Module 1  How to learn English

Module task: Writing your English study plan

Unit 1 Let’s try to speak English as much as possible.

Class model:

Speaking and listening

Teaching approach :

Interactive and communicative approach

Teaching aims:

To get to know the key vocabulary.

To understand the dialogue 3.

To be able to describe what you should do when you study English.

Moral aims:

To study English hard

Interactive patterns:

Groups, pairs, individual, choral

Teaching aids:

Tape recorder, video, OHP

Main points:

Key vocabulary--- pair, spelling, practise, meaning, complete, mistake, advice, possible, forget, aloud, main, agree

Key structure: You should always speak English in class.

            Why not write down the mistakes in our notebooks?

            It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day.

            How about listening to the radio？

Difficult points:

Enable the students to get familiar with the structure-expressing their advice or plan.

Teaching procedure:

Teaching steps

Teacher's involvement

Student's activities

Interactive patterns

1.Warming-up

Ask the students what   they should do in English learning, thus the unit is introduced.

1. Think about.

2. Read the instructions. (activity 1).

3. Check the ones you understand.

Individual

2.Listening

1.Play the recording

2.Guide the students to catch the main sentences and key words

1. Read the words and phrases.

2. Listen and answer the questions.   (Part 2).

Individual, pairs

3.speaking

I. Ask students to work in pairs to practice the dialogue.

II.1.Listen and read (Part3)

  2.Listen again and check part4

3.Try to act out part3

1. Make sentences to practice the sentence structure. And then discuss what the sentence structure is like.

2. Listen to Part 3 and complete Part 4 then practice reading the dialogue in groups. Then several should be asked to read in public. At last ask some groups to act out part3.

3.Make sentences using the vocabulary and sentence structure.

4. Check the table and let the students to share their answers and then do part 7.

Choral and individual

4.pronunciation

Practice students’ pronunciation and speaking.

1. Read the dialogue together with the tape recorder.

Then read the sentences of Part 5, with the tape recorder.

2. Read the sentences to let the partner check if the sentences are pronounced in a correct way.

Groups and pairs

5. speaking

Tell students to think some questions and answer them in pairs.

Talk about problems in learning English and give advice.

Groups and pairs

Key words and expressions:

    1. advice

advice 不可数名词, 意为“劝告, 忠告”。一条建议: a piece of advice。常用短语:

    (1) take one’s advice 听/采纳某人的建议

    (2) give sb. advice on ... 在……方面给某人建议

    (3) ask sb. for advice  向某人征求意见

My English teacher gave me some advice on English.

      我的英语老师曾在英语方面给我提过一些建议。

    If you take my advice, you can pass the test.

     如果你听我的建议,你会通过这次考试的。

    You might ask him for advice on this matter.  这事可以让他给你参谋一下。

[链接]

advise是动词，常用句式：

    (1) advise doing sth 建议做某事。如：

    He advised leaving early.

       他建议早点动身。

    I advise waiting till proper time.

       我建议等到适当时机。

    注：不能直接后跟不定式作宾语。所以不能说：He advised to leave early.     

(2) advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事。如：

    He advised me to buy a computer.

       他建议我买台电脑。

    The doctor advised me to take a complete rest.

       医生建议我完全休息。

    We advised them to start early.

       我们建议他们及早开始。

(3) advise sb. against doing sth. 劝告某人不要做某事。如：

    He advised her against going out at night.

       他劝她晚上不要出去。

    Her father advised her against marrying the worker.

       她父亲劝告她不要嫁给这个工人。

    注：该句型有时可与 advise sb. not to do sth. 替换。 如上面第一句也可说成：He advised her not to go out at night.

[Practice]

(        ) 1. He came to ask me for _______ how to learn Spanish.

    A. an advice on            B. some advice on

    C. some advices on      D. good advices about 

     C. idea                          D. news

(       ) 2. We need to come up with a / an _____ and make a decision at once.

A. information             B. advice              

     C. idea                          D. news

(      ) 3. --- Why not go to Qingdao on May Day, Jim?

--- I’m afraid it’s not a good _____. I have been there several times.

A. way        B. place      C. advice    D. idea

【2011河南省】I have some problems with my English writing. Can you give me some ______?

    A. advice                   B. decisions

    C. information          D. messages

答案：A。考查名词, 依据句意应该选A。

2. Why not do …? = Why don’t you do …?

Why not do …?用来表示提出某种建议，而不是询问为什么不做某事的原因。如：

Why not / Why don’t you read a newspaper in English?

    你为什么不读英文版的报纸呢？

(2011·广州) — I feel a bit hungry now.

   — Why not ______ for dinner with us?     

     A. go                B. did you go

     C. to go            D. do you go

【解析】本题考查why not的用法。why not与why don't you同义，其后要接动词原形，故选A。

— I'm very tired these days because of

    studying for physics.

— Why not _______ music? It can make you

    ______.

       A. listen to; relaxing

       B. to listen to; to relax

       C. listening to; relax

       D. listen to; relax

【解析】考查why not do sth.和make sb. do sth.结构。选D。

3. It’s a good idea to do …

It’s a good idea to do sth. 意思是“做…是个好主意”。如：

    It’s a good idea to write down the teacher’s notes.

      记下老师的笔记是一个好想法。

    It's a good idea to see your dentist before leave.

最好在离开前先看看牙医。

It’s a good idea for sb. to do sth.意思是 “对… 来说是个好主意”。如：

    It’s a good idea for us to travel to the south.

      去南方旅行对我们来说是个好主意。

    It’s a good idea for you to walk after supper.

      对你来说，晚饭后散散步是个好主意。

4. How about doing…?    

= What about doing…?

What about / How about doing sth?  表示“做某事怎么样？”, 其用法有：

    (1) 用来询问情况或打听消息等，意为“……怎么样?/……如何?”。 如：

    I’m ready. What about you?
      我准备好了，你呢?

    How about Mother? Is she all right?
      妈妈怎么样?她好吗?

    How about your English exam yesterday?
      昨天的英语考得怎么样?

(2) 用来提出请求，建议或征求对方意见，意为“(你认为)……怎么样? /……如何?”。 如：

    How about having a rest?
      休息一会儿怎么样?

    What about a cup of tea?
      喝杯茶怎么样?

    Of course I’ll come. What about Friday?
     我当然要来，星期五来如何?

   What about Father? We can’t just leave him here.
     父亲怎么办?我们不能把他丢在这。

5. try to do ...

try to do sth.表示“努力做某事”。如：

    We should try hard to help the poor people.

      我们应该努力去帮助穷人。

[注意]

    try not to do sth. 表示 “努力/尽量不做某事”。如：

    We should try not to make any mistakes.

      我们应该尽量不犯错误。

[辨析]

try to do sth. 和 try doing sth. 的用法

try to do sth.表示“努力做某事；试图干…”，强调付出努力，但不一定成功；

try doing表示“尝试做某事，尝试做…试试”，含有“看结果如何”之意。 如：

She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo.
      她试着用一种新的香波洗头发。

    He didn’t try to do it.
      他不肯努力去做。

    Please try to finish this work in thirty minutes.
      请尽量在30分钟内完成这项工作。

    Why didn't you try riding a bike to go to school?
      为什么不试着骑车去学校呢？

[Practice]

(       ) --- I usually go there by train. 

--- Why not ________ by boat for a change? 
   A. to try going           B. trying to go 
   C. to try and go         D. try going

6. agree

agree 意为“同意” 常见的用法有:

(1) agree to do sth.  同意做某事

(2) agree with sb. on sth.  在某方面与某人意见一致

(3) agree +从句

   反义词是disagree, 其名词形式是agreement。

My father agreed with me on it.

   在这件事上我爸爸和我意见一致。

They agree that we go to university.

   他们都同意我们上大学。

My mother agrees that I go out to play at the weekend.

   我妈妈同意我周末出去玩。

I agree with you on studying.

   在学习上我同意你的观点。

 He agreed to start early in the morning.

   他同意早晨早点出发了。

Summary:

The unit is focused on practicing the students’ listening and speaking ability, the vocabulary as well as the sentence structure is hard for the students to grasp.

Sufficient examples and drilling are necessary.

Homework:

Do the exercises.

Try to act out part3.