1、Period 5 Listening 1语言知识目标 了解盲文的创始人路易斯布莱尔的个人经历和导盲犬的工作内容。 2语言能力目标 培养学生在听前对听力材料进行预测，并激活背景知识的能力；把握细节信息的能力。 3情感态度与文化意识目标 通过对盲文创始人路易斯布莱尔个人经历和导盲犬工作情况的了解，使学生对于盲人 的生活状况有更深切的了解，更能激发他们伸出手，帮助盲人和其他的残疾人。 重点难点 1教学重点：培养学生在第一遍听完后，掌握听力材料大意的能力。 2教学难点：在听力材料开始前，如何激发学生的背景知识；在学生背景知识缺乏的 情况下，如何进行听力指导。 课前准备 1学生的学习准备 布置学生在课前
2、上网查找关于盲文及创始人的情况，了解一些导盲犬工作的情况。 2教师的教学准备 查找相关信息，有条件的话，借一本盲文书给学生看看，让学生对盲人的生活有更加 深入的了解。 3教学用具 录音机 教 学 过 程 Step 1 Prelistening Before the students listen，ask them to discuss the following questions： 1Do you know what Braille is? 2What is it used for? 3How does it work? 4Do you know what the Chinese syste
3、m of Braille looks like？(See Page 53 for some hints.) Suggested answers： Braille is a system by which blind people can read by feeling raised dots on a page.Both English and Chinese system of Braille use six dots.Their forms are similar，but their meanings are different.Thats to say，Chinese blind peo
4、ple cant understand the English system of Braille. 设计说明 在听力训练正式开始前，在班级里组织讨论，激活学生的背景知识，有利 于随后进行的关于盲文创始人路易斯布莱尔的生平介绍的听力训练顺利展开。如果学生的 背景知识比较贫乏，教师可以对盲文作一个简单的介绍。 Step 2 Listening task 1Pauls teacher has asked everyone in the class to prepare a talk about a great inventor.Listen to Pauls talk about Louis Br
5、aille.Then answer the following questions： (1)What country did Louis Braille come from? (2)What disability did he have? (3)What did books for the blind look like when Louis was a boy? (4)What were the two problems with the books for the blind? (5)What invention gave Louis the idea for his system? (6
6、)What advantages do you think Louiss system has? Suggested answers： (1)He came from France. (2)He was completely blind. (3)They were ordinary books with letters raised up off the page. (4)The letters were huge and difficult to read，and the books were very expensive. (5)A system for soldiers to send
7、and receive messages in the dark. (6)I think Braille system has the advantage of being easy to learn，and so it is easy to produce books of normal size.It helps make blind people independent because they can read as much as sighted people do. 2Before the students do Exercise 3 on Page 50，discuss the
8、events in Louis Brailles life by asking questions as follows： How did Louis become blind? How old was he when he became blind? What event in his life gave Louis his idea about inventing a reading system for the blind? How old was he when this happened? How old was he when he finally perfected the co
9、de? How old was Louis when he died? 3Listen again and ask the students to fill in the lines on the timeline. Year Age Event 1809 _ 1813 4 _ 1819 10 _ 1821 12 _ 1824 15 _ 1827 18 _ 1852 43 _ Suggested answers： Year Age Event 1809 Born 1813 4 Became_completely_blind 1819 10 Sent_to_school_in_Paris 182
10、1 12 Heard_a_soldier_talk_about_a_system_consisting_of_a_raised_system_of_dots 1824 15 Completed_the_Braille_system_of_touch_reading 1827 18 First_Braille_book_published 1852 43 Died 设计说明第一个回答问题的环节中，第 5 个问题的难度较大，第 6 个问题需要 学生自己组织语言，只需答出要点即可。在完成时间轴之前，先进行讨论，可以降低第三 个环节的难度。同时引导学生注意，介绍人物可以以时间为线索。如果学生的口语表达
11、能 力比较强，还可以在听力训练完成后，请学生用英语简单介绍盲文的创始人路易斯布莱尔 的情况。 Step 3 Listening T：Weve got some information about Braille and known how the blind read.If the blind go out，the guide dog can help a lot.Now lets enter another listening on Page 46. 1Listen to the whole tape for the first time.Then write down the main i
12、dea of the listening. Suggested answer： The main idea of this listening is to show how a guide dog is trained and its usefulness to its owner. 2Listen to Part 1 again and fill in the following table.Then answer the questions. Who is Lucy？ Name of Saras mother Name of Saras teacher What Sara wants to
13、 teach the dog first (1)How did Sara get to work on her own? (2)Has Sara always been blind？How do you know? (3)What will Lucy learn first at Saras home? Suggested answers： Who is Lucy？ A guide dog Name of Saras mother Jane Robinson Name of Saras teacher Phil What Sara wants to teach the dog first Ho
14、w to take Sara to work (1)By train on her own. (2)No.She said her mother had helped her a lot since her accident. (3)How to get to the train station. 3Listen to Part 1 again and complete the dialogue below. PHIL：Definitely.She told me_ since her accident. MOTHER：Well，Ive_，but I know Sara wants to be
15、 _. PHIL：Well，with Lucys help she will be.Hows Lucy _ ，by the way? MOTHER：Oh，its like _ ，isnt it，Sara? SARA： Yes.Shes been _ everything in the house and she knew which was my bedroom _. Keys： PHIL：Definitely.She told me how_much_youve _helped_her since her accident. MOTHER：Well，Ive done _my_best，but
16、 I know Sara wants to be more_independent. PHIL：Well，with Lucys help she will be.Hows Lucy settling_in，by the way? MOTHER：Oh，its like shes_always_been_here，isnt it ，Sara? SARA： Yes.Shes been smelling everything in the house and she knew which was my bedroom right_away. 4Listen to Part 2 and answer t
17、he questions in pairs. (1)How did Lucy go across the street? (2)What is Phil going to teach Lucy after lunch? (3)How will Lucy improve Saras life? Suggested answers： (1)She sat down at the crossing and waited till the cars stopped，then she stood up and took Sara straight across the road. (2)How to g
18、et off the train and walk to Saras workplace. (3)Lucy will help Sara resume her previous life，become as independent as she used to be and give her the confidence to lead a normal life. 5Listen to Part 2 again and complete the dialogue below. PHIL：Well _Lucy_rest and then well ask her_Sara to the sta
19、tion again. SARA： Then Phils going to _ Lucy _ the train and _ my office._ _，Lucy and I will be going to work _. MOTHER：Thats_.Im so _ you. Keys： PHIL：Well give Lucy a_bit_of_rest and then well ask her_to_take Sara to the station again. SARA：Then Phils going to show Lucy how_to_get_off_the train and
20、 take_me_to my office.In_a_few_days，Lucy and I will be going to work on_our_own. MOTHER：Thats fantastic .Im so pleased_for you. 设计说明 这个听力训练是围绕导盲犬进行的。听力练习的设计由掌握听力材料大意 到细节信息的听取，再到个别词语的把握，体现了从整体到局部的原则，与阅读教学有共 通之处。而且，由于练习设计得非常细致，可以作为精听的材料来使用。 Homework：Revise the whole unit，including the useful expressions and important drills.
