董亚芬大学英语精读第1册Unit1教案.doc

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CollegeEnglishOne

--IntensiveReading1

CollegeEnglish（I）TeachingGroup

DepartmentofForeignLanguageTeachingandResearch

YangtzeNormalUniversity

Unit1SomeStrategiesforLearningEnglish

Intensivereading

Objectives：

1.Understandingthemainidea

2.Understandthestructure

3.Learnrelatedterms

4.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext.

5.Conductaseriesofspeakingandlisteningtaskbasedonthetext

Teachingfocus：

1.LearntounderstandthestrategiesforEnglishLeaning

2.Theunderstandingreadingskills

Pre-readingTasks

1．Warmingupactivities

Pairwork/groupwork:

studentsworkinpairsorgroupstodiscusstheiropinionsaboutthefollowingtopics.

1.WhendidyourstoryoflearningEnglishstartoff?

2.DoyouenjoylearningEnglish?

Why?

IenjoylearningEnglish,becauseIfinditveryinteresting.First,inmyopinion,Englishisabeautifullanguage,includingitspronunciationandshape.Ienjoyspeakingandlisteningtoit.

3.DoyouhaveanytroublelearningEnglish?

4.DoyouthinkitusefultolearnEnglishwiththehelpofsomestrategies?

5.WhatstrategiesdoyouthinkcanbeemployedinEnglishlearning?

6.WhatdoyouthinkisthemosteffectivewayoflearningEnglish?

AsfarasIamconcerned,seeingEnglishmoviesisthemosteffectivewayoflearningEnglish.IchoosethosemoviesthatIhavegreatinterestin,suchascartoons.Foreachmovie,Iwillseeatleastthreetimes—withoutsubtitles,withChineseonesandwithEnglishones.Andatthesametimespeakloudlyafterthecharacters.Thoughenjoyingmovies,ImakeconsiderableprogressinEnglish.

2.Informationrelatedtothetext.

EnglishasanInternationalLanguage

Worldwideover1.4billionpeopleliveincountrieswhereEnglishhasofficialstatus.Oneoutoffiveoftheworld’spopulationspeakssomeEnglish.Over70%oftheworld’sscientistsreadEnglish.About85%oftheworld’smailswritteninEnglish,and90%ofallinformationintheworld’selectronicretrievalsystemsisstoredinEnglish.

Languagelearningstrategies

Languagelearningstrategiesareusedbylearnerstocompletespeaking,reading,vocabulary,listeningandwritingactivitiespresentedinlanguagelessons.Recognizingthatthereisatasktocompleteoraproblemtosolve,languagelearnerswillusewhateverstrategiestheypossesstoattendthelanguage-learningactivity.

Possiblelanguagelearningstrategiesinclude:

usingpracticeopportunities,self-evaluation,selectiveattention,timemanagement,reviewingnotestakeninclassandcheckingone’sunderstanding,constantlyseekinganswerstoquestionsinsteadofpassivelyreceivinginformation,etc.

Activevocabularyandpassivevocabulary

Activevocabularyconsistofthewordsyouusefrequentlyandcomfortablyinspeakingandwriting,whilepassivevocabularyconsistsofthewordsyourecognizewhenyoureadandlisten.

Input-outputbalancetheoryinlanguagelearning

Inputinlanguagelearningreferstoinformationread,seenorheardbythelearner,whileoutputreferstowhatthelearnerproducesinwritingandspeaking.Theinput-outputbalancetheoryinlanguagelearningbelievesthatonecanlearnalanguagewellthroughmaintainingabalancebetweeninputandoutput.

EnglishisnotRealEnglish.

Skimmingandscanning

GlobalReading

1.Partsdivisionofthetext

PartⅠ（Paras.1-2）IntroducegloballythatwhilelearningEnglishisnoteasy,therearestillsomehelpfulstrategies.

PartⅡ（Paras.3-8）Introducesixhelpfulstrategiesindetail.

PartⅢ（Para.9）Concludethatlanguagelearningisaprocessofaccumulation.

2.Summary

LearningEnglishisnoteasy,buttherearestillsomeusefulstrategiesthatwecanusetomakeiteasier.Thetextintroducessixstrategiesconcerningvocabulary,idioms,listening,speaking,readingandwriting,andthesestrategiescoverthebasicandimportantpointsinEnglishlearning.Thetextalsotellsusthatlanguagelearningisaprocessofaccumulation.Itisworthwhileforustotakeinasmuchaswecanfromreadingandlisteningandthenputthemintopracticethroughspeakingandwriting.

3.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaboutthetextaretrueorfalse.

1）Languagelearnersshouldmemorizeallthenewwords.（F）

Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandmemorization,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.

2）It’simpossibletocramtoomanywordsintoyourheadatatime.（T）

3）hemeaningofawordandthewaynativespeakersuseitareequallyimportant.（T）

4）ListeningtoEnglishoccasionallywillimproveyourearandspeakingskills.（T）

5）It’simportanttocatcheverydetailinEnglishlisteningcomprehension.（F）

Thefirsttimeonemaynotcatchagreatdeal,butwitheachrepetitiononewillgetsomethingmore.

6）LanguagelearnersdonotfindmanyopportunitiestopracticeoralEnglishatschool.（T）

4.DiscourseAnalysis

Astrategyreferstoasetofcarefullyplannedmethodsforachievingsomethingthatisdifficultandmaytakealongtime.

Inintroducingsomestrategies,theauthoradoptsthestructureofProblem—StrategywithinaparagraphtoshowustheproblemsinEnglishlearningandthenproposesstrategiestosolvetheproblems.PleasescanthetextforsomeexamplesoftheProblem—Strategystructure.

problems

strategies

1.Itisimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning.

1.Dealwithactivevocabularyandpassivevocabularydifferently

2.Youdonnotknowtheidometicusageofsomewords.

2.Watchoutfornotonlythemeaningofawordbutalsothewayitisusedindailylife.

3.Youmaynotbeabletocatchalotafterlisteningtoapassageforthefirsttime.

3.Listentoitoverandoveragain.

4.TherearefewsituationsforyoutopracticespeakingEnglishatschool.

4.SeizeeveryoppotunitytospeakEnglishwithorwithoutapartner.

5.WhatstrategiesdoyouthinkcanbeemployedinEnglishlearning?

SuggestedStrategies:

Makeyourownoppotunitiesforpracticeinusingthelanguageinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.

Specificways:

1）askyourteacherquestionsbefore,duringandafterclass.

2）speaktoaforeigner

3）listentoanEnglishradioprogram.

4）watchanEnglishmovie.

5）readanEnglisharticleontheInternet.

6）useEnglishsoftware.

While-readingTasks

TextLearning

1.Explaintheskillofskimmingandscanning

2.Askstudenttoskimthetexttohaveageneralideaaboutthetext.

3.Underlinethedifficultwordsandsentencesandanswerthequestionsonpage7

4.Expalinthetext

5.Askstudentstosumupthegoodhabitmentionedinthetextandlearnthembyheartintheclass.

6.Languagepointsandstructure

Newwordsandexpressions

1.strategy:

n.theactofplanningandmanagingoperationsoveralongperiod.

Example:

It’salongwayforourgovernmenttodevelopastrategyfordealingwithunemployment.

★tactic:

n.战术tactical:

adj.战术的

strategy:

n.战略strategic:

adj.战略的

Ourstrategyis“topitoneagainstten”,whileourtacticis“topittenagainstone”.我们的战略是“以一当十”，我们的战术是“以十当一”。

2.means:

n.（ofsth/doingsth）wayofdoingorachievingsth

byallmeans:

usedtosaythatyouareverywillforsbtodosth

Example:

“DoyoumindifIhavealook?

”“Byallmeans.”

bynomeans/notbyanymeans:

notatall

Example:

Sheisbynomeansaninexperiencedteacher.

3.diligent,hard-working,industrious

①diligent侧重于对从事的工作十分热爱，肯钻研。

主要用于埋头从事某项工作，研究或调查等脑力劳动，只能形容人。

②hard-working常在口语中代替diligent.

③Industrious常用于文章中，通常指在工作中不浪费时间，可用于人，也可用于蚂蚁，蜜蜂等动物。

4.prolong:

vt.【pro-（forword向前）+long】makesthlastlonger

Example:

Theoperationcouldprolonghislifebytwoorthreeyears.

prolong/lengthen

①延长：

prolong（时间的延长）/lengthen（时间或空间的延长）

②（时间）延长：

prolong（人为的延长）/lengthen（自然的延长）

Example:

Somepeoplehavetriedtofindameansofprolonginglife.

Thedaysbegintolengtheninspring.

5.sustain：

vt.【sus-（=sub:

under）+tain（support,支撑）】support;maintain;endure

Example:

Hopesustainhiminhismisery.在不幸中是希望在支撑着他。

Thevillagersalongtheseacoastaresustainedbyfishingtrade.沿海的村民靠渔业为生。

6.complain:

v.saythatyouareannoyed,notsatisfied,orunhappyaboutsthorsb.

①complainof（doing）sth:

抱怨做某事

②complainthat…:

抱怨Thetouristscomplainedthattheroomsweretoodirty.

③complaintosbof/aboutsth:

因为某事抱怨某人

◆Intheracetoimproveeducationalstandards,schoolsarethrowingthebooksatkids.Evenelementaryschoolstudentsarecomplainingofhomeworkduty.（CET-4,2003,12,阅读）在提高教育水平的竞争中，学校将书本抛给了孩子。

即使是小学生也在抱怨作业任务重。

7.cram:

vt.makesthtofull

Example:

Hecrammedeightpeopleintohiscar.（把……塞满）

Heisbeencrammingforhisexamsallweek.（为应考临时死记硬背）

8.Bound:

adj.

beboundtodo一定，必定

Example:

Don’tlietoher,sheisboundtofindoutallaboutit.

beboundfor/to准备前往，在前往……的途中

Example:

ShewasonaplaneboundforShanghai.

knownobounds不知限量，无限

Example:

Itseemsthathisdesireforpolitivalpowerknowsnobounds.他对政治权力的欲望似乎是无止境的。

9.constant：

adj.

constancy:

n.

1）happeningregularlyorallthetime

Example:

Therewasaconstantstreamofvisitorstothehouse.她的诊室不断有家长前来求助。

2）stayingthesame

Example:

Thetruckwastravellingatafairlyconstantspeed.

3）loyalandfaithful

Example:

Heisaconstantfriend.

10.commit:

vt.

①将……托付给

②犯（错误罪行等）

◆Thedefenselawyerwasquestioningtheoldmanwhowasoneofthewitnessesofthemurdercommitedlastnight.（CET4,2005,12,词汇）辩护律师在询问那位老人，他是上个月谋杀案的目击者之一。

Collocation:

commitacrime/error/犯罪/犯错/犯谋杀罪/犯纵火罪/自杀

murder/arson/suicide

commit（sb.）todoing（sth.）向某人承诺做某事

commitoneselfto（sth.）致力于

commit（sb./sth.）to（sth.）为某一特定目的而使用人力或物力

c