Unit4 Our Memory Section A(2a-2d) 教学设计-2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 4 Our Memory

Section A 2a-2d

I. Teaching Aims

1. Students can understand the main idea of the conversation between the students and Professor Green and get the general topic about memory by listening.

2. Students can get specific information by completing the sentences in 2c, and learn some useful ways to use the brain well.

3. Students can talk about how to link new knowledge with old knowledge and how to develop the brain, using the target language in daily communication.

II. Key and Difficult Points

1. Key points: Words and expressions about memory, such as link... with..., pay attention to, be different from, put... to good use, develop the brain; listening for details.

2. Difficult points: Understanding Professor Green’s answers about the brain and expressing one’s own ideas about how to learn better in English.

III. Teaching Tools

1. The textbook (Unit 4, Our Memory, Section A 2a-2d).

2. The blackboard and coloured pens.

3. A recorder and the recording of the conversation with Professor Green.

4. Printed exercise sheets for 2c and 2d.

5. A PowerPoint (optional) showing the key questions and words.

IV. Teaching Procedures

Step 1: Lead-in (5 mins)

1. The teacher shows a picture of a scientist giving a lecture and asks: “If you meet a professor of the brain, what questions do you want to ask?”

2. Students think and share their questions freely, then the teacher leads to 2a: “Imagine you are attending Professor Green’s lecture too. What do you want to ask?”

[Purpose] To activate the topic of “memory and the brain” and prepare students for the listening.

Step 2: Pre-listening (2a) (3 mins)

The teacher asks students to read the four questions in 2a and guess which topics Professor Green and the students will talk about. Students share their predictions.

[Purpose] To help students predict the listening content and lower the difficulty of listening.

Step 3: While-listening — Listen for topics (2b) (8 mins)

1. The teacher plays the recording for the first time. Students listen and tick the topics they hear.

2. Students check the answers in pairs, then the teacher confirms: the topics are about linking knowledge, mixing up words, riding a bike and putting the brain to good use.

[Purpose] To get the main idea and the talking topics of the conversation.

Step 4: While-listening — Listen for details (2c) (10 mins)

1. The teacher plays the recording again. Students listen and complete the sentences in 2c.

2. Students check in pairs; the teacher plays key parts again if needed and checks the answers (linking / connecting... with; details, different, picture; question / problem, stored).