教学内容
本单元是新目标英语教材的第一个预备单元,学生通过学习本单元内容,从而进入一个崭新的英语世界.学习、巩固与应用英文字母A到H，可以使学生在日常生活中发现英语，提高他们的学习兴趣。同时，又培养学生养成认真观察生活的良好习惯。礼貌问候用语的学习可以帮助他们树立“以礼待人”的良好行为意识，帮助他们建立正确的道德观。
教学目标
1） 知识目标：A.学习和使用字母A到H；
B.学习使用基本的礼貌问候用语；
C.学习相关的缩略词。
2） 能力目标：A.掌握元音字母A、E的发音规律，提高学生的辨音能力；
B.学会向别人有礼貌地问候；
C.培养学生观察生活、捕捉信息的能力。
3） 情感目标：A.通过本单元的学习，使学生从小养成礼貌待人的良好行为习惯；
B.通过学生对英语的初步学习，激发他们的学习兴趣和求知欲。
教学重点、难点
重点： A. 熟练掌握字母A至H；
B. 掌握基本的问候用语。
难点：A.掌握元音字母A和E在单词中的发音；
B.学会如何用简单的日常用语向别人问候。
课时安排
教师根据部分学生是英语零起点的实际情况，对教材进行了顺序调整，把有关字母内容整合在一起，从字母教学入手，逐步过渡到日常用语学习。具体安排如下：
第一课时 Section A 2a-3; Section B3a-3b
第二课时 Section B4; Self-check 4
第三课时 Section A 1a-1b, 4b;Section B 1-2b
Period One
课前准备
老师：准备上课所需图片及实物。
学生：准备一些卡片以便上课时使用。
教学设计
Step One: Present the letters.（用字母卡片向学生展示，会让学生有更为直观的视觉效果。）
1. the letters.
Teacher: English is one of the most important languages in the world. It is widely used all over the world. It is so useful that we must try our best to learn it well. Thus, we can talk with foreigners casually. If we want to learn English, first we should learn the letters. Today we’ll try to learn the letters A to H. (Textbook Starter P2 2d)
2.Read the letters.
(students can follow the teacher to read the words aloud. They can read them using the two different intonations----a rising intonation and a falling intonation.)
3.Write the letters.（规范学生的书写，养成良好的学习习惯。）
Teacher:English letters have two forms.They are capital letters and small letters.They are both important. You can write them after the models.(Textbook Starter P2 2d)
Step Two: Practice.
1. Listen to the tape and number the letters you hear.
The students listen to the tape and give the right answers.
2. Listen and draw lines between the letters you hear.（绘图游戏会吸引学生的注意力，调动他
们的积极性和主动性。）
Teacher: The English letters can be made into a beautiful picture. Can you guess? Let’s listen and guess what it is.(Textbook Starter P5 3a)
3. Help the balloons find their homes.
Teacher: Look at the picture. The balloons come out of the houses. Can you help them find their houses? (Textbook Starter P5 3b)
Step Three: The abbreviations.
1. Show the pictures.（使用生活中常见的物品及图片激发学生认真观察生活、体验生活的
热情。）
Teacher: The English letters are not only used in the words, but also in different places in our daily life. Look at these things. Can you tell me what they mean? (Textbook Starter P2 3)
2. Have a discussion about the abbreviations.（展开小组讨论，发扬合作精神。）
Teacher: The words like these can be found easily in our life. Can you tell me something else? Now let’s have a discussion about them.
(Students are divided in groups to have a discussion.)
3. Report the result to the class.
Step Four: Make letter cards.
Encourage students to make letter cards in different groups.
Homework（鼓励学生自已动手制作字母卡片，培养每个学生的参与意识和动手能力。）
1. Write the letters A-H.
2. Thinkl about the pronunciation of the letters in the English words.
Period Two
课前准备
教师：准备练习时所需单词表格及录音机等。
教学设计
Step One: Present the rules.
1. Play a reading game.（通过拼写字母引出新课，能起到承上启下的作用。）
Teacher: Yesterday we learned the English letters A to H. Now let’s play a game. I’ll show some words on the blackboard. Please try to spell the words as quickly as possible. Let’s see which group will be the first.
A Dale Grace Frank Thanks
E B C D E G evening F Helen
(The student in different groups spell the words one by one as quickly as they can. The group,which finishes spelling,will be the winner of the games.)
2. Listen to the tape and repeat the words.（让学生通过听和观察来发现规律、总结规律。）
Teacher: thank you for your good job.According to the form we can find different letters can be made into different words. Do you want to know how to read them? Now let’s listen to the tape and repeat.
3. Find out the rules of the pronunciation.
Teacher: According to the tape, we can find the letters A and E play an important part in the pronunciation. They are called vowels. Now look at their forms, can you find out some rules about them?
A: We can find “A” has two pronunciations. One is the sound of the letter“A”. The other is the sound like that in the word “apple”.
B:“E” also has two pronunciations. One is [i:], and the other is [e].
T:Yes, that’s right.
Step Two: Practice.
1. Read the words.（通过发音练习加强学生的辨音能力。）
Teacher: Since you know the rules about the pronunciation,can you read the words below? Now you can read the words to your partners.
(Students can read the words according to the rules.)
2. Help them find their friends.（游戏简单有趣，既可以使学生适当放松，又可以进一步总
规律，为学生掌握字母组合发音作铺垫。）
Teacher: Here are some apples and mangoes.They can’t find their friends. Can you help them?
Students: Yes.
Aa Ee
face,age,cake,game,bake Had, dad, cat,
bag,fat He, Chinese,
eve Bed, egg, get, desk,
hell
Homework
Can you think out other rules about pronunciations?
Period Three
课前准备
教师：准备歌曲磁带及情景图片。
学生：准备表演时所需道具等。
教学设计
Step One: Present the useful expressions.
1. Introduce the cxpression.（通过问答的形式引出简单的日常问候语。）
Teacher: As we know,English is used widely all over the word.But do you know what’s its most important function?
S1: It can help us to know more about other countries.
T: Yes, it is. But communication is the most important to all the English learners. Before you begin a talk with others,first you must learn how to greet each other.When you meet a friend in the morning, what do you say?
S2:Good morning.
T:What about in the afternoon?
S3:Good afternoon.
T:What about in the evening?
S4:Good evening.
T:But if they want to use another way to greet others,they can say,“How are you ?” How do you answer it?
S5:I’m fine,thanks.
S6:I’m OK/all right.
2. Listen to the tape and repeat.
Step Two: Practice
1. Act the dialogues.（利用学生手中道具进行情景表演，更加真实化、生活化。）
Teacher:Greetings are very important. But different situations different greetings.Imagine you are in such a situation, how do you greet your friend?(Textbook Starter P3 4b)
(The students practice in groups. Then some of them will be chosen to act them out.)
2. Listen and sing the song on page 5.
Step Three: English names.
1. Choose an English name.（通过选择英文名字进一步巩固字母A-H及日常问候语。）
Teacher: English is a very interesting subject. But only knowing how to greet each other is not enough, we can use it to do something else, for example, English names. Do you want an English name? Now you can choose one.
(Textbook Starter P4 a)
2. Put the names in the correct alphabetical order.
3. Use the English name and greet each other.
Homework
Try to greet your family members in English.