Unit2 Study skills 教学设计（3页）初中英语九年级下册（牛津译林版）

英语（九年级下册）

Unit 2 Great people

Study skills

1. Teaching aims and learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. understand differences betweenformal and informal language;
2. use formal and informal language correctly.

1. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

To understand and use formal and informal language in a correct way.

III. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

1. A letter to a friend

T: When we speak or write to different people, do we use the same style of text?

Please read a thank-you letter from Sandy.

Hi, honey!

Many thanks to you for the dinner yesterday. Yummy! I should say you’re really a top cook. I enjoyed all the food, esp. the fish soup. It’s my favorite!

…

It is raining cats and dogs now. But I feel so nice when thinking of your dinner. Ha-ha!

Hope to get together again!

Lots of love,

Sandy

T: Who do you think Sandy is writing to, a friend or an unfamiliar person or a teacher?

T: When we write or speak to a friend, we use informal language.

2. A letter to an unfamiliar person

Dear Mrs Green,

I am writing to show my sincere thanks for your hospitality during my stay at your school this April. I really appreciate your help, especially your encouragement with my work. I believe what I learned at your school will certainly help me improve my teaching at home.

Long distance separates no bosom friends. I hope …

Faithfully yours,

Sandy

T: What about this letter? Who is Sandy writing to?

T: We use formal language with unfamiliar people or teachers.

Step 2 Presentation 

1. Different greetings and endings

T: What are the differences between formal and informal language? Can you find it?

T: We use different greetings and different endings.

(1) Different greetings

T: Well, can you classify these greetings? Which are formal? Which are informal?

(2) Different endings

T: And when we write to others, we use the endings differently.

2. Using idioms

T: What other differences can you find?

We can use idioms like “It rains cats and dogs.” in informal language. Well, what are idioms?

T: Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture