单元导语非常重要，它往往是学生理解本单元的导航标，对于理解整个单元的教学内容和达到教学目的起着重要作用。所以教师应该精心设计每个单元的导语，以利于学生更好地学习。下面谈谈本人在教学工作中常用的十种单元导语。

一、提问导入

教师利用提问的方式开始进入主题，启发学生思考，有问必答。如 Unit 1 Good Friends，教师提了以下几个问题：

Q1：Do you have any good friends?

Q2: What qualities do you think a good friend should have?

Q3: Should they be funny,smart or strong?

然后教师一一板书学生所能说出的有关好朋友的单词，最后教师启发学生：I think I'm honest and considerate, and I think my friend is happy and kind,what about you, Jenny? ...从而引入正题。

二、看图导入

教师利用教学挂图或书本上的凡是可以利用的图片，一边引导学生看图，一边让学生用英语表达所见所闻，从而导入主题。如 Unit 2 English Around the World，教师让学生看着第八页上的图并提问：

T：Who's this man? Where does he come from?

Ss: This is Joe. He comes from America, but he is in Britain now.

T: So Joe is an American, he speaks American English. Where is he now?

Ss: In the bathroom.

T: What can he find in the room?

Ss: A shower, a bath, some towels etc.

T: What is he really looking for?

Ss: A toilet.

T: Can he find a toilet in a British bathroom? Why or why not?

Ss: No, he can't. Because there is no toilet in a British bathroom.

T: So American English and British English are sometimes different, do you think so?

Ss: Yes.

T: So you see that there are some differences between American English and British English.

从而进入主题。

三、情景导入

教师给出学生熟悉的语言环境，让学生想象、表达。如 Unit 3 Going Places:

T: If you'd like to Nanchang from our city,how can you go? Who will go there with you? What will you take along? What things shouldn't you do when travelling?

这样就顺利地引出了旅游方面的知识，和课文内容接上了轨。

四、复述导入

教师引导学生复述某部电影、某件事情或某篇文章的主要内容来达到导入的目的。如教师讲述 Unit 5 The Silver Screen 一单元时，首先叫学生复述他们自己喜欢观看的电影的主要内容，为学生解答图片后的四个问题作了铺垫，逐步引导学生深入银屏。

五、练习导入

教师先给学生出几道习题或完成课文中所出现的练习，通过练习的内容启发学生思考。如 Unit 6 Good Manners，教师让学生完成第三十六页上的练习，再让学生回答：What are good manners? And what are bad manners? 把学生引入课文。

六、表演导入

教师先叫学生表演某个情景或某个运动项目或游戏进行导入。如 Unit 8 Sports，教师叫学生表演“playing pingpong，playing basketball，running etc.”然后提问导入：

T：What is he doing? Or what are they doing?

Ss: He is playing pingpong；he is doing sports.

Or: They are playing basketball；they are doing sports.

七、直接导入

教师利用单元标题，直截了当、开门见山地引导学生进入课题。如 Unit 16 Scientists at work，教师引导学生分析 kinds of scientists: chemists, physicists, biologists, mathematicians etc；and social scientists etc；and find out what jobs they do, what hi-tech products can you find around us? 将学生引入一个丰富多彩的科技园地。

八、对比导入

教师引导学生将两件事物或两个人等进行对比，比较其变化、异同或正反对比，从而引发学生的思维。如 Unit 10 The World Around Us，教师引导学生思考现在的环境是否遭到破坏，再与以前的环境进行对比，引起学生对环境问题的思考。

九、实物导入

教师利用学生周围的实物如教室、学习用品、音乐、生活用品、交通工具、金钱等引导学生思考。如 Unit 11 The Sounds of the World，教师让学生听几段音乐，回答下列问题，带领学生来到音乐殿堂。

1. Where does it come from?

2. What is it about?

3. What do you think about it?

十、故事导入

教师利用一段故事激发学生的学习兴趣，启发他们理解本单元的知识。如 Unit 20 Humour，教师插入一、两个幽默故事，往往能使学生深入了解 humour and comedians，体会 humour and comedians 给生活带来的喜剧效果。

总之，教师在教学每个单元的时候，可以灵活使用以上导语。不论使用哪种导语，重要的是既要紧扣本单元的内容，又要适合本班学生的特点，只有这样导语才能发挥应有的作用。