loadingModule 1 Europe
Period One Introduction 1.Target language 目标语言
(A). important vocabulary and phrases Athens, Portugal, Lisbon, range (B). important sentence structure
The United Kingdom is off the northwest coast of continental Europe. It has four countries with one government. Spain is to the south of France.
Between France and Spain is another mountain range.
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Improve the students’ ability to describe a region.
3. Learning ability goals 学习能力目标
Help students to learn how to describe a region exactly
Teaching important points 教学重点
Learn some words connected with directions and some country names.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
1, Discuss the answers to the questions. 2, Generalize the ways of describe directions.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder and a computer Step I Introduction
1. Lead students to talk about countries and their native languages, then, finish activity one.
2. Check the meaning of the words and phrases, read the information and
find the countries on the map above.
Step II Speaking
1. Show a map of Europe, ask students to have a pair work to practice
the way of describing the location of a certain region.
France is in the southwest of Europe. Greece is in the southeast of Europe. Italy is in the south of Europe. Portugal is in the southwest of Europe. Spain is in the southwest of Europe.
United Kingdom is in the northwest of Europe. 2. True or False
( ) 1. Italy is in the north of Europe ( ) 2. Spain is to the south of France. ( ) 3. Spain is next to Portugal. ( ) 4. Portugal is to the east of Spain. ( ) 5. Greece is in the northeast of Europe.
( ) 6. United Kingdom is in the northwest of Europe.
Step III Practice
Show the directions on the blackboard, and ask students to practice speaking and describing the locations North East West South
Northwest Northeast Southeast Southwest
Step IV Language points.
1. off the coast of …在。。海岸线附近，远离。。。西北海岸。 —He lived on an island 50miles off the coast of the country for years. 2. Face vt. 朝，面向 -the house faces to the east.
--a sunny –facing garden 阳光充足，朝南的花园。
3.across prep.在。。。另一边，从。。。的一边到另一边，在。。。
各处，遍及
--She waved to me across the road. --the news spread across the country.
4. Between France and Spain is another mountain range—the Pyrenees. 次句为倒装句，当地点状语放在句首时，所引导的句子应用完全倒装，
即地点状语+谓语+主语+其它
In front of the house sat an old lady. Beyond the river lives an old fisherman. To the west of London is a small town.
Step ⅤHomework