Teaching Plan
Module 2 Reading Getting Around in Beijing（行在北京）
黑龙江省大兴安岭实验中学 吴新英
Teaching content（教材内容分析） ：必修4 第二模块的课文”Getting Around in Beijing”介绍了北京市北京公交系统以及相关的车辆情况，并引入了与交通和出行有关的词汇。通过学习该课文，学生在学习与交通有关的词汇和培养相关的语言技能的同时，将了解北京的交通状况，感受北京的交通问题。根据学生基础和认知情况把Introduction 和 Reading and Vocabulary 整合为一个课时的教学内容。
Teaching goals（教学目的）
1．To learn some words about traffic
2．To learn to read with some reading strategies
3. Improve students’ integrated abilities of listening, speaking ,reading and writing
Teaching important points：（教学重点）
1．To master some words about traffic such as
2．To develop students’reading ability of skimming and scanning
Teaching difficult points：（教学难点）
How to make students fully understand the text
Teaching methods ：
Brain storm ； task-based teaching ； communicative teaching，individual work；pair work ；group work .
Learning strategies ：
Summarize words and phrases related to traffic ； get and process important information in the course of reading by using the reading abilities of skimming ，scanning and guessing new words from the context .
Teaching aids：Multimedia ，a play recorder ，blackboard

Teaching procedures：
Step 1 Lead in
1．Arouse students’interest in the topic Getting around in Beijing by showing them some pictures of places of interest in Beijing.
2．Brainstorm means of transportation, and then show some pictures of transport means to review and learn some words related to transport means and traffic .
Step 2 Listening
1. Improve students’ listening ability by listening to the tape, with the task of finding out what means of transportation are mentioned in the tape in mind. (individual work )
2. Check answers with students by showing the pictures of transport means mentioned in the text.
Step 3 Fast reading
Find the main idea of the passage by skimming (individual work )
Question: Who might find the information useful?
Step 4 Scanning to find some specific information (first individual then pair work ;then check answers with whole class )
Read the text again and answer questions according to the text .
1. How easy is it to find a taxi in Beijing?
2. What color are most taxis?
3. What's the problem with buses?
4. Which is the best bus for tourists?
5. How many people can get in a minibus?
6. What are the advantages of the underground?
7. When does it close at night?
8. What can you visit in a Pedi cab?



Step 5 Language points
Dealing with some difficult point by explanation so that students can learn how to use some new words and phrases.
Step 6 Practice (individual & pair work)
Match the definitions with words (p. 13 Activity 3)
Step 7 Group work find the advantages and disadvantages of the five means mentioned in the text by reading the text again .


Step 8 Discussion
Suppose you were a visitor to Beijing ,what means of transport would you prefer to use to get around in Beijing .
Step 9 Summery & Homework
Make up a dialogue according to the following situation:
运用已知的关于北京交通方面的信息及学到的相关表达，解决实际生活中的问题——你正急于赶飞机却不知道如何安全快速地赶到机场，于是向周围的朋友求助，询问如何在两小时内能够以最佳线路到达机场。

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