Unit 6 Inventors and their inventions D Listening and speaking教学设计 2025-2026学年沪外教版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 6 Inventors and their inventions-D Listening and speaking This part of "Listening and speaking" in Unit 6 of the textbook focuses on the theme of inventors and their inventions. It provides students with a podcast about young inventors. Through listening, students are expected to extract key information about these young inventors, such as their inventions, the reasons behind the inventions, and their personal qualities. The speaking section encourages students to exchange ideas based on what they have heard. They are required to discuss and share their opinions on the qualities of inventors and how inventions change our lives. The content aims to not only improve students' listening comprehension skills but also enhance their oral communication ability, enabling them to express their thoughts fluently and accurately in the context of inventions. 教学目标 A. Knowledge Objectives Students will be able to master new words and phrases related to inventions and inventors, such as "disability", "host", "inventive", "blind", "deaf", "brain", "research", "aim", "inspire", "sticky", "bandage", "dispenser", "struggle", "quality", "opinion", etc. Enable students to understand the main information of the podcast about young inventors, including details of their inventions and personal qualities. B. Ability Objectives Improve students' listening skills, such as listening for specific information, understanding the main idea, and inferring meaning from context. Develop students' speaking skills, allowing them to express their views on inventors and inventions clearly and coherently, and be able to communicate and discuss with their partners. C. Emotional Objectives Cultivate students' interest in inventions and inventors, and stimulate their curiosity and creativity. Encourage students to respect the efforts of inventors and develop a positive attitude towards innovation. 教学重难点 A. Key Points New words and phrases related to inventions and inventors. Understanding the content of the podcast about young inventors. Guiding students to express their opinions on inventions and inventors in English. B. Difficult Points Helping students to accurately understand the detailed information in the podcast, especially some abstract concepts and complex sentence structures. Encouraging students to think critically and express their unique views on the qualities of inventors and the impact of inventions on life during the speaking process. Vocabulary Invention - related: invention (n.), inventor (n.), create (v.), take the place of People - related: disability, host, blind, deaf, brain, research, aim, inspire Others: uninterested, inventive, sticky, bandage, dispenser, struggle, quality, opinion Listening Skills Predicting the content before listening according to the title and given information. Taking notes while listening to capture key information, such as names, inventions, reasons. Identifying the main idea and supporting details. Speaking Skills Using appropriate sentence patterns to express opinions, such as "In my opinion...", "I think...", "It seems to me that...". Connecting ideas smoothly with transitional words, like "and", "but", "however", "moreover". 教学过程 A. Lead - in (5 minutes) Show some pictures of famous inventions, such as the light bulb, the telephone, and the computer, on the PPT. Ask students: "Do you know who invented these things? What do you think are the most important qualities for an inventor?" Let students think and share their ideas briefly in pairs. Then introduce today's topic - listening to a podcast about young inventors, which will help them know more about inventions and the people behind them. B. Pre - listening (10 minutes) New Words Teaching Present the new words and phrases related to inventions and inventors on the PPT one by one. For example, when teaching "disability", show pictures of people with different disabilities and explain the word. Use simple sentences like "A person with a disability may need special help." to help students understand. For words like "inventive", explain its meaning as "good at creating new things or having new ideas", and give examples such as "Thomas Edison was an inventive inventor." After presenting all the words, have a quick review. Read the words aloud and ask students to repeat, then randomly point to a word and ask students to say its meaning. Prediction Show the title of the podcast "Young Inventors" and some pictures related to it (such as a young boy holding a new - designed device). Ask students to predict what they might hear in the podcast. Guide them to think about aspects like who the young inventors are, what their inventions are, and why they made these inventions. Let students share their predictions in groups of four, and then invite some groups to report their ideas to the whole class. C. While - listening (15 minutes) First Listening Play the podcast for the first time. Ask students to listen carefully and get a general idea of the content. After listening, ask them some general questions, such as "How many young inventors are mentioned in the podcast?" and "What is the common feature of these inventors?" Let students answer briefly. Second Listening Play the podcast again. This time, ask students to take notes while listening. Provide them with a form on the PPT with columns like "Name of the Inventor", "Invention", "Reason for the Invention", and "Qualities of the Inventor". Let them fill in the form as they listen. After listening, ask students to work in pairs to check and discuss their notes. Then invite several pairs to share their filled - in forms with the class. The teacher can correct and supplement on the blackboard if there are any mistakes or omissions. Third Listening Play the podcast for the third time. This time, ask students to focus on some details, such as specific problems that the inventions aimed to solve or some interesting stories during the invention process. After listening, have a small group discussion. Pose questions like "What difficulties do you think these young inventors might have faced?" and "Which invention do you think is the most useful and why?" Each group selects a representative to share their discussion results with the class. D. Post - listening (10 minutes) Speaking Activity 1: Group Discussion Divide students into groups of four or five. Pose the following discussion topics: What qualities do you think are essential for inventors? Why do you think so? How have inventions changed our daily lives? Can you give some examples? Ask each group to have a discussion. Encourage students to use the information they got from the podcast and their own experiences to support their views. Walk around the classroom to monitor the discussions and offer help if necessary. Speaking Activity 2: Group Report After the group discussion, each group selects a representative to report their group's discussion results to the whole class. The representative should speak clearly and organize their words well. After each group's report, other groups can ask questions or make comments. The teacher can also ask some follow - up questions to further expand the discussion, such as "If you were an inventor, what kind of invention would you like to make and why?" E. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summary Summarize today's key points on the blackboard, including new words, listening skills (such as predicting, note - taking), and speaking skills (expressing opinions). Review the main content of the podcast about young inventors and the qualities of inventors discussed in class. Emphasize the importance of inventions and the spirit of innovation. Homework Ask students to write a short passage about an inventor they admire. They should include information about the inventor's name, main inventions, and the reasons why they admire this inventor. The passage should be at least 80 words. Encourage students to search for more information about interesting inventions on the Internet and share it with the class in the next lesson. 教学反思 In the teaching process, most students showed great interest in the topic of inventions, which actively participated in class discussions and group activities. However, a few students were still a bit shy and less involved. In future teaching, more individual encouragement and guidance should be given to these students to help them build confidence in speaking English. Regarding the listening part, some students had difficulty in catching all the key information in one go, especially when there were complex sentence structures. In the future, more listening practice with different levels of difficulty can be provided, and some specific listening strategies, such as how to quickly identify the subject and predicate in a sentence while listening, can be taught. During the speaking activities, students' language expressions were somewhat limited. Although they could express their basic ideas, the use of sentence patterns and vocabulary was not rich enough. To solve this problem, more model sentences and relevant vocabulary expansion exercises can be arranged in class to help students enrich their language stores and improve their speaking abilities. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $