下面以初中英语义务教育课程标准实验教科书《Go for it 八年级下册》Unit 9 Reading: Have you ever been to Singapore? 这一阅读课为例试作说明。
任务一
课前预习,要求学生搜集Singapore 的有关信息,学生可以利用互联网、报刊、杂志等查阅资料。
1. Do you know anything about the country of Singapore?
2. What famous things are there in Singapore?
3. Is there anything interesting in Singapore?
任务二
课堂限时阅读,由浅入深多层次地设计下列任务
1. Where is Singapore?
2. Is Singapore a big country in Europe?
3. How many Chinese are there in Singapore?
4. Languages can you speak in Singapore? Why?
5. How many kinds of food can you find in Singapore?
6. Is where a special zoo in Singapore? What is its name?
7. Why is the zoo special? Describe it, please.
8. What is the weather like in Singapore?
9. Which season is good for visiting Singapore?
任务三
学生完成教师设计的阅读任务
1. Divide the class into small groups and then discuss. (分小组讨论)
2. Reporting: One of the small groups answer these questions. (某小组报告完成任务情况)
3. DiscussingThe teacher and other groups give “right” or “wrong” and their reasons. (教师和其他小组发表意见)
任务四
评估完成阅读任务效果
1. Play the tape again and read after the tape. (熟读课文)
2. Have the students guess the meaning of the new words and new expressions(语言难点理解): wonderful, three quarters, population, brave, excellent, dark, environment, whenever, awake, have been to, have done.
3. How to use the words and expressions. (练习运用单词和短语)