The analysis of learners

Most students in Grade 7 have learned words about food before. So they   have a certain vocabulary foundation. And this lesson is closed to the real   life, they will be interested in this lesson. However, due to lack of enough   knowledge and have few chances for listening and oral practices, they   are not good at listening and   speaking. So they will be encouraged to practice more in listening and   speaking.

Learning objectives

According to New English Curriculum Standard, the   teacher sets the following objectives.

A. Knowledge objectives:

1. 80% of students can pronounce and recognize the   new words & sentence patterns according to pictures. And at least 60% of   students can make conversations by using the new words & sentence   patterns.

2. More than half of students can use the sentence   structure to make their own dialogues. And some lower-level students can   express their preference by using the key words and sentences.

B.   Ability objectives:

After learning the new words and sentences and   practicing listening and speaking in pairs：

1. 80% of students can find out the key words while listening.

2. 80% of students will be   able to make short dialogues about ordering food.

C.   Moral objectives:

Students can learn to cherish the food and thank the   hard work of some people.  

Key points& Difficult points

Key   points:

1. Students can recognize, pronounce and   understand the meaning of the new words and sentences.

2.Students can use the sentence structure   to make their own dialogues.

Difficult points:

It’s little difficult for students to use   the sentences patterns in their dialogue flexibly.

Teaching methods & Learning ways

Teaching methods:

Situational Teaching Method

Communicative Teaching Method

Learning ways:

Cooperative learning

Autonomous learning

Teaching aids

PPT, pictures, tape

Teaching procedure

Teaching procedure

Classroom activities

Teacher’s behavior

Students’ behavior

Purpose

Lead- in

(3 minutes)

Create   a situation---

Holly’s   Noodle House

1. Greet the class with a smile.

2. Invite students to go   to Holly’s noodle house and introduce the menu in the APP.

Through the leading of teacher, students go to the Noodle   House and perceive the food they will learn firstly.

This step is based on the Situational Teaching Method. By creating a   situation , it can arouse the interest of students and lead to the   topic.

Pre- listening

(8 minutes)

Present new words

1.Present some new words with pictures.

New   words:

beef   chicken mutton tomatoes potatoes cabbage carrots noodles

1.Learn the new words by reading,   spelling.

This step is based on the Communicative Approach. Through presenting the new words and   sentences with pictures and game, students can learn the new language in   context and practice words and sentences in an interesting way.

Play a   game to practice new words

2.Ask students   to play a game to practice the new words.

2.Play a game--“cut   watermelon”, try to say the words as quickly as possible.

Present the new sentence patterns

3.In the presentation of words, teacher   asks students what they would  like. Let the students learn   the words and sentences in the language context.

New   sentence patterns:

What   would you like？I’d like... please.

3.After teacher’s question, students can   express their preference by using new sentence patterns.

Permeation of moral objective

4.Teacher tells the students to eat   more vegetables.

4. Realize the importance of eating more   vegetables and keep a good diet.

While-listening

(15 minutes)

Listen to 1b

1. Play   the recording of 1b, listen twice and let students complete the corresponding   tasks.

1. Listen to 1b.

(1)Listen for the first time--- finish   exercise in 1b.

(2)Listen for the second time and complete the conversation   and read after the tape.

By listening to the key information of   the material, students will learn how to grasp key words while listening and   develop students’’ ability of listening and consolidates the key sentences   they have just learned.

Work on 2a-2b

2.Work on 2a-2b

(1) Teacher present different kinds of noodles,   different size of a bowl of noodles with pictures and teach the words and

sentences about size:

Words:   small medium large

Sentence   patterns: What kind of noodles would you like？I’d   like... please.

What   size would you like？I’d like a ... bowl of   noodles, please.

(2) Play the recording of 2b and check answers one by   one.

2.Work on 2a-2b

（1）Go through the pictures   in 2a and read the words and sentences.

（2）Listen to 2b and fill in the blanks and read 2b loudly   together.

Post- listening

(11minutes)

Students act as“little teachers”to practice what they   learned

1. Teacher asks students to   be act as  “little teachers”to ask students by using   the target language.

1. Students act as“little teachers” to ask others and   practice the words and sentences.

1. This step is based on the Communicative Approach. From pair work to   role-play, students can practice what they learned gradually and make a   production. And they can accumulate more expressions of ordering food.

2.Students can

develop their ability of summarizing and self-learning by   summarizing the useful expressions in class.

Work in pairs

2. Ask students work in pairs to practice they learned.

2. Make a short dialogue by using the words and sentences and   show it.

Order food reasonably

3. Use counter-example (order too much) to guide   students to order food reasonably.

3.From the counter-example,   students give suggestions “we should order food reasonably.”

Summarize the useful   expressions

4.Lead students to be   familiar with the process of ordering food and summarize the ordering   language.

4.Students summarize the   useful expressions to be waiter and customer by themselves.

Role-play

5.Show a want   ad---Holly’s Noodle House needs some waiters or waitresses and invite   students to join in.

5.Have a role-play to   order food in the Noodle House by using the useful expressions.

Cherish food

6.Show some pictures on   wasting food and emphasize the hard work to grow food and the preciousness of   food.

6.Be aware of thanking   some people for their hard work and cherishing food.

Summary

(5 minutes)

Make a summary

Ask students to make a conclusion about   what we learned in this lesson.

Summarize the key words and key sentences.  

After the   learning, students need to recall the key points, and try to remember them in   the class.

Homework

(3 minutes)

Homework

Level 1: Ask level 1 students   to make a family menu.

Level 2: Ask Level 2 students to make a new dialogue   about ordering food with your partner and show it next class.

Level 1: Level 1 students   make a family menu.

Level 2: Level 2 students make a new dialogue about   ordering food with your partner and show it next class.

Level 2 students need to   apply what they have learned by making dialogues. It’s necessary to do   exercises to check if students understand the language points of the class.   And level 1 students don’t have enough accumulation, they cannot make   dialogues by themselves, so they need to consolidate the words and sentences they learned and make a family   menu.

Design concepts and ideas

Design concepts

This lesson is designed according to the following design concept:

New English Curriculum Standard

The Concept of Students-centered in class   role-play.

The first principle of language practice

Teaching ideas

First of all, by creating a   situation--Holly’s Noodle House, it can arouse the interest of students and lead to the   topic.

Then, according to the pictures, students are easy to learn the new words. In the   presentation of words, the teacher asks students what they would   like. Let the students learn the words and sentences in the language context.   It’s good for them to develop the ability of communication.

Based on the words and sentences, listening exercise   not only consolidates they have just learned, but also trains their listening   skills to grasp key words.

After listening, based on the Concept of   Outcomes-based Education, from pair   work to role-play, students practice what they have learned gradually,   and finally they have a production about what they learned.

Then, summary and homework can help students recall and enhance the   application of key words and sentences what they have learnt after class.

Meanwhile, the moral objectives have been   intersected to the whole class, from eating more vegetables, ordering food   reasonably to cherishing food and thanking the hard work of some people, so   that students can have a deeper understanding of this class.

Teaching reflection

1. The   learning objectives of this lesson have well achieved. 80% of students can   pronounce and recognize the new words & sentence patterns according to   pictures. More than half of students can use the sentence structure to order   food in the noodle house.

2. The moral objective is conducted from the beginning to the   end in this class. It subtly affect the students to eat more vegetables,   cherish food and thank the hard work of some people.

3. The whole class is student-centered. Students discover,   summarize and practice knowledge by themselves, such as students summarize   the useful expressions of ordering food and have a role-play.

4. But   there are still some problems. 20% students have listening difficulties   because they lack of practice and cannot use the sentences flexibly. In the   following class, I will pay more attention to them, give them more chances to   practice. And I will recommend some suitable materials to them to practice   after class.