的发音：跟读发音，两两操练发音，游戏中巩固发音，总结发音规则。】
Step 4 Exercises
1. Finish Part A (page 77)
2. Finish Part B (page 77)
3. Funny stories
Enjoy two funny stories about the mistakes in pronunciation.
T: Pronouncing words clearly is very important in our daily life, or we may make some misunderstandings. There are two funny stories about poor pronunciation.
Explain the stories if necessary.
4. Finish Part C (page 77)
5. Practise saying more sentences
T: Well done! Every one of you is active in class. Speaking English well is not so difficult. Just remember “ Practice makes perfect!”
【设计意图：通过课本上三个由简到难的练习，帮助学生及时巩固所学知识。故事环节让学生在欢笑之余感受发音清晰的重要性。鼓励学生不断练习，掌握正确的发音。】
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