American Country Music
---------The teaching of lesson 42, Unit 11, Senior English Book
Outline:
Ⅰ.Objectives of the lesson.
Ⅱ.The guidelines for the teaching procedure planning
Ⅲ.The teaching procedure
Ⅳ.Remarks
ⅤChief references
Ⅰ. Objectives of the lesson.
1. To get the students to know something about American country music
2. To grasp the usages of such words, expressions, sentence patterns and grammar rules as listed in the syllabuses affixed.
3. To consolidate what they have learned in class by the drilling and the classwork.
Ⅱ.Guidelines for teaching procedures
Brown (Brown, H., 1987) pointed out that one language is one system, which includes many arbitrary symbols.
And those symbols’ meanings have been accepted through common practice. They cannot be changed arbitrarily.
As a foreign language, English is very different from our native language ------ Chinese. They are two different systems. Since they are very different, we should know how they work.
But the more important thing is to learn how to use them. This is the ultimate aim.
But the environments to learn Chinese and English are also very different. When we are babies, we begin to learn Chinese.
And those people around us all speak Chinese all the time. But for English, we begin to learn it usually at the age of 11. What’s more, after we learn English in class, we seldom have opportunity to speak it, this will make English useless in our daily life.
As a result, we only can read it. On that condition, it still dull symbols but not language. And also the intrinsic motive will influence their English study.
It includes many elements such as energy, interest, incentives and so on. If the students. So if English consists of the dull symbols, in students’ opinion,
they will lose interests in English. They will think English is useless. It is a necessity to create a good environment for the students to learn and speak English.
On this condition, they will can learn English well more easily. So it is necessary to have a real English lesson in class at first and then encourage them to speak more English after class.
It cannot be doubted that at first we should know the grammar rules of English in order to learn how to use it. So can we only drill the grammar rules? Of course not.
The framework of a language consists of the grammar rules. However, the culture is flesh and blood. It can give language energy. Without culture,
the language will be very dull and useless. So if we provide the students with more English culture, the environment will be better.
So when we give students the English lessons we should introduce some culture to them to make our lessons interesting and lively
Ⅲ.The teaching procedure
Step 1 Introduction
To let the students to listen to an American country music--------Take me Home Country Road. It will arouse the students’ interests in this lesson. And it is very useful to make the lesson lively and interesting and fix their attention to my lesson.
After the song, ask them what American country music is. And give them some knowledge about American country music. (What is country music?
As part of the pop song, it came from the Welsh, Irish and English folk songs. The instruments the country singers use include guitar, violin and some other electrical instruments.)
Step 2 Presentation
Tell the students we are going to read about American country music and give them several minutes to read the text. After reading, to collect the answers to the questions
(How many periods does the American music has? What change happened to those periods’ subjects?
Ask them to tell the subject, scope, home, singers, and instruments of American country music.). Show the answers on the screen so that the students can have a better understanding this text’s content.
Step 4 Reading
To guide them to get the general idea of the text by the questions, speed up the reading and improve their ability of understanding.
Step 3 Reading aloud
Ask some students to read the paragraphs and play the tape of the text for the students to listen. After reading and listening, correct those mistakes they make.
The tape will help them to pay their attention to their intonation and chances given to them to read in class and the praise will encourage them to open their mouth to read and speak English.
Step 4 The study of the languages points
The languages points, in many students’ opinion, are very dull. In this step, I use many vivid pictures to illustrate the examples. What’s more, the pictures can make the lessons interesting and lively. Many drills will enable them to grasp the usages of the new words, expressions, sentence patterns.
Step 5 Classwork
To check how much knowledge the students grasp and help them to consolidate what they have learned in this lesson.
Step 6 Summary
Tell the students that we have learned the text “American Country Music”, we discussed its different subjects in different times. After class, they should review the text.
The homework is to finish the exercises in the workbook.
Ⅳ. Remarks
The students should preview the text before the class because of the limited time in class. And many of the students in Senior One cannot teach themselves efficiently.
So the teachers should guide them to teach themselves and help them to improve their methods of study.
Electronic courseware can save time for the children to have more chances to practice English in class.
Ⅴ.Chief references
Harold E. Palmer The Oral Method of Teaching English
WangCuming Applied Psycholinguistics
Lesson 42
American Country Music
Ⅰ. Try to find out the answers to the questions on the blackboard
Ⅱ Notes
1. American country music has become more and more popular.
(1) More and more 越来越
比较级and比较级
E.g. higher and higher
bigger and bigger
faster and faster
但是如果是多音节词时， 就应该是：More and more ＋形容词或副词
E.g. more and more beautiful
more and more wonderful
more and more quickly
(2) popular 受欢迎的， 流行的
be popular with sb …受谁欢迎
E.g. This kind of shoes is popular with the women
这种鞋子受到女性的欢迎。
This song is very popular with the young men.
这首歌在青年人中很流行。
2．Song writers are no longer writing about the modern values of the USA- - money, success or expensive things to buy.
(1) no longer： 不再
多用于实义动词之前，be动词之后
e.g. 他不再是教师。 He is no longer a teacher.
她不再写小说。 She no longer writes novels.
No longer 与 not…any longer 同义
但not 放在实义动词和be动词之后， 而any longer放在句末。
E.g. They don’t sing this song any longer.
他们不再唱这首歌。
I am not living there any longer.
我不再住那了。
(2) success n 成功
Succeed v succeed in doing sth 成功地做……
e.g. 亚力山大成功地出了很多唱片．
Alexander succeeded in making lots of records.
Be successful in doing sth
E.g. She is very successful in writing that music.
她成功地写出了那首音乐．
他们成功地制造出了那台机器．
They were very successful in producing that machine
(They succeeded in producing that machine.)
3. Instead they are writing once more about things that are common for everyone:
feeling alone in the modern world, the value of having good friends and so on.
.(1) Common 通常的，平常的
老百姓 the common people
常识 the common sense
Be common for…对于……来说是普遍的
In common 共同，共有
他们没有任何共同之处
They have nothing in common.
(2) alone
.alone 单独地，独力地(没含有不愉快之意)
lonely 孤独地，寂寞地(含有不愉快之意)
e.g. I want to be alone in the house
我想自己一人在这所房子里．
He lives all alone, but he never feels lonely.
他虽接孑然一身，但他并不感到寂寞．
她在那没有任何朋友，所以感到非常孤独．
She has no friends there, so she feels very lonely
4．Money was also thought to be important.
be thought …to be
……被认为是……
e.g. (1) That thing is thought to be very important.
人们认为那事很重要.
think … to be 认为……是……
(2)They think him to be a fool.
他们认为他是傻子。
5. many young students were angry with society, so songs were often full of anger.
Be angry with sb 对谁感到愤怒
Be angry at/about sth 对某事感到愤怒
e.g. (1) 农民们对那个议案很愤怒.
The farmers are very angry at the bill.
(2) 他在生你的气.
He is angry with you.
6. Then in the 1960s song writers turned to other subjects.
Turn to (1) 转向
(2) 向……寻求帮助
e.g. 如果你有任何问题，你可以问他。
If you have any problem, you can turn to him.
他转向她。He turned to her.
7. Political leaders were not well thought of and those songs often made fun of them.
(1) think well(highly) of 认为…很不错
think ill of 认为…不好
e.g.老师认为你很不错.
Your teacher thought well of you
他们对你的文章评价不好.
They thought ill of your article.
The audiences thought ill of your singing.
观众对你的歌声评价不好。
（2）make fun of 嘲笑
e.g. 他们在嘲笑他。
They are making fun of him.
我们都不喜欢被嘲笑。
We don’t like to be made fun of.
8. It brings in between200 and 400 million dollars a year.
Bring in (1)赚钱 (2) 提出
E.g. 这个公司今年赚了很多钱.
This company brought in much money this year.
他在会上提出了一些重要的事.
He brought in something important at the meeting.
9. people loved life in the open air.
In the open air 户外
他们在户外烤肉。
They cooked meat in the open air.
他喜欢做户外运动。
He likes having sports in the open air.
Ⅲ Classwork
1. Pop music is _______by most young people.
A. thinking well of B.thought well of
C. well thought of D.good thought of
2. People ______the book ---Gone with the Wind.
A.thought good of B. think well of
C.thinking good of D. good think of
3. This teacher is____his students.
A. popular for B.popular on
C. popular with D.popular at
4. Nobody likes____when he makes mistakes.
A.to make fun of B. to laugh at
C.to be laughing at D.to be made fun of
5. Don’t be angry__me___my being late.
A.about; for B.with; for
C.at; for D.on; for
6.Mary___a warm-hearted girl.
A. has thought to be B. thinks to be
C. is thought to be D. is thought being