摘要:
该初中英语课件围绕记忆策略展开,通过“Have you ever taken a memory test?”导入,先列出10个单词预热,再以三个听力测试(图像、数字、单词)引导学生实践,总结结论后进行小组讨论和自我评价,构建从感知到实践到反思的学习支架。
其亮点在于融合学习能力与思维品质培养,如Test 3对比发音相似单词(man, cat等)引导学生分析记忆难易原因,采用任务型和合作学习,提升学生记忆策略和语言运用能力,教师可借助结构化活动设计高效组织课堂。
内容正文:
Unit 6 Wisdom counts
Listening and speaking
P104 1
Read the words below for 30 seconds.
Then close your book and write down
as many words as you can remember.
fork
mountain
February
onion
river
ant
monkey
window
computer
soldier
How many words did you write down?
How did you remember these words?
Have you ever taken
a memory test?
2
Listen to three memory tests and answer the question below.
What do the three memory tests test?
P104 2
They test how well we can remember images, numbers and words.
3
Listen again and complete the memory tests.
P104 3
Test 1:
What is the first set of numbers? _____________
What is the second set of numbers? _____________
Test 2:
What are the words in list A?
__________________________________
What are the words in list B?
__________________________________
Test 3:
9-7-5-4-7
4-3-1-8-6-2-6-2
Sit, day, pen, cow, six.
Man, cat, fat, hat, sat.
What conclusions can you draw from the three tests?
Listen again and answer the question.
Test 1: Visual memory affects the way we learn, as a lot of the information we receive
is ______ in nature. We can improve visual memory through _______ and ___________.
Test 2: Most people can remember about
___________ numbers for a short time. Putting the numbers into _____________
is a good way to remember them.
Test 3: Words that sound ________ are ________ to remember than words with different sounds.
visual
practice
visual games
six or seven
smaller groups
similar
harder
John: Hello everybody! Here are three memory tests. They will test how
well you remember images, numbers and words.
Test 1: Visual memory test
Wendy: For the first test, look at the image for 10 seconds. (pause)
Now, cover the first image. Fill in the same pattern in the second
image. (pause)
Now look at the first picture. Did you do it right?
John: Visual memory is the ability to remember pictures, shapes, and so
on. Visual memory affects the way we learn as a lot of information
we take in is visual in nature. We can improve visual memory
through practice and visual games.
John: Test 2: Number memory test
For the second test, Wendy will say two sets of numbers. When
she finishes, repeat the numbers after her. Here's the first set.
Wendy: Nine-seven-five-four-seven. (pause)
John: Write the numbers down now. (pause) Next, the second set.
Wendy: Four-three-one-eight-six-two-six-two. (pause)
John: Now write it down. (pause) Wendy will read the numbers again.
Listen and check your answers.
Wendy: Nine-seven-five-four-seven. Four-three-one-eight-six-two-six-
two.
John: How many numbers did you get right? Most people can
remember about six or seven numbers for a short time. Putting
the numbers into smaller groups is a good way to remember them.
John: Test 3: Word memory test
Here's the third test. Wendy will read out two lists of
words. When she finishes, repeat the words after her.
Here's list A.
Wendy: Sit, day, pen, cow, six. (pause)
John: Now write the words down. (pause) Here's list B.
Wendy: Man, cat, fat, hat, sat. (pause)
John: Now write those words down. (pause) Which list was
easier to remember? (pause) Yes, list A is easier.
Scientists think that list B is harder because the
words in list B sound similar.
...
...
Your ideas
P104 4
Share your answers in groups and complete the table. Which test was the easiest, and which was the most difficult? How would you explain the results?
Student A Student B Student C Student D
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Which of them are
you best at?
There are many fun
and effective ways to help you remember English words.
keep a notebook
learn words
in context
make
a
word web
use flash cards
use images
Discuss your ideas
with your classmates.
S1: How do you remember English words?
S2: Well, one way to remember English words
is to make a word web. For example, if
you want to remember words related with
(与……有关) “memory”, you can write
“memory” in the centre. Then draw lines
outward from the centre and connect other
words with it, such as “forgetful”,
“improve”, “decline” and “brain”.
S1: I see! Can we make the web bigger?
S2: Definitely. You can continue adding words
to the web. For example, you can write
“active” and “stressed” around the word
“brain”.
…
P107
Improving your pronunciation
Loss of plosion 失去爆破
football /ˈfʊtbɔːl/
used to /ˈjuːst tu/
sit down /ˈsɪt daʊn/
Read the following words and phrases loudly.
Pay attention to the underlined consonants(辅音).
• 当两个爆破音(比如 /t/、/d/、/p/、
/b/、/k/或者/g/)相邻时,我们不发
第一个音,只作发音的姿势,它们
之间通常有一个短暂的停顿,我们
把这称为失去爆破。
爆破音
• 失去爆破现象既可以出现在一个单
词中,也可以出现在两个单词之间。
找出下列短语或句子中不完全爆破现象的部分。
(1) Glad to meet you.
(2) This is a good book about memory tips.
(3) That was the best day of my life!
(4) I felt bad about what happened.
(5) Most people have moments of forgetfulness.
Gla(d) to meet you.
This is a goo(d) book about memory tips.
That was the bes(t) day of my life!
I fel(t) bad about what happened.
Mos(t) people have moments of forgetfulness.
(1) Gla(d) to meet you.
(2) This is a goo(d) book about memory tips.
(3) That was the bes(t) day of my life!
(4) I fel(t) bad about what happened.
(5) Mos(t) people have moments of forgetfulness.
Listen and repeat.
Let's have a race to see
who can read the sentences faster and better.
Try to imitate (模仿).
1. Do you know any ways that can help you
remember English words?
2. Can you explain when to use ‘loss of explosion’?
Can you pronounce the sentences with
unreleased stops?
1. Find more ways to help you remember
English words, and then share them with
your classmates.
2. Preview Writing part on pages 108-109.
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