Unit2Theuniversallanguage-Welcome教案（牛津译林版选修8）.doc

第  PAGE 3 页 共  NUMPAGES 3 页 Module 8 unit 2 The universal language The first period Welcome to the unit The general idea of this period Four pictures are designed to point out the theme of this unit: music, the universal language. The questions for discussion can improve students’ speaking ability and can arouse students’ interests for music and discussion. Teaching aim Let the students get familiar with the topic of music. Encourage the students to practice their spoken English by talking about their favourite kind of music and discussing the pictures. Teaching important and difficult points 1. Relate the information given in the book to the students’ own experiences and let them get familiar with different kinds of music. 2. Let them talk about music fully and freely. Teaching aids A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures: Step I. lead-in T: Hello, everyone. In last unit, we have learned the written world. Surely written language is very important, but do you know the existence of a universal language? Do you know the meaning of universal? S: … T: A universal language is a language that can be understood by people all over the world. Can you guess what it is? Can it be Chinese? Why or why not? S: No…. T: What is the most widely used language in the world? Is it a universal language? Why or why not? S: No…. You are right. So today we are going to learn something about music, the universal language. I.??????????????????? Discussion. Do you like music? Why or why not? How many kinds of music do you know? Can you list some types of music? What are the common topics of music Step II. Ask the students to look at the pictures one by one on page 17. Then ask some questions about each picture. Picture 1 What are the people doing in the picture? What do you know about jazz? Do you know any famous jazz musician? What does jazz music sound like to you? Picture 2 What are the people doing in this picture? What is Chinese opera? What