高中英语教学：The Chinese Writing System.docx

The Chinese Writing System: connecting the past and the present 主题语境：人与社会 授课时长：70分钟 语篇类型：说明文 文本分析：本文是一篇以中国汉字书写体系为主题的说明文。标题“The Chinese writing system: Connecting the Past and the Present”直接点明汉字在连接中华文明的过去和现在的历史作用。全文语言简明扼要、重点突出,以汉字发展历史为明线，以汉字的纽带作用为暗线，暗含了汉字书写体系对中华文明传承千年所起的四个连接作用：连接人类和文化、连接古代与现代、连接语言和艺术，连接中国与世界。通过文本，作者希望读者了解汉字书写体系的发展历史，思考汉字书写体系发展和中华文化传承的关系，进而加强学生对中国文化的自豪感和认同感，增强学生对中国文明的自信心。 课时目标： 通过学生自主提问与自主答疑，了解汉字书写体系的历史发展信息。 通过反复阅读，领会汉字书写体系的重要历史意义，深入挖掘汉字书写体系的发展与中华文化生生不息之间的内在联系。增加学生的民族自豪感，增强文化自信。 通过迁移创新，培养学生语言表达能力及批判性思维能力。 设计思路： 教学过程： Activity1: Free talk. 本活动为实现教学目标1做铺垫。 T shows a video clip about Chinese characters(The Video Time in this unit ). Q1: What can you get from the video? Ss share their answers and T writes some of the related words on the blackboard.(date back to, carve, picture-based, symbol, bones, shells, etc.) 【设计意图】基于单元整体教学设计理念，教师将本单元最后部分的Video Time作为本节课的引入，目的是让学生快速了解汉字发展的历史，激活学生背景知识，铺垫话题词汇，唤醒思维能力。 Activity2: Predicting the content and combing the structure 本活动为实现教学目标1做铺垫。 Make predictions about the passages. Q1: Based on the title and the picture, what do you think is talked about in the passage?(raise some questions to predict the contents of the passage.) Skim the passage and quickly located the answers. Q2: In which paragraphs can you find the following information? Determine the basic structure of the passage and identify the text type. Introduction Introduction Chinese writing system Chinese writing system (exposition) History History Importance Importance 【设计意图】通过学生自主提问，形成学生阅读的内驱力，引导学生通过自主答疑进行文章整体阅读，整理文章零散信息，梳理文章结构,认识篇章类型。 Activity3: Digging the passage and analyzing the language 本活动旨在落实目标1。为实现目标2做铺垫。 Read for the basic information about the development of Chinese writing system. Scan the text to: Find dates and time-related words. Figure out what happened at each of those important times. Underline the the description of features of Chinese characters in each time. Time What happened (Event) At the beginning Several thousand years ago By