课题

Period 1

Reading and speaking

单元

History and traditions unit

学科

English

年级

Grade 1

教材分析

The theme of this section is "share views on historic sites". By listening to a dialogue between Chinese and foreign students on their way to Confucius temple, students can understand their views on Confucius temple, Confucius, his descendants and his educational thoughts, so as to understand and reflect on the profound influence of Confucius and his thoughts on Chinese history and tradition.

教学目标与核心素养

231Knowledge objectives: Students understand English idioms and their related cultural allusions

Skill objectives: Guess the meaning of idioms from the context, and develop the habit of accumulating knowledge of idioms in daily learning

Emotional objectives: Feel the important influence of history, tradition, culture and custom on language understanding and expression.

Thinking quality objectives: Deeply understand the important influence of Confucius and his educational thoughts on Chinese history, tradition, ideology and culture.

重点

Enable students to realize the importance of idioms in English learning and cultural understanding

难点

Guide students to pay attention to the relationship between language and culture, history, traditions and customs.

教学过程

导入新课

Lead-in

Step1: Look and discuss

Ask students to look at the picture on the home page and answer the teacher's questions：

(1) What do you know about the buildings in the photo?

Suggested answers: The building is the Palace of Westminster, the home of the UK government. The tower is commonly known as Big Ben, although that is actually the name of the bell inside. The bridge is Westminster Bridge.

(2) What traditions of that city/country do you know about?

Suggested answers: London has a famous tradition called "Changing of the Guard". This happens at Buckingham Palace, the home of the queen. The guards of the palace are changed for new guards. They wear special red uniforms with tall black hats. There are many other traditions in the UK such as drinking tea, playing cricket, and eating fish and chips.

(3) Why is it important to protect historic buildings and cultural traditions?

Suggested answers: It is important to protect historic buildings and cultural traditions because they are a record of our shared history and tell us a lot about who we are as a country and people.

学生看单元的封面图片，并思考老师问的问题

学生思考并回答自己知道的城市或国家的传统

学生讨论并回答保护历史建筑物和文化传统的重要性

通过单元图片及相关问题引出单元主题。

通过联系生活，激发学生的学习兴趣

引导学生思考，并让学生了解文化和历史的的重要性

讲授新课

Pre-listening

Step 2

Introduce Qufu to students.

Do you know Qufu?

Have you ever been there?

What do you know about it?

Qufu is a town in Shandong Province, located about 2 hours by bus from the provincial capital Jinan. Famous as the birthplace of Confucius, its Confucius related sites are declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Step 3

According to the students' familiarity with Confucius and related information, the teacher collects some background materials and language materials in advance to supplement the necessary background knowledge for the students.

Introduce the topic of historic sites in Qufu by activating students' own knowledge and warm up for the activities which follow.

Temple of Confucius

The most famous and largest temple honouring the great sage, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

It covers 16,000 square metres and has 460 rooms. The main part consists of nine courtyards with several gates. 

Dacheng Hall stands at the centre and is the principal place for offering sacrifices to Confucius.

Kong Family Mansion

Located to the east of the Temple of Confucius, this was the historical home of the descendants of Confucius from where they managed sites and ceremonies in Qufu. Today it is a museum.

Cemetery of Confucius

This is where Confucius and his descendants are buried. 

There are more than 10,000 of them, buried here over 2,000 years. 

The cemetery has had many renovations and extensions in its history.

Step 4

Practise listening for detailed information.

Students complete activity 1 in groups with pictures.If the students can't read the English name of the building correctly, the teacher should give them help in time.

While-listening

Step 5

Ask the students to browse activity 2, predict the listening content and understand the tasks to be completed.

The teacher asks the students to remember while listening and pay special attention to the content related to Confucius.

Next, the teacher plays the conversation between William and Xiao. The students complete the form of activity 2 and discuss the answers in pairs.

Then the teacher checks the answers.

Suggested answers:

William:

Confucius is one of his favourite philosophers.

He was a wise man.

He lived over 2,500 years ago.

Xiao Kong:

Confucius has over 3 million descendants.

He was a great educator and had many ideas about education.

He was a great educator and had many ideas about education.

Step 6

Leads the students to read the topic requirements of activity 3, and prompts the students to not only judge whether the content given in the sentence is mentioned in the listening process.

Listen again and decide whether these statements are true (T), false (F), or not mentioned (NM).

Suggested answers: F; F; NM; T

Step 7

Ask students to read the sentences and choose from several choices.

Plays the tape a second time. According to the listening comprehension task required by the topic, students can capture key information while listening.

Tell students to make summary notes when necessary.

Students complete activity 3. Teachers and students check the answers.

Suggested answers: D

Step 8

Leads the students to read and learn listening strategies for English idioms.

Students can be asked to give some examples of English idioms that they are familiar with, and they can also share their own examples with students to enhance their perceptual understanding of English idioms and to understand the relationship between idioms and history, culture and language habits.

It is also appropriate to make a comparison between English and Chinese, so that students can intuitively feel the similarities and differences in language expression and cultural habits of the two through cultural comparison, and also provide a foundation and demonstration for the following equivalent Chinese words.

Ask students to write down the English idioms that are used in the conversation. Explain their meanings and think about some Chinese equivalents.

Step 9

Students are asked to discuss in pairs and complete the form for activity 4.

The teacher can play the recording again (or the whole recording, or just the related parts of the three idioms), and the students can record the meaning of the idioms as they listen.

Then ask the students to discuss the Chinese equivalent words and try to analyze the similarities and differences in language expression and cultural habits.

Suggested answers:

Achilles' heel: something that is someone's weakness——弱点；要害

Pull one's leg：to joke with someone——戏弄

Fish out of water：Someone who feels uncomfortable because they are in an unfamiliar place——如芒在背

Step 10

Activate students' own cultural knowledge and encourage sharing of personal experiences.

What do you know about Confucius' ideas on education? Think of two or three examples. What else do you know about Confucius and his philosophy?

(1) Education was one of Confucius' core values. He believed learning about the past would help us know the future. 

(2) He also thought education helped our confidence which would help bring peace and prosperity. 

(3) He also thought it was important to use and apply what we have learnt in our education.

Step 11

Think about a historic site that you have visited, and give an introduction to its history and importance.

Suggested answers: I visited the Mogao Caves with my family recently. They are famous for their amazing paintings and statues. They were constructed over many dynasties and are an important record of tradition and belief in China during that time.

学生跟随老师了解曲阜这座城市的文化和历史

学生书中图片中建筑物的信息

学生在老师的引导下，了解更多关于曲阜的信息，感受文化的魅力

学生用图片分组完成活动1

学生浏览活动2，预测活动内容，理解要完成的任务。

学生边听边记，并特别注意与孔子有关的内容

学生完成活动2的表格，两人一组讨论答案

学生再听一遍听力，判断这些陈述内容，完成判断题。

学生读句子，从几个选项中选择。再放一遍带子。根据题目要求的听力理解任务，学生可以在听力过程中获取关键信息

学生举出一些自己熟悉的英语习语的例子

学生写下在对话中使用的英语习语。解释它们的意思，并思考一些汉语的对等词

学生两人一组，完成活动4内容。学生可以边听边记录习语的意思。

学生根据对英语句子的理解说出与之对应的汉语

学生小组讨论，想想参观过的一个历史景点。并介绍了它的历史和重要性。

在听力前为学生介绍基本相关信息，帮助学生更好的理解听力文章内容

教师根据学生对孔子的熟悉程度和相关信息，提前收集一些背景材料和语言材料，为学生补充必要的背景知识。

通过激活学生自身的知识，介绍曲阜古迹主题，为接下来的活动做准备。

如果学生不能正确读出建筑物的英文名称，老师应及时给予帮助。

教师提示学生边听边记,并特别关注与孔子有关的内容。通过练习听力获取详细信息。练习听力技巧。

引导学生阅读活动3的主题要求，提示学生在听力过程中不仅要判断句子中给出的内容是否被提及，帮助学生练习听力

教师带领学生阅读、学习有关英语习语的听力策略。

将英汉两种语言进行比较，使学生通过文化比较直观地感受到两种语言在语言表达和文化习惯上的异同

提示学生边听边纪录，练习听力技巧

学生进行中英文匹配练习,通过英汉对比,加深对孔子教育思想的理解

进行输出性练习，培养语言表达能力。

课堂小结

Step 12 Summary

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. ——Marcus Garvey

一个民族不了解自己过去的历史、起源和文化，就像一棵树没有根。——马库斯加维

Step 13 homework

Collect ten idioms and proverbs. Choose one of them and explain the source of the sentence and its detailed meaning.

板书

English idioms and proverbs

break the ice

cost an arm and a leg

raining cats and dogs

Don't cry over spilt milk.

Chinese idioms and proverbs

Review the old and learn the new.

温故而知新

Make no social distinctions in teaching.

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