Personalities and national types

2014-2015学年度巢湖市私立斯辰学校

高

二

英

语

公

开

课

教

案

授课人：李倩

授课内容：culture corner

personalities and national types

授课时间：2014年11月21日

Unit 13 culture corner

personalities and national types

Teaching Objectives:

To train students’ reading abilities such as skimming and scanning.

To master some key words and expressions

To know some different personalities and national types

Teaching important and difficult points:

To Guide students to train their reading skills such as skimming and scanning.

To help students to know some typical personalities of different nations

Teaching aids:

Computer, textbook and the blackboard

Teaching procedures:

Step1 Greetings

Step2 L ead in

Show students a map with some flags of different countries and then ask them whether they know all of them. Ask them which country they like the most and share their reasons, Tell students that different nations have their own typical personalities. Today’s topic is personalities and national types. Step3 Fast reading

Task1.To conclude the main idea of the text with a sentence.

The passage talks about typical personalities of different nations.

Task2. Go through the text quickly and match the personality traits with the nationalities.

Americans; confident and secure

Australians loud and rude

British reserved and cold

Chinese hard-working and motivated

Germans serious and rigid

Italians outgoing and love life

Step4 Careful reading

Task 1 Read the text carefully and find out whether the sentences are True or False.

1). Every person from a certain country has the same personality. F

→(It is impossible that every person from a certain country has the same personality.)

2). Italy and Spanish people are generally considered outgoing and friendly. T

→(Italian and Spanish people are generally seen as outgoing and friendly people.)

3). Americans are thought to be very confident and secure. T

→(This is probably because they are often very confident and secure.)

4). Australians are seen as very polite people because they are very careful about “saving face”. F

→(Chinese are seen as very polite people because they are very careful about “saving face”.)

Task 2: Ask students to go through the text quickly and answer the following questions:

1)What does the writer think of Chinese people?

2)What does “keeping a stiff upper lip” mean?

3)Is your personality influenced by national characteristics?

Ask students to go through the text quickly and get the answers as soon as possible. Then share their opinions with the whole class.

Step5 language points

1.as long as 引导条件状语从句

2.as a result 与as a result of 用法的区别

3.This is because +表语从句

Step6 Homework

Finish the exercises on page 62

To practice reading the text several times after class

Blackboard design

Unit 13 culture corner

personalities and national types Nationalities Nations

Americans; America

Australians Australia

British Britain

Chinese China

Germans Germany

Italians Italy

language points

4.as long as 引导条件状语从句

5.as a result 与as a result of 用法的区别

6.This is because +表语从句