摘要:
该初中英语教学设计围绕“Communication matters!”主题,聚焦核心词汇(如misunderstanding, teamwork等)、对话理解及沟通句型。通过展示学生争吵与和平交谈的对比图片,结合“如何与同学相处”等引导问题导入,激活学生日常经验,搭建从生活到主题的学习支架,梳理知识脉络。
此资料特色在于融合任务型与情境教学,分层听力任务(先匹配人物观点,再判断信息)培养语言能力和思维品质,如引导学生捕捉关键词分析观点、辨别对立信息。小组合作使用对话框架讨论实际沟通问题,提升学习能力和文化意识,实现知识向口语输出转化。助力学生提升听说能力与沟通意识,为教师提供清晰流程和可操作活动。
内容正文:
Lesson 1 Communication matters!
1、 Teaching Objectives
1. Language Ability:
Master key words (misunderstanding, teamwork, communicate, satisfy) and sentence patterns; understand the conversation and finish matching & listening exercises; make short dialogues about communication.
2. Cultural Awareness:
Realize the value of polite communication in school friendship, teamwork and family relationships; build harmonious interpersonal communication awareness.
3. Thinking Quality:
Analyze different students’ opinions logically; distinguish true/false statements from listening materials; think critically about how to solve friendship conflicts.
4. Learning Ability:
Use listening strategies (keyword spotting); cooperate in group discussion; apply textbook sentences into real-life conversations independently.
2. Teaching Key Points & Difficult Points
Key Points
1. Master core vocabulary: communicate, communication, misunderstanding, teamwork, satisfied, get along with, fix things, get things out in the open
2. Understand the whole classroom conversation; complete matching and listening check exercises accurately.
3. Use fixed sentences to talk about relationships and functions of good communication.
Difficult Points
1. Distinguish opposite statements in listening exercises; capture hidden meanings in oral conversation.
2. Transform textbook knowledge into real oral output to discuss daily communication problems with classmates.
3. Teaching Methods
Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Situational Teaching Method
Cooperative Group Learning
Interactive Listening & Speaking Training
Question-led Inquiry Teaching
4. Teaching Aids
Textbook, PPT with conversation script, exercise worksheet, group discussion cards
5. Detailed Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Lead-in & Warm-up
Teacher’s Activities
1. Greet students. Show two pictures: students arguing and students talking peacefully. Ask two guiding questions:
How do you get along with your classmates?
What helps you get on well with friends?
2. Invite 3–4 intermediate-level students to share simple answers, then lead to the unit theme: Communication matters!
Students’ Activities
Answer simple questions freely; connect daily experience with the lesson topic.
Design Intent
Create real-life situations to activate students’ prior knowledge; arouse learning interest; lay an emotional foundation for the theme; achieve the goal of thinking quality and language ability from the start.
Step 2: Pre-listening:
Vocabulary Presentation
Teacher’s Activities
1. Present key words and phrases with context from the textbook:
get along with, misunderstanding, teamwork, fix things, get things out in the open, satisfied with
2. Guide students to read aloud; explain meanings with simple examples connected to school life.
3. Check pronunciation of intermediate students individually to fix weak points.
Students’ Activities
Read words repeatedly; take simple notes; match phrases with Chinese meanings.
Design Intent
Remove vocabulary barriers for later listening tasks; pave the way for listening comprehension; fit students’ learning pace to reduce listening difficulty.
Step 3: While-listening:
Task Training
Task 1: Match people with statements (Activity 2)
1. First, let students read all sentences carefully and underline key words. 2. Play the conversation audio for the first time; students finish matching roughly.
2. Play audio a second time; check answers together, analyze keywords for each character’s opinion.
Wang Mei: teamwork
Li Ming: friendship needs communication ◦ Li Lin: hurt friends unknowingly
Song Hua: happy and satisfied life
Ms Liu: talk problems openly
Task 2: Listen again and tick mentioned information (Activity 3)
1. Remind students to eliminate wrong options first (the sentence not to get things out in the open is opposite to the text).
2. Play audio twice; students finish ticking; teacher reviews answers and explains each option based on the script.
Students’ Activities
Focus on audio keywords; complete two listening tasks step by step; correct answers with teacher’s guidance.
Design Intent
Follow listening teaching rules: from easy matching to detailed information judgment; train listening skills step by step. Layered tasks suit students, avoid overwhelming difficulty; improve language ability and learning strategies.
Step 4: Post-listening:
Text Analysis & Oral Input
Teacher’s Activities
1. Show the full conversation text; guide students to sort out each character’s viewpoints in order.
2. Summarize three functions of good communication from the passage:
Keep good friendship; solve misunderstandings
Improve teamwork for group projects
Help people succeed at work and live happily
3.Read the whole dialogue together as a class, then role-play in pairs (Ms Liu, Li Ming, Li Lin, Wang Mei, Song Hua).
Students’ Activities
Analyze text logic; read aloud; practice role-play with partners.
Design Intent
Shift from input (listening/reading) to oral output; consolidate textbook content; internalize language knowledge; cultivate cooperative learning ability.
Step 5: Group Cooperative Speaking Task
Teacher’s Activities
1. Divide students into groups of 4; offer two fixed conversation frames on PPT for reference:
Frame 1A: What is good communication?
B: Good communication is ______. It helps us ______.
Frame 2A: Can communication help people succeed in jobs?
B: Yes. Because people with good communication skills ______.
2. Walk around the classroom to guide intermediate students, offer word hints when they get stuck.
3. Invite 2–3 groups to present their dialogues in front of the class and give positive feedback.
Students’ Activities
Discuss in groups; finish personalized dialogues based on textbook information; show presentations.
Design Intent
Combine textbook knowledge with personalized creation; realize knowledge transfer to real daily scenes; enhance language output ability and cultural awareness of positive communication.
Step 6: Summary & Homework
Summary
Teacher guides students to conclude:
Key phrases; main ideas of the conversation; importance of open communication in friendship and teamwork.
Homework
1. Read the classroom conversation aloud three times and recite 3 key sentences.
2. Have a short talk with one family member: how communication helps family get along well; write down 2 sentences.
Design Intent
Consolidate in-class knowledge; extend learning from school to family life; realize the educational value of the theme; strengthen learning continuity after class.
6. Blackboard Design
Lesson 1 Communication matters!
Key phrases
1. get along with sb 2. have misunderstandings
2. teamwork 4. get things out in the open
5. be satisfied with…
People’s opinions
Li Ming: Friendship needs good communication
Li Lin: Friends may hurt each other without knowing
Wang Mei: Communication makes teamwork easier
Song Hua: Good communication brings a happier life
Ms Liu: Talk about problems openly
Oral sentence frames
A: What is good communication?
B: It helps us solve problems and get on well with others.
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