Unit 6 Life in the future-B Future travel (Speaking)教学设计 2025-2026学年沪教版（五四学制）英语八年级上册

该初中英语教学设计聚焦未来旅行主题，涵盖hoverboard、space tourism等核心词汇及I think... will...等预测句型。通过展示当前旅行场景图片过渡到科幻旅行画面，搭建从已知到未知的学习支架，引导学生用目标语言描述未来旅行场景。 特色在于设计结对讨论未来交通/目的地、小组合作设计旅行计划并展示等活动，激发学生创造力（如海底旅行计划），培养逻辑组织与合作能力。契合思维品质与语言能力素养，提升学生口语自信与表达流利度，为教师提供可复制的互动教学方案。

Unit 6 Life in the future-B Future travel (Speaking) This speaking lesson is from Unit 6 "Life in the future" of the 8th-grade English textbook (Shanghai Education Press, 2024, 5-4 system). The theme is "Future travel", which allows students to explore and discuss the possible changes and developments in travel in the future. Through various speaking activities, students will express their ideas and predictions about future travel, such as new transportation means, travel destinations, and travel experiences. The lesson not only helps students improve their oral English skills but also stimulates their creativity and imagination. 教学目标 1. Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master and use some key words and phrases related to future travel, such as "hoverboard", "space tourism", "high - speed train", "underwater hotel", etc. Students will be familiar with the sentence patterns for making predictions, like "I think... will...", "In the future, there will be...", "It is likely that... will...". 2. Ability Objectives Students can express their own opinions and predictions about future travel clearly and fluently in English, with appropriate intonation and stress. Students can listen to their classmates' ideas carefully and have simple exchanges and discussions, improving their communication and cooperation skills in English. Students can organize their thoughts and present their ideas in a logical way when describing future travel scenarios. 3. Emotional Objectives Students will be inspired to be interested in the topic of future travel, and cultivate their curiosity and exploration spirit about future life. Through group work and pair work, students will enhance their sense of cooperation and teamwork, and be more confident in expressing themselves in English. 教学重难点 1. Key Points The teaching of key words, phrases, and sentence patterns related to future travel. Guiding students to use these words, phrases, and sentence patterns to describe future travel vividly. Organizing various speaking activities to encourage students to actively participate in class discussions. 2. Difficult Points Helping students overcome their fear of speaking English and express their unique and creative ideas freely. Training students to use English to think and organize their language while speaking, rather than just translating from Chinese in their minds. Teaching students how to make reasonable and detailed predictions about future travel based on the current situation and their imagination. 1. Key Words and Phrases Transportation: hoverboard (悬浮滑板), spaceship (宇宙飞船), high - speed train (高速列车), self - driving car (自动驾驶汽车), underwater vehicle (水下交通工具) Destinations: space (太空), the bottom of the ocean (海底), Mars (火星), polar regions (极地地区) Accommodation: underwater hotel (水下酒店), space hotel (太空酒店), eco - friendly resort (环保度假村) 2. Sentence Patterns for Prediction I think... will... Example: I think self - driving cars will be very popular in the future. In the future, there will be... Example: In the future, there will be more high - speed trains connecting different cities. It is likely that... will... Example: It is likely that space tourism will become more affordable in 20 years. 教学过程 1. Warming - up (5 minutes) Greet the students as usual. Show some pictures of current popular travel scenes, such as people traveling by plane, train, or visiting famous tourist attractions. Then ask students some simple questions, like "What kind of transportation do you usually take when traveling?" "Which place do you like to travel to the most?" to arouse their interest in the topic of travel. 2. Lead - in (5 minutes) After the warming - up, show some pictures of some science - fiction - like travel scenes, such as a person riding a hoverboard in the air, a spaceship flying to Mars, and an underwater hotel. Ask students: "Do you think these kinds of travels will become real in the future? What other new ways of traveling can you imagine?" Let students think for a while and then share their initial ideas briefly. This step is to lead students to the topic of future travel smoothly. 3. New Knowledge Presentation (10 minutes) Vocabulary Teaching Present the key words and phrases related to future travel one by one on the PPT. For each word or phrase, show a vivid picture and give a simple explanation. For example, when presenting "hoverboard", show a picture of a person riding a hoverboard and explain: "A hoverboard is a kind of new transportation. It can float in the air, and people can ride it to move around easily." Let students read the words and phrases after the teacher several times, paying attention to the pronunciation. Then ask some students to read them individually to check their pronunciation. Sentence Pattern Teaching Write the sentence patterns for making predictions on the blackboard: "I think... will...", "In the future, there will be...", "It is likely that... will...". Give some examples for each pattern on the PPT and explain how to use them. For example, for "I think... will...", show the sentence "I think more people will choose to travel abroad in the future." Explain that we use this pattern to express our personal opinions and predictions. Let students practice making sentences with these patterns according to the pictures of future travel on the PPT. First, ask them to make sentences individually, and then share their sentences with their deskmates. Finally, invite some students to stand up and share their sentences with the whole class. 4. Speaking Activities (15 minutes) Pair Work Divide the students into pairs. Give each pair a topic card about future travel, such as "Future transportation", "Future travel destinations", or "Future travel accommodation". Ask the pairs to have a discussion according to the topic on the card. They need to use the words, phrases, and sentence patterns they have just learned to talk about their predictions. For example, if the topic is "Future transportation", they can say "I think hoverboards will be used for short - distance travel in the city. In the future, there will be more advanced self - driving cars that can drive even faster and safer." Walk around the classroom to monitor the pairs' discussions. Offer help and guidance when necessary, such as correcting wrong pronunciations or grammar mistakes gently. After about 5 minutes, ask some pairs to come to the front of the class and share their discussions with the whole class. The other students listen carefully and can ask questions if they have any. Group Work Rearrange the students into groups of four. Give each group a more comprehensive task: design a future travel plan. They need to consider aspects like transportation, destinations, accommodation, and activities during the trip. Let the groups start their discussions. Each member of the group should contribute their ideas. Encourage them to be creative. For example, they can plan a trip to the bottom of the ocean, where they will take an underwater vehicle, stay in an underwater hotel, and have activities like watching underwater animals. Provide each group with a large piece of paper and some colored pens. They can draw a simple map or picture to illustrate their travel plan and write down some key points. After 8 minutes of discussion and preparation, ask each group to present their future travel plan to the class. They can use the PPT or the paper they have drawn on to help with the presentation. The other groups listen carefully and give comments and suggestions. 5. Summary (7 minutes) Summarize the key words, phrases, and sentence patterns of this lesson with the students. Write them on the blackboard again and ask students to read them together to strengthen their memory. Review the main ideas that students have shared during the speaking activities. Select some excellent and creative ideas and praise the students who came up with them. Emphasize the importance of using English to express our thoughts and predictions, and encourage students to keep practicing speaking English in their daily lives. 6. Homework (3 minutes) Ask students to write a short passage about their own future travel plan. They should include at least 80 words and use the words, phrases, and sentence patterns learned in this class. Suggest students to search for more information about future travel on the Internet or in books and share it with the class next time. 教学反思 After this class, I think the overall teaching process went smoothly. The warming - up and lead - in parts successfully aroused students' interest in the topic of future travel. Most students were actively involved in the vocabulary and sentence pattern learning, and they could master and use them relatively well in the following speaking activities. During the pair work and group work, students showed great enthusiasm and creativity. They actively communicated with their partners, and many students were able to express their unique ideas about future travel. However, there were also some problems. Some students were still a bit shy and nervous when speaking in front of the class, and their voices were too low. In the future, I need to create more opportunities for these students to practice speaking and give them more encouragement to build up their confidence. In addition, during the group work, some groups spent too much time on drawing and writing, while the discussion time was relatively short. Next time, I should give more specific time - management guidance to ensure that each group can fully discuss and present their ideas. Overall, through this lesson, students have improved their speaking skills to a certain extent, but there is still room for further improvement and optimization in teaching methods and strategies. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$