《词汇》
一、考题回顾
二、考题解析
【教案】
Christmas
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aims:
Students can be familiar with how compound words are constructed with the help of examples such as: snowman and bedtime.
Students can get to know the basics of morphology.
Ability aim:
Students will be able to analyze the way that an English word is constructed.
Emotional aim:
Students can build confidence in enlarging their vocabulary efficiently.
Key and difficult points:
Key point:
How to understand the definition and basic rule of compound words.
Difficult point:
How to analyze the way that an English word is constructed.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Warming-up
1. Greetings.
2. Let students enjoy a song named Santa Claus is Coming to Town and ask them what the song is about. The song goes like this:
You better watch out.
You better not cry.
You better not pout.
I’m telling you why.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
He’s making a list.
He’s checking it twice.
He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Ask students to answer the question. Then tell them that the song is about Christmas and Christmas is also the topic for today’s lesson.
Step 2: Presentation
1. Read the short paragraph and ask students to find out the words that are similar to “classroom” in terms of form.
2. Ask students to analyze the similarities of these words: classroom, snowmen, bedtime.
3. Summarize the definition of compounds: a new word that is made up of two or more words and the basic way of constructing a compound noun: noun plus noun.
Step 3: Practice
1. Mechanical drilling
Ask students to write the plural form of these compounds: snowman, bedroom, newspaper, schoolmate, pen-friend.
Then summarize the special rule: the plural form of a compound noun is decided by the core noun.
2. Meaningful drilling
Play the game-Word Master, the game goes like this:
Step 1: divide students into 2 groups;
Step 2: explain the rules: students from both groups are given 2 minutes to write on the blackboard examples of compound nouns as many as possible and repeated words from the same group are not counted, when time’s up, the group that make more examples win the game;
Step 3: teacher acts as the judge to declare the winner of the game.
Step 4: Production
Ask students to work in groups of 4 to make a story using the words on the blackboard. 5 minutes will be given. When time’s up, one group will be invited to share their story then teacher will evaluate their performance.
Step 5: Summary and Homework
Summary: invite one student to summarize today’s lesson.
Homework: ask students to discover more ways of word formation.
Blackboard design:
Teaching reflection
【答辩题目解析】
1.What are the other forms of compound nouns expect for noun plus noun?
1.复合名词除了名词加名词这一种构成之外还有哪些构成方法?
【参考答案】
Except for noun plus noun, compound nouns are mostly constructed in the following forms: firstly, verb plus adverb, such as comeback, blowup and runaway. Secondly, noun plus verb, such as snowfall, raindrop and sunrise. Thirdly, adjective plus noun, such as blackboard, gentleman, goodwill and etc.
除了名词加名词外，复合名词还有以下几种形式构成：1.动词加副词，如：comeback, blowup, runaway; 2.名词加动词，如：snowfall, raindrop, sunrise; 3.形容词加名词, 如：blackboard, gentleman, goodwill等。
2. As an English teacher, how do you enlarge students’ vocabulary?
2.作为一名英语老师，你如何提高学生的词汇量?
【参考答案】
English is a relatively regular language that is constructed by many rules, in which word formation plays a significant role. Lacking corresponding knowledge is the main reason why students find it hard to expand their vocabulary and memorize new words. As an English teacher, in class, I will make use of examples to acquaint my students with different means of word formation, which will boost students’ confidence in enlarging their vocabulary as their understanding of morphology is enhanced. After class, I will seek opportunities to organize activities such as vocabulary master to motivate my students.
英语是一门较为规律的语言，构词法就是其中一条重要的规律。学生觉得单词量难以突破，单词难记等往往是由于缺乏相关的构词法知识积累。作为一名英语老师，在课上，我会尽量多通过例子给学生介绍不同的构词法，在掌握相关知识的同时增强学生对扩展词汇量的信心;在课下，我会寻找时机开展词汇比赛等活动，调动学生对词汇学习的积极性。
