What’s the matter?

一、学情分析：
（1）分析学生的学习起点，可能遇到的困难和问题及其依据
（2）确定促进学生有效学习，解决困难的思路和策略。

八年级是学习英语的关键时期，这个阶段的学生活泼、好奇心和求知欲望强。比如像本课所涉及的有关健康的话题是他们之前从未接触过的，因此，他们渴望用英语来表达。另外，八年级学生的心理特点反映在学习英语的能力上，他们模仿和记忆的能力特别强。学生的发音器官很灵敏，耳朵辨音的能力强，口舌也能灵活准确地模仿各种发音。八年级学生的记忆以具体形象记忆为主，并习惯于机械性记忆初中生理解和分析语言的能力相对来说较弱。在知识积累方面，学生已经掌握了一定的词汇和句型，对语言学习的热情也逐步增加。他们更感兴趣的是如何用英语来表述与现实生活息息相关的话题并寻求合理的解决办法。本课通过表述身体的各种不适和谈论个人健康问题，使学生学会关心自身及他人身体健康并且能提出一些建议，同时让学生了解“a healthy lifestyle”的重要性。但是由于学生年龄和生活经验的限制，在谈论如何给合适的建议时，会遇到一定的困难。因此，在教学过程中，利用图片、肢体语言，给予学生直观的感受，并灵活运用绷带和白大褂等教具，创设真实的情境。除此之外，教师要给学生适时而恰当的鼓励。学生在课堂上的发言，教师都要尽力加以表扬，鼓励，多运用积极的鼓励性语言，如“Believe yourself !”,“Good”, “Well done!”等。对于学生在口语练习中出现的错误，不必有错就纠，有错必纠，使学生产生“跃跃欲试”的冲动,享受成功的喜悦。 
    二、教学目标设计：
     用具体、明确、可操作的行为语言，描述本课的知识、技能、能力、方法、情感、态度、价值观等方面的教学目标。
Objectives: By the end of the session, most students will be better able to acquire the required information. This will be achieved by:
a. Knowledge Objectives:
  1) Be able to master the pronunciation, meaning and spelling of the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, sore back; stomachache, headache, toothache, cold, cough;
  2) Be able to learn the expressions of giving advice: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, take this medicine;
  3) Be able to talk about health problems by using “What’s the matter? I have a…” and give advice by using “You should…You shouldn’t…”
b. Ability Objectives:
  1) Be able to talk about one’s health problems and give advice fluently;
  2) Be able to role play doctor and patient;
c. Moral Objectives:
  1) Improve the cooperative spirit through pair work and role playing
  2) Care more about yourself and your family members’ health.
     三、重点难点设计：
     由于本节课的话题是谈论健康，根据教学大纲的要求，学生需掌握有关疾病的单词，并能针对疾病提出合理的建议。因此本节课教学重点设置如下:
The teaching Focus
a. Master the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, sore back; stomachache, headache, toothache, cold, cough;
b. Master the expressions of giving advice: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, take this medicine;
c.Talk about health problems by using “What’s the matter? I have a…”and give advice by using “You should… You shouldn’t…”
      本节课的内容是之前学生没有接触过的，因此他们没有一定的知识储备。让他们在45分钟内掌握较多单词的发音及意思有一定的难度。另外，由于八年级学生年龄和生活经验的限制，在谈论如何给合适的建议时，会遇到一定的困难。因此本节课的教学难点设置如下：
The Teaching Difficulties
1. Students may find it difficult to remember all the target new words in the class;
2. Students may find it difficult to give appropriate advice to the certain disease because of their limited life experience.
     四、教学过程：
这是教学设计的主体部分。分几个环节具体说明教学活动的安排，包括学生学习活动、教师指导活动、师生交互活动。应采用文字叙述加点评的格式，不要采用表格或流程图的形式。
Step1 Warming up
     Greet Ss by asking them: How are you today? Then I’ll tell Ss that I’m not feeling well today (Write the sentence on the blackboard and guide Ss to read it.) and get Ss to guess the reason freely. If Ss can’t get the answer, I’ll tell them that I didn’t have a good sleep last night. So I have a headache. (I say this by doing a gesture) 
    设计说明：通过师生间的问候，拉近彼此的距离，使学生快速融入英语课堂。要求学生猜测老师身体不适的原因，从而激发学生的背景知识，并为之后的知识输入做好铺垫。
Step2: Presentation of words about diseases 
1. Show Ss a bandage and tell them there is something wrong in the place where the bandage lies. Then get Ss to guess the health problems. When I do an action, ask Ss: “What’s the matter?”(write it on the blackboard) For example, when I put the bandage on the stomach, ask Ss: “What’s the matter with me?” Help Ss say: “I’m not feeling well. I have a stomachache.” Then teach the other target words: fever, sore throat, toothache, sore back in the following way: Put the bandage on the other part of body and get students to ask: What’s the matter? Then get other Ss to guess the problem.   
2. Use body language to guide Ss to guess another two names of diseases: cold, cough. 
3. Show Ss pictures of diseases half hidden, and get Ss to guess the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, toothache, sore back, cold, cough.
    设计说明：老师在课堂上出示医疗用具-绷带，能充分唤起学生的好奇心，使其积极地参与到教学活动中。通过绷带所绑的不同位置和肢体语言，自然地引出有关疾病的单词。这种教学单词的方式简单而且直观，更易被学生接受。八年级学生喜欢猜测的活动，所以，运用半遮图片可以让学生巩固所学的单词。
Step3: Pair work
     Put the bandage on the part of a student’s body and ask: “What’s matter?” and guide him to use the pattern: I’m not feeling well. I have a… Then ask Ss to work in pairs and talk about health problems by using the bandage given and using the target language: What’s the matter? I’m not feeling well. I have a …
    设计说明：八年级学生的表演欲望强，所以，在结对活动中，为每一小组提供绷带，这样可以激发学生的参与性，扩大参与面，使更多的学生开口说英语。
Step4 Presentation of expressions of giving advice
1. Tell Ss that I have a cold/cough, ask them: What should I do? Ss may give different answers, collect their answers and help them to use: You should/shouldn’t do… Then show some pictures of other diseases mentioned before and ask them to give advice to each  problem by using target language: You should/shouldn’t do… During this activity, some phrases will be learned: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, drink lots of water, take some medicine.
2. Show Ss two bags. In one bag, there are pieces of paper with problems while in the other one, there are pieces of paper with advice. Have a competition between boys and girls. Take turns to get paper. For example, one boy gets one paper with problem, and one girl get one paper with advice. The girl should say: What’s the matter with you? The boy should answer the question according to the problem he got by saying: I’m not feeling well. I have a…If the girl got the right advice, she should answer it according to her paper: You should… If it is not, she should say: You shouldn’t, then give the right advice. The one who makes right sentence can get one point.
    设计说明：向学生展现有关疾病的图片，这样不仅可以帮助学生复习新知，而且还可以自然地引入新的话题—针对疾病给建议。然后，通过在男女间开展说疾病给建议的配对游戏，激发学生的参与热情，并巩固句型。同时，使学生增长相关常识，加强健康意识。
Step5 Making a conversation
     Show Ss the picture in Section A 3a, ask them to look at the picture, and suppose they are the doctor, what they will ask the patient. Collect Ss’ answers and lead in the sentence: When did it start? Show the sample dialogue and ask Ss to complete it according to the picture orally. 
A: What’s the matter with you?
B: I’m not feeling well. I have a _______.
A: When did it start?
B: About______ ago.
A: Oh, that’s too bad. / I’m sorry to hear that. You should/shouldn’t ________ and you should/shouldn’t ________...
B: Yes, I think so. 
A: _________________.
B: Thank you, doctor.
    设计说明：通过教材中的图片复习目标语言。另外，通过让学生自由讨论，扩充医生与病人的对话，这样使英语对话更加完整，更加贴近实际，也为下一步骤的角色扮演活动降低了难点，做了充分的铺垫，使学生感到有话可说。
Step6 Role playing
     Ask Ss to make a four -people group, one of them is a doctor, the other three are patients. Ask the Ss to role play the dialogue above. Then ask several groups to perform before the class by using some tools: bandage, a uniform, a stethoscope. Ask other Ss to select the best doctor and the best patient.
    设计说明：这一活动是对目标语言的进一步运用。通过医生和病人的角色扮演，营造出真实的情境，这样可以有效的提高学生对英语口语表达的兴趣。另外，这也是老师对学生本节课所学知识的一种检测。