1、高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Task教案 Conducting a surveyTeaching aims: 1. Provide the students with a good chance to practice their English in listening, speaking, reading and writing.2. Help the students to realize the importance of cooperation, and encourage them to communicate w
2、ith each other in obtaining useful information.3. Enable the students to conduct a survey, make conclusions and give recommendations.Teaching important and difficult points1. Finish the task of listening to improve the students listening ability.2. Finish the task of writing a reportTeaching Procedu
3、res and ways: Step 1 Skills building 1: completing a questionnaireThe rules to conduct a survey:QuestionnaireStep 2: designing a questionnaireDesigning a questionnaire page13Listen to the first part of his conversation with you and check your revisions. Then listen to the second part of the conversa
4、tion and add two questions as your boss requires.Step 3: Skills building 2: Greeting others and making introductions: Greeting a friend or classmate Hello! / Hi!Greeting someone formally, e.g., in a job interview. Good morning/afternoon. (You can also shake hands with the person.) Nice to meet you.
5、(Only used when meeting someone for the first time.)But if we meet a stranger in the street, and we have no choice but to start a conversation with him, what shall we do to make both of you feel comfortable and at ease? How do you introduce yourself to them? Greeting a stranger, e.g., before asking
6、him/her questions. Excuse me, (sir/madam) / Hello! What else is important besides saying “excuse me, or Hello”? (Students give their own opinions, including body language, and facial expressions, also the mood, strategy)Sentences for references: 1. Im from. Id like to ask you a few questions about y
7、our opinions about.2. My name is. Im from. Id like to ask you a few questions if you dont mind. Its for / to. Step 4 Practice Now that we know how to greet others. Its time for us to practice a dialogue with our partner. Here on the Bb are some sentences for us to make up our dialogue. Ss may begin
8、their conversation as follows: S1: Good morning/ afternoon. S2: Good morning/ afternoon. S1: My name is Im a member of our school students union. Id like to ask you a few questions if you dont mind. S2: Certainly not. What do you want to know? S1: Your articles are often published in some newspapers
9、 and magazines. I know you were asked to write an article for our school magazine. Could you please tell me what youre going to talk about? S2: . about the students interests and hobbies. S1: Oh, that must be very interesting. Whichlike best? S2: . S1: Thank you. Whichlike least? More questions:1. H
10、ow do you know what other students think about their interests and hobbies?2. How many students are interested in?3. What about ? Remember you should greet him first and ask him/her the questions. The listeners should not look at your sentence, just listen and answer the questions. Now lets begin! (
11、Ask two or three pairs to act out their dialogue before the class.)Step 5 Skills building 3: Analyzing statisticsSo you know, we can get information or statistics by asking questions or doing interviews. Here, as our homework, we also did an interview about our interests and hobbies. Weve got the st
12、atistics we need. But thats not the end of our task. We have the numbers, but what do all these numbers mean to us? What conclusions can we make from these numbers? And what should we do to improve some shortages, if there are any? What suggestions can we give to help with decisions? Thats the goal
13、of our survey.Look at this sentence: over 80 percent of the students in our school have an English-English dictionary.Now analyse 80%. We can draw conclusions: An English-English dictionary is very useful. It is easy to get an English-English dictionary. (Ss can draw more conclusions)After we draw c
14、onclusions from statistics, we have to make appropriate recommendations based on the conclusions. That is one of our major goals when conducting a survey. According to the conclusions we made above, we can make a recommendation: Every student who is studying English should have an English-English di
15、ctionary. (Ss give more recommendations.)Here are some statistics gathered from a school survey about students hobbies and interests. Analyse the statistics and draw at least three more conclusions. Then make your recommendations. (See page 56 pie chart) (Ss write down the sentences in the book. The
16、y can discuss in pairs.)(help the students to analyse the statistics and give conclusions and recommendations)Conclusions: 1. Playing sports is the most popular activity for students in the school.2. The second popular activity for Ss in the school is surfing the Internet.3. Most Ss in the school do
17、 not like reading.4. Only a few students in the school like playing musical instruments.Recommendations:1. The school should have more sports facilities.2. The school should find ways to arouse Ss interests in reading.3. The school should guide students in surfing the internet.4. The school should t
18、ake measures to make more Ss become interested in playing musical instruments.This is our report about the survey, and its important we write a report after the survey.Step 6 Practice Now lets look at the statistics we made just now. Lets see what conclusions and recommendations we can make. Are the
19、y the same with the ones in our book?(draw chart on ppt.) Ss analyse the statistics in pairs and give conclusions first, then recommendations. Conclusions: (Ss Write the sentences on the Bb) Recommendations: (Ss Write the sentences on the Bb) (students discuss in pairs or groups. Put the conclusions
20、 and recommendations on either end of the Bb. Ss can come to the Bb and write down their answers without putting up their hands.)Step 7 Writing a report1. Page 53, questionnaire. Ss practice the interview in pairs, and get the answers. They can use the vocabulary on page 55.2. In groups of four. One
21、 of the students will be the boss. Ask the rest of the members questions on page 55.3. Page 57. Suppose you are the boss of the Best Book Club. Here are some statistics gathered from the survey. Try to analyse them and write down your report. Practice in pairs before speaking before the class. (look
22、 at the three charts) Can you describe the statistics to the class? What conclusions can you make? What recommendations can you give? (Ss practice orally. They can give their own opinions) Homework1. Write the report about the survey of the Mystery Book Club.2. Unit Revision: P66-67: Periods 7&8.欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。
