Purpose of my design:To ask the students to do these two tasks will make the Ss predict the story of this passage. As a result, it will deepen Ss’ memory of this story because they will have their own understanding of this story.Step 3. While-readingTask 1. (Individual work _____min)Skimming: ask students to skim the text and the main ideas of each paragraph in this passage. Please read it quickly and then match the sentences with the letters.Task 2. (Individual work _____min)Scanning: read the text quickly and decide the whether the following statements are true or false and give reasons.Task 3. (Pair work _____min)Listen to the tape and fill in the banks. Then read the paragraph with expression to your partner.Task4 (individual work min)Listen to the tape again and write down the main idea in one sentence.Purpose of my design: Enable students to understand the given material better by using different reading skills. And proper competition can arouse the Ss’ interest in English learning. “Task-based” teaching method is used here todevelop the Ss’ ability of communication and also their ability of co-operation will be well trainedStep 4. Post-readingTask 1. (Individual work, pair work, group work, class work; _____min)Discussion (group of 4):1. If you were Hippomenes, would you run against Atlanta?2. Do you think Hippomenes deserved to win the race? Why or why not?Step 5. HomeworkPlease read the story again carefully after class and imagine: What will happen during the race between Hippomenes and Atlanta? Who do you think will win the race? Do you think Atlanta would marry Hippomenes? Write an end for the story with thses questions.Purpose of my design: Homework is so important and necessary for to master the knowledge they learned after class. It will check whether the Ss achieve the teaching aims.Part 5 Blackboard design
When it comes to the students’ studying methods, I'd like to introduce my Ss first. The Ss have a good command of basic language points. They’re interested in learning English, and they take an active part in English class, so they will have fun in autonomous, cooperative and inquiry learning. I will just serve as a guide, showing them the way to explore how to make more progress in their English learning.Now it’s time for the most important stage of this lesson. My teaching procedures are arranged as follows:Step1.Leading-in (3 minute)Play a video of a wide variety of wildlife to introduce my topic. Step2. Speaking (12 minutes)We will use our textbook Page25. Let the Ss fast read the short paragraph to warm up. Ask them to talk about the report on some endangered wildlife in China with the dialogue patterns on the screen. Lastly, I will invite some groups to demonstrate their dialogues about saving wildlife in China.Step3.English play (3 minutes)Watch another video in praise of their excellent performance just now. It’s about Jack Chen’s(成龍)and Yang Ziqiong’s wildlife protection.Step4. Listening (twice 13 minutes)This time, I’ll ask the Ss to fill in the blanks of the monologue of the 2 movie stars above. Step5.Discussion (3 minutes)Which would you like to choose to wear, clothes made of cotton, artificial leather or animal skins? Why ?Step6. Summary (3 minutes)1. If there were no wildlife, there wouldn’t exist human beings. If the buying stops, the killing can, too.2. Animals are our friends. To love animals is to love ourselves. Stop hunting, killing and destroying wildlife.3. Let’s live in harmony with all the living things in the world. Step7. Music appreciation (3 minutes)Let the Ss appreciate the song Earth Song by Michael Jackson. Last but not the least, I will show you my blackboard design.
一. 教材分析1. 本單元的中心話題是“計算機(Computers)”,內容涉及計算機的發(fā)展歷史,計算機的應用等。本節(jié)課是該單元的第一課時,我將Warming up, Pre-reading and Comprehending這四部分整合為一節(jié)精讀課。其中。Reading部分是題為WHO AM I?的文章,以第一人稱的擬人手法介紹了計算機發(fā)長演變的歷史和計算機在各個領域的應用,其主旨是表達計算機的發(fā)展變化之快以及在生活中用途之廣。而Warming up部分以圖片的形式展現(xiàn)了計算機的發(fā)展歷程;Pre-reading中的問題和排序分別是為了預測語篇的內容和測試學生對計算機歷史了解的情況;Comprehending則通過各項練習訓練學生的閱讀技能,從而加深對文章的理解。可見這幾部分是一個有機的整體。2. 教學目標:1) 語言目標:重點詞匯及短語:abacus, calculate, calculator, PC, laptop, PDA, robot, analytical, technological, universal, mathematical, artificial, intelligent, network, explore, in common, as a result.重點句子:a. My real father was Alan Turing, who in 1963 wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work, and build a “universal machine” to solve any mathematical problem.
(三)教學重、難點1、教學重點:結合課文,了解演講辭針對性強、條理清楚、通俗易懂、適當?shù)母星樯实忍攸c。2、教學難點:深入理解文章內涵,聯(lián)系現(xiàn)實,體會本文的現(xiàn)實意義二、說學情高中學生在初中階段已經接觸過演講辭了,對演講詞的特點已經有了一些基本的知識,因此本輪的教學應該讓他們在此基礎上有所提高。本文是學生在高中階段第一次接觸演講辭,有必要讓他們了解演講辭的特點及課文如何體現(xiàn)這些特點的。隨著年齡的增長,生活閱歷的增加,高中學生正逐漸形成自己對世界、對人生的看法,蔡元培先生的這篇文章能很好地激發(fā)他們對當前的高中學習和未來的大學生活進行思考。此外,學生對北大的歷史及蔡元培先生作這番演講的時代背景了解不深,應作出補充說明。
[設計意圖:心理學研究表明低年級學生注意力集中時間較短,興趣容易轉移,針對這一特點,出示學生情有獨鐘的小動物,增加情趣性,充分激發(fā)學生的興趣,形成探究的欲望。這種疑惑,正蘊含著不解、猜度以及思維的發(fā)動;這驚奇,則蘊含著求索、發(fā)現(xiàn)以及對思維的刺激。至于哪種積極的探究欲望,可使學生獲得想象力和猜度的樂趣,維系發(fā)現(xiàn)和創(chuàng)造的信心。通過講講練練,既抓住了重點,又突破了難點。]4、回憶總結,系統(tǒng)建構請學生回答做連加時該提醒小朋友注意什么?最后師生共同小結。[設計意圖:培養(yǎng)了學生口頭表達能力,便于教師及時掌握情況,收取反饋信息,加深理解。促進學生的思維由具體形象逐步向抽象的邏輯思維過渡。](三)鞏固強化,拓展思維1、基本題:(1)集體練習,擺一擺再填數(shù),通過操作學具,鞏固連加知識。(2)看圖列連加算式計算。
(4)Finally, I will ask the SS what this sentence mean:It is always calm before a storm.Purpose: attract the SS attention and bring them into discussionStep 2: Pre-reading 讀前Here, I will do the second question in pre-reading first. I will use the method of brainstorming to ask the SS what will happen before an earthquake; and list the phenomenon on the table. 2. Then I will show the SS the picture of abnormal phenomenon, at the same time, encourage the SS to describe.3、finally, I will summarize these phenomenon4、Do the first question in the pre-reading , Imaging your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?Purpose: help the SS to get further understanding of the topic and stimulate their interests.Step3: While-reading 閱讀(1). Skimming Read the text quickly and catch the meaning of the first and second sentence of each paragraph. Predict the meaning of new words(2).scanning(找讀)A. Read the text again. Do the following question.1. When and where were the strange things happening?2. What are they?3. Why did the text say the world seemed to be at an end?4. How was the city destroyed after the quake?5. When did the second quake hit the city? What was the result of that?6. Who came to help Tangshan first? And how?B. Work in pairs to discuss the question.
為了進一步讓學生掌握數(shù)數(shù)的規(guī)律,我把孩子們剛才數(shù)過的一些事物按照從小到大的順序排列(多媒體課件),并要求學生再數(shù)一數(shù),數(shù)完后再讓他們讀一讀。這個環(huán)節(jié)的設計自始至終都讓孩子自己去觀察、動腦,主動參與到和他人的合作交流之中,在找、數(shù)和說的過程中探究新知,學會“一個一個地按順序數(shù)數(shù)”。第三個環(huán)節(jié):綜合實踐、學以致用。為了體現(xiàn)數(shù)學來于生活,用于生活的理念。首先,我出示了一些生活中孩子感興趣的事物,要求孩子們正確地數(shù)出,并用數(shù)字來正確表述。此環(huán)節(jié)中,課件中所出示的圖片與相應的數(shù)字一一對應,我讓孩子們依次輸出后,再指名同學用鼠標拖進正確的數(shù)字,孩子們覺得又新奇又好玩,紛紛要求上來試試,參與積極性非常之高。這是一個寓教于樂的環(huán)節(jié),此環(huán)節(jié)中即讓學生利用了和鞏固新課中總結的新知識,又讓學生在躍躍欲試的熱情中感受到玩中學的樂趣。
大家早上好!今天我講話的題目是《珍愛生命,快樂成長》。同學們,據(jù)資料顯示:我國每年大約有萬名中小學生非正常死亡,中小學生因安全事故、食物中毒、溺水、自殺等死亡的,平均每天有40多人,也就是說每天將有一個班的學生在“消失”。還有40萬至50萬左右的孩子受到中毒、觸電、他殺等意外傷害。而交通事故更是一個沉重的話題,據(jù)統(tǒng)計,從第一輛汽車問世至今,已有4000萬條生命喪于車輪下,全國每6分鐘因車禍死亡1人,平均每天死亡近300人,相當于每天掉下一架巨型客機。隨著社會的發(fā)展,交通事故死傷的人數(shù)已居世界各種公害之首,人們把交通事故視為“永不休止的戰(zhàn)爭”和“柏油路上的戰(zhàn)爭”,另據(jù)中國青少年研究中心的全國性大型調查發(fā)現(xiàn),安全事故已經成為14歲以下少年兒童的第一死因。同學們,七彩的陽光著實讓我們感受到世界的美麗,但現(xiàn)實生活中總還有不和諧的音符在跳動。在我們的學生當中同樣也存在一些不和諧的現(xiàn)象,因此想借今天的機會使同學們在思想上有所觸動,在認識上有所提高,在行動上有所改進。
一、教材分析:本節(jié)知識,是在學生建立了小數(shù)的概念,學習了小數(shù)性質以及小數(shù)點移動引起小數(shù)大小變化的基礎上進行的,包括了復名數(shù)化成小數(shù)和復名數(shù)化成低級和高級單位單名數(shù)。教材重在向學生滲透“數(shù)學來源于生活,又服務于生活”的理念,以小數(shù)在生活中的實際應用為切入點,從學生的生活經驗和知識背景出發(fā)創(chuàng)設情境,引導學生進行積極的體驗,從而體會到數(shù)學的內在價值。二、說教法這節(jié)課,在教法和學法上力求體現(xiàn)以下幾個方面:1、堅持以“學生為主題,老師為主導,訓練為主線”的原則,主要采用啟發(fā)誘導的教學方法,引導學生親歷知識的觀察、發(fā)現(xiàn)、應用的過程。引導學生利用遷移法,討論法,自主探究法對新知識進行主動學習。2、注重創(chuàng)設情境,從學生已有的小數(shù)知識出發(fā),緊密結合具體的生活情境和活動情境,激發(fā)學生的學習興趣。
三、疏通課文,體會情感學生朗讀一至三節(jié),找出通假字,如“莫”;語助詞如“止”“曰”;古今異義詞如“啟”“居”。以及個別短語如“靡室靡家”“載饑載渴”的結構,結合上《衛(wèi)風·氓》中出現(xiàn)的相同或類似的結構來理解。檢查學生的自學情況,抽查翻譯,糾正錯誤。這三節(jié)都以采薇起筆,讓學生思考課文呢寫了薇菜生長的哪幾種形態(tài),有什么作用?學生思考。這個問題不難,但學生回答可能不完整,只點到用于表達士卒思歸之情的強烈。老師要補充,用薇菜的生長來反映歸期的推移和不定期,思念之情更加沉重。同時在藝術手法上,同《衛(wèi)風·氓》用“桑葉”來起興一樣,這里也是比興手法,引出下文。另外,戰(zhàn)士們靠野菜來充饑也反映了戰(zhàn)士們生活艱苦,興中有賦。
第十七周國旗下講話稿:拒絕霧霾向Pm2.5說“不”近些年來,“霧霾”這一個詞逐漸被人們常常提及,從北方到南方,全國各地都不同程度地出現(xiàn)了影響我們正常的生活的霧霾天。那什么是霧霾呢?霧霾又會給我們帶來什么樣的危害呢?霾,霧和霾的統(tǒng)稱。也是我們眾所周知的Pm2.5。“Pm2.5”很細小,肉眼看不到。打個比方,人類頭發(fā)已經很細了,而頭發(fā)卻比最大的Pm2.5還大了近三十倍??蓜e看Pm2.5的顆粒徑小,卻能吸附大量的有毒、有害物質,而且它們能在大氣中停留更長時間,對同學們的呼吸系統(tǒng),心腦血管的影響較大。遠離霧霾天氣,需要我們低碳生活。怎樣才是低碳生活?.綠色出行,動員家長少開私家車,選擇公交車出行或步行、騎自行車,減少汽車尾氣的排放,讓大自然有更清新的空氣。
Knowledge objectives:(1) to make Ss grasp the usage of words, expressions and sentence structures: statistics, struggle, thanks to, rid of, some patterns for persuasion, the “ing” form as subject and object;(2)to use learnt knowledge to persuade sb.Ability objectives:(1) to develop Ss’ reading skills(skimming, scanning, word guessing);(2) to improve Ss’ speaking, communicating and cooperating skills.Emotional objectives:to make Ss know the contribution of Yuan,and learn his spirit and his simple life time.Teaching important and difficult points:(1) some words, expressions and sentence structures mentioned above;(2)the content of the text;(3)training their reading and speaking skills.Teaching methods: CLT, TBLT,QT.Learning strategies: CLS, QLS, TBLS.Teaching procedures:Step 1 lead-in: (1) teacher plays a piece of recent news from CCTV about the harvest of the super hybrid rice, and ask students whether they know Yuan or not, and talk about him and his contribution.(2)Brain storm: let Ss describe Yuan in their minds including his appearance, his living condition and so on.Step 2 fast reading tasks:(1)teacher introduces Yuan and super hybrid rice(2)make Ss read the text as fast as possible with questions. Such as: what’s the general ideaof this passage? What’s Yuan’ dream? (skimming and scanning skill)Step 3 intensive reading tasks(1)let Ss read the text silently, find topic sentence of each paragraph and draw the difficult sentences and the knowledge what they don’t understand.(words guessing)(2)teacher and Ss talk about the important words, expressions and sentences together, and ask Ss to retell the content of the text.(summarizing and paraphrasing)(3)teacher summarize this part.(4) read again following the courseware.
Textbook: Senior English for China (Book 4), by Liu Daoyi Time Allotment: 1 period (40 minutes)Date: March 20, 2014Teaching aids: blackboard, Multi-media, Power Point, chalk I. Text Analysis (教材分析)This unit is about body language, and the text selected in the reading part demonstrates the difference and similarity of body language in many parts of the world. Through learning this passage, students are required to raise their awareness of using body language in different parts of the world. As body language is closely related to our daily life, it is easy to arouse students’ interest in learning this text. Reading skills and speaking training are designed around the text.II. Teaching Objectives (教學目標)By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:1. Language Skill Objective(語言技能目標): develop reading ability (skimming and scanning)as well as speaking ability.2. Cultural Knowledge Objective(文化知識目標): know about the cultural differences of using body language.3. Affective Objective(情感目標): increase students’ awareness of using body language correctly in different cultures. III.Teaching Focuses and Difficulties(教學重點和難點)1. Teaching Focuses(教學重點): the difference and similarity of body language in many parts of the world.2. Teaching Difficulties(教學難點): develop students’ reading abilities of skimming and scanning and ask the students to show their opinions with fluent English.
Step 2 Pre-listeningAfter students finish their discussion, I will show a picture of Newton and ask them: Who is him? What is he famous for? Could you find out some words to describe him? Maybe students will answer that he is genius for his finding of theGravitation, making a great contribution to the progress of human being. At that time I will show another two pictures of Einstein and Hawking, letting students guess who they are and write down their idea about the Gravitation. For I have arranged them to search more information about the gravity before this class, Students have beenfamiliar with the topic and will not be afraid about this abstract conception, which is helpful for their listening.Step 3 While-listeningIn this step, students will be required to listen the material for three times. The first and listening is extensive listening and the second and third listening is intensive listening. In the first time, They are required to listen a material including Part 1 and Part 2 and choose the best summary of the listening text. After they choose the right answer, They also need work in group to explain what is wrong with the others. Then I will make a conclusion that we should pay attention to the first paragraph and last paragraph and some keys to get the main idea. By doing this, their capacity of generalization will have a great improvement.Before the second listening, I will ask students to scan the blank on the power point quickly and ask them to note down some key words .Then ask them to listen to the Part 1again and fill the first column of the chart. Maybe some students just show the ideas of these three scientists an still can’t catch their development of gravity. Therefore, I will ask them to listen to Part 2 again and fill in the rest. After finish the listening, I will give them ten minutes to discuss with their partner. I will also guidethem to improve their answers when they discuss with others.
Good afternoon, teachers, It’s my great pleasure to be here sharing my lesson with you.The content of my lesson is Senior English Book 3 Unit 5 Canada —— “The true North”.I’ll be ready to begin this lesson from five parts. Analysis of the teaching material,the teaching methods,the studying methods, the teaching procedure,and Blackboard design.First, let me talk about the teaching material.Part 1 Teaching Material:This unit is about the introduction of Canada. By studying of this unit,we’ll enable the students to learn the geography, population, main cities, and natural beauty, natural resources of Canada. Through the training of the unit, it also requires students to learn some Language skills such as the expressions of position and emotions.So it plays an important part in the English teaching in this book.After studying the teaching material and analyzing the rule of children’s growing of mind,I think the teaching aims are the followings:1.Knowledge objects:(1) make the students learn some new words and phrases(2) make the students understand the content of the lesson.2.Ability objects:(1)To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Especially reading and speaking ability.(2) learn to talk about the characters of Canada in English(3)To train the Ss’ ability of working in pairs.3.Emotion objects:(1)Enable students to understand the characters of Canada..(2)Stimulate Ss to work hard to make China stronger.Part 2 Teaching Methods:I think helping students learn to master new words and phrases and improve the students’ reading and speaking ability is import and the difficult.According to the analysis of the teaching material and the import points and the difficult points,I will use the following teaching methods : question-guiding approach; fast-reading and careful reading; multi-media teaching methods; discussion
Teaching plan for Unit 1 book3Good morning, teachers. It’s my great pleasure to be here because I can share my lesson with you and I can learn a lot from it. I’ll begin my lesson from the following four parts, the teaching material, the teaching methods, the studying methods and the teaching procedure.Firstly, let me talk about the teaching material. The content of my lesson is the reading passage festivals and celebrations of Unit 1 Festivals around the world. This passage is about festivals and celebrations. By studying this passage, we’ll enable the students to know that festivals exit everywhere, and many of festivals in different countries celebrate similar ideas. As we all know, the reading passage is the center of each unit. If the Ss can learn it well, it will be helpful to make the Ss learn the rest of this unit.After studying the teaching material, I think the teaching aims are as the followings:1. Knowledge aims:(1) The Ss can master the usage of the important words andexpressions.(2)The Ss can use the __________________ (grammar) in the proper situation.Make students know about the festivals all over the world and the detail of the festivals, such as origin, content, and the date of the holiday festivals.2. Ability aims:(1) Students can talk about festivals and celebrations in English(2) To improve the student’s reading ability, especially their skimming and scanning ability.3. Emotion aims:Make the Ss know about the foreign festivals, and respect other countries’ custom.Next, let’s come to the important points and the difficult points.The important point is how to make the Ss understand the text better and the difficult point is how can they talk about it. secondly, Teaching Methods:1. task-based Language Teaching2. Computer assisted language teaching.3. question-and–answer methodThirdly, Studying Methods:
The oldest and the most popular park in the worldenjoy the exciting activities thereget close to the life-size cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Step 3 Pre-reading1.What do you suppose a theme park is ?2.What do you think you can see in a theme park?(1.It is a kind of amusement park which has a certain theme – that the whole park is based on. 2.buildings, castles, statues, rare animals and birds, and so on.) Step 4 Reading ----- Theme Parks –---- Fun and More Than Fun1.Predict : Read the title and the pictures on P. 34 and PredictWhat is the meaning of the title “Theme Park – Fun and more than fun”?(The title means that theme parks are fun to visit, but that they can also be educational and can offer useful information.)2.Skimming Fast read and answer:What activities can we take in a theme park?Amusement park: Bumper car Merry-go-round slide bungee jumping Free-fall rides Horror films Pirate ship Ferris wheel roller coaster3.Scanning Read again and you will find various theme parks are mentioned in the passage . Then what are they ?Theme parks: Sports theme park History theme park Culture theme park Marine or Ocean theme Park Future park Science theme park Disneyland4.Careful reading and find the main idea of each paragraph:THEME PARKS---- entertaining/ educationalPara.1 Traditional parks are places to go for relaxation and to have time away from our busy lives.Para.2 Theme parks are different They’re large and full of things to do, see and buy.Para.3 Theme parks are built around a single idea or theme. One example is a sports park.Para.4 Another kind of theme park is historical more and cultural and can be educational.Para.5 Disneylandwas the first theme park. It is based on the fantasy life and characters of Disney’s films.Para.6 Some examples of educational theme parks include sea world parks and science parks.
Language learning needs a context, which can help the learners to understand the language and then can product comprehensible output, so computer has the advantages to make the materials attractive.Part 3 Learning MethodsTask-based, self-dependent and cooperative learningPart 4 Teaching ProcedureStep One Lead-in“Interest is the best teacher.” Therefore, at the very beginning of the class, I should spark the students’ mind to focus on the centre topic “the band”. I’ll show some pictures of food to attract their attention and then bring some questions.Question:What kind of food they like?What should go into a good meal?The answers must relate to the diet. After this, the students will be eager to know something about a balance diet and this is the very time to naturally lead the class into Step 2Step 2 Reading for information: skimming and scanning In this step, I use Task-based Language Teaching method, which can give students a clear and specific purpose while skimming and scanning the context.Task 1 General ideaThe students will be asked to just glance at the title and the pictures of the passage, and then guess what they will read in the text. And they’ll be divided into groups of four to have a discussion.The purpose is to inspire the students to read actively, not passively. In addition, the task is to develop the students’ reading skill by making prediction and to encourage the students to express their thoughts in English and cooperate with each other.Task 2 Main idea of each paragraphCooperative learning can raise the students’ interest and create an atmosphere of achievement. Based on this theory, I divide the whole class into 4 groups to skim the whole text and get the main idea of each paragraph.
Good afternoon, everyone. It’s my great pleasure to be here sharing my lesson with you. The content of my lesson is Senior English for China Book5 Unit 3 Life in the Future. I’ll be ready to begin this lesson from six parts: Analysis of the teaching material, Analysis of the students, Teaching aims and important and difficult points, Teaching methods and aids, Teaching procedures, and Blackboard design. First, let me talk about the teaching material.Part 1 Analysis of the Teaching Material:This unit is about what human beings’ life will be like in about one thousand years. By studying of this unit, we’ll Enable the students to know the changes in humans’ life and some new inventions bringing about the change and develop the interest in science. This lesson plays an important part in the English teaching in this unit. This is an important lesson in Book Five. From this lesson, it starts asking the Ss to grasp contents of each passage. Therefore, this lesson is in the important position of the teaching material. If the Ss can learn it well, it will be helpful to make the Ss learn the rest of this unit.Part 2 Analysis of the SsAs Senior2 Ss, they are at different levels of English fluency, some of them have lost interest in English. So during the lesson, I arrange a variety of activities to let all of them join in to attract their interest and let them be confident and taste the joy of success.
今天我們來介紹一下必修五第四單元的授課方式。這個單元的題目是Making the news。應該是學生比較感興趣的話題,學生往往對新聞工作充滿好奇,所以我們可以利用這個機會多設計一些師生互動和學生互動,來激發(fā)起學習的積極性,提高學習效率。同時我們可以利用這個單元不僅幫助學生掌握語言知識,培養(yǎng)語言能力,同時讓其了解新聞工作的重要性,培養(yǎng)起社會智能感。這個單元分為六個課時,它的教學目標是這樣的:語言目標是掌握詞匯表中的常用單詞和短語,掌握倒裝句的一些基本用法。 技能目標是能初步掌握約會的基本句型并在真實的場景下正確運用。新聞報道類文章的寫作技能。采訪的基本規(guī)范和溝通技能。情感目標是對新聞報道的客觀性和真實性有更好的理解。對新聞記者的職業(yè)有更深入的了解,并能體會其工作的重要性。下面我們來介紹一下第一課時的授課方式,第一課的教學目標是這樣的第一課時的教學目標語言目標:單詞:Occupation, journalist, editor, photographer, curious, personality, enthusiasm