July 7th, 2007

Teaching contents: Go for it! Book III p6: How I learned to learn English

Teaching aims: the students are supposed to

1. describe what’s happening in the movie Doraemon using the following phrases:

a) be difficult/easy for sb. to do

b) To begin with, … Later on, …

c) be afraid to

d) take notes

e) be impressed

f) write sentences using the grammar I have learnt

2. find some problems in learning English

3. find some solutions to the problems in learning English

4. reading strategy: scanning and skimming

Teaching steps:

Warming-up: cartoon clip of Doraemon: Memory bread for testing

Vocabulary teaching:

Have you ever watched this cartoon?

What is this cartoon about? memory bread for testing

What was the beginning of this cartoon?

To begin with, 大雄 was worried.

Why was he worried?

He was worried because he was afraid to take the tests.

Then what did Doraemon give大雄later on?

Later on, Doraemon gave大雄some memory bread for testing.

How do you use the memory bread for testing?

You can put the bread on the notes and then eat the bread. You will be able to remember everything on your notes.

After eating the memory bread for testing, was the test still difficult for大雄?

No. After eating the memory bread for testing, it was easy for大雄 to take the tests.

Do you think 大雄 will get good grades if he uses the memory bread?

大雄 will get good grades by using the memory bread.

You watched the cartoon with a foreigner. But since the cartoon is in Chinese, and the foreigner cannot understand it, he asks you to explain what’s happening to him. Would you like to have a try?

To begin with, 大雄 was worried, because he was afraid to take the tests. Later on, Doraemon gave大雄some memory bread for testing. After eating the memory bread for testing, it was easy for大雄 to take the tests. I think 大雄 will get good grade using the memory bread for testing.