《英语（新目标）》八年级（下）Unit 2第一课时以对话的形式呈现怎样谈论问题以及建议，这是本课也是本单元的重点。我为本课设计了一个中心任务──根据自己存在的问题，向同学寻求建议。我在设计教学任务时，创设了大量教学情景，优化教学过程，给学生提供一种自然的情景学外语。课前我为本课确定了几个教学任务或目标，在此基础上，逐步细化，将分解后的小任务落实到若干个教学活动中去，使学生能随着活动的完成而掌握知识点，同时也获得成就感，激发学生参与、探索与创新。下面通过展示以下不同的教学活动过程来谈一下我的课后思考与启示。
【教学设计】
Theme: What should I do?
Function: Talking about problems and give advice 
Structure: could, should, Why don't you ...? (formulaic)
Main and difficult points: How to talk about problems and give advice
Teaching aids: recorder, CAI and pictures 
Teaching aim: (1) Learn to talk about the problems by using: What's wrong? / What's the matter? / What's the trouble? (2) Learn to talk about giving advice by using: could, should, Why don't you ...？