Unit 7 Will people have robot?
--- 2a--2e 说课稿
Good afternoon,honorable judges. Today I feel very happy to have the chance to share my teaching ideas with all of you here. My topic today is taken from Section B 2a--2e Unit 7Will people have robots ? I will divide my instructions into seven parts. They are Teaching Material Analysis; Teaching Aims; Teaching Emphasis; Teaching Difficulties; Teaching Methods; Teaching Aids and Teaching Procedures.
Part 1 Teaching Material Analysis
This lesson is a reading material about robots. It is focused on the predictions of our future life. Such a topic is related to students’ daily life and all of the students have something to say. So the passage is a good example to show how life is like in the future. And it lays a foundation for the output in main task. Therefore, this lesson is in the important position of the teaching material.
Part 2.Teaching Aims
1. Knowledge Aims：
After the lesson, students should be able to
(1) Master the four-skilled words and phrases.
(2) Learn to talk about the future and make predictions about what robots will look like and what robots can do in the future and so on..
2. Ability Aims:
(1) Improve students reading skills, such as skimming scanning, especially identifying the main idea for each paragraph and consider what questions are answered by each paragraph.
(2) Learn to describe how future robots will help humans.
3. Emotional Aims:
(1) To develop students’ imagination , help them open up their minds and build their confidence by making predictions.
(2) To make students realize if they want to make their predictions come true, they should first work hard in study.
(3) To let students know every coin has two sides and learn about the advantages and disadvantages science has given us.
Part3. Teaching Emphasis
1. Infer the main idea of the passage according to the title.
2. Learn about what robots can do now and what robots will be able to do in the future.
Part4. Teaching Difficulties
1. Understand some difficult words, phrases and sentences.
2. Be able to make predictions about what robots will do in the future.
3. Give opinions about whether it is good for humans to live with a lot of robots in the future.
Part5. Teaching Methods
The method of discussing (讨论法)
Discuss what robots look like now and what robots will look like in the future .
Discuss what robots can do now and what robots will do in the future.
The intuitive method of teaching.（直观法）
Lead in by a video to arouse students interest.
The task-based teaching approach（任务型教学方法）
The whole teaching process will be carried out by learning and reading tasks. During the process, the students will become the real masters of their learning and reading, while the teacher acts as a director. In this way the learners will experience the knowledge and eventually acquire it.
Part 6. Teaching Aids.
I will use multi-media(PPT,video), making the class more lively and interesting .I will also use some traditional teaching aids,such as blackboard, cards and chalks.
Part7. Teaching Procedures
Step1. Lead- in by showing a video about robots .
Lead students discuss what robots look like and what they can do in 2035 according to the video.
(Purpose: To stimulate students’ interest and focus students’ attention to the class. At the same time lead in today’s topic.)
Step2. While-reading
1. Predicting
Look at the title of the passage and the picture on the book page 53. Predict what the passage is talking about.
(Purpose: To develop the ability of predicting what the passage is talking about according to the title and the information appeared in the reading material including the pictures.)
Fast Reading
Skimming
Read the passage quickly and finish 2b. Then get the main idea of each paragraph.
Tips: Reading for meaning, not for details
(Purpose: To develop the skills of skimming . And let students read with tasks to improve their reading ability.)
3. Careful Reading
(1) Scanning
Read the passage paragraph by paragraph with different tasks.
Read Para. 1, and answer :
A. In what kind of movies ,we sometimes see robots?
B. What are they like?
Read Para. 2. complete the sentences.
A. Robots can build_____________ in factories.
B. They can do ______jobs many times and not get bored.
Read Para. 3 decide True or False.
( )1.Some robots in Japan are fun to watch, because they can dance and walk.
( )2.scientists are trying to make robots look like animals.
( )3.we can make robots move like people and think like a human .
( )4.Scientist James White believes that robots will never be able to do the same
things as we can.
Read Para 4. complete the diagram.
Robots in the future

At last make a summary with a mind map.


(2) Read with the tape and finish 2d
(Purpose: To develop the skills gaining the details of the article. Reading aloud with the tape to correct some pronunciation of the new words and expressions . )
Step3. After-reading
Discussion and performing
Students work in groups to act as some scientists and discuss what will robots help do in the future and whether it is possible for humans to live with robots.
Students show themselves by acting out their conversations.
(Purpose: To arouse students’ creativity and imagination. Make them more confident to face the life now and the life in the future )
Debating
Divide students into two groups to debate the advantages and disadvantages to live with a lot of robots in the future.
(Purpose: To make students realize every coin has two sides. Although robots make our life more comfortable and convenient, they do have some disadvantages living with them. )
Step 4. Homework:
Write a letter to a robot scientist . Students can have two choices:
Tell him what other things you think robots can do .
(2) Or tell him whether it is possible for humans to live with robots and why you think so.
(Purpose: To turn reading into writing. Develop students’ creativity and love for future life. Assign different tasks for students with different levels. )

Teaching Reflection:
During my teaching, I’ll try my best to encourage every student to practice English. And I pay much attention to learner guidance. I design some tasks in order to help them develop the reading skills and acquire the language naturally.