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Unit1Education

Unit1Education

TeachingMaterialAnalysis:

Thetwotextsinthisunitarebothcloselyrelatedwitheducation.ThetitleofTextAisAsianStudentsinWesternColleges.ItdiscussesthereasonswhyAsianstudentscanperformwellinwesterncolleges.ThetitleofTextBisDevelopingTalent.Itintroducesacreativeteachingmethodforteachingmusicandothertalenteducation“TheMotherTongueApproach”.Bothofthetextsareinterestingandtherearenotmanydifficultpointsinthemeither.

GeneralTeachingObjectives

KnowledgeObjectives:

1.Togetthemainideaofthetwotexts.

2.Tomastersomenewwords,expressionsandstructures

AbilityObjectives:

1.Tolearntotalkabouttopicsrelatedtoeducation.

2.Tolearntowriteadiary.

TeachingMethods:

Audio-lingualMethod,CommunicativeMethod,Task-basedMethod

TeachingAids:

Blackboard,recorder,pictures,etc.

Timedistributed:

1.TextA:

twoperiods

2.TextB:

twoperiods

3.ExercisesfollowingTextA,B:

oneperiods

4.Listeningexercise:

oneperiods

TextATextAAsianStudentsinWesternColleges

TeachingObjective:

Getthestudentstomastersomekeywords,expressionsandstructures,andgetthemainideaofAsianstudents’performanceinwesterncolleges.

KeyPoints:

1.Vocabularies:

a）Words:

opportunity,amazing,entrance,achieve,average,environment,general,influence,guarantee,immigrant

b）Expressions:

entranceexam,asarule,inlargepart,dueto,togetherwith,

2.Structures:

a）Itisbecomingmoreandmore…forsb.todosth…

b）while用作并列连词引导并列句表示对比

c）Itis/was（not）just…that…强调句

d）though+adj.作状语

Difficultpoints:

1.theuseoftheexpression“dueto”

2.theuseofthestructure“Itis/was（not）just…that…”

TeachingProcedures:

I.Warm-upfortheNewSemester

II.FunStart

III.BackgroundInformation

IV.DetailedStudyofTextA

V.FurtherPractice

VI.ExercisesofTextA

VII.Assignments

StepI.Warm-upfortheNewSemester

a）Oralpractice

Askseveralstudentstotellwhathe/shehasdoneinthepastvacation.

b）Introductiontotheteachingscheduleofthenewsemester.

Askthestudentstocontributetheiropinionsabouttheteachingscheduleofthenewterm.

StepII.FunStart---—AFable

TeachercanbeginbyaskingthestudentstoreadandretellthefableaboutthecompetitionbetweentheNorthWindandtheSun.Thenasksomesimplequestionstohelpthestudentstounderstandthefable.

Questions:

WhatdidtheNorthWinddotomakethetravelertakeoffhiscoat?

WhatdidtheSundo,then?

Whoprovedtobestronger,theNorthWindortheSun?

Whatdoyouthinkmadeitsuccessful?

Afterexplainingthefable,teachercanaskthestudentstodiscussthetwoquestionsontheFun-Startpage,offeringsometipsifnecessary.Lastly,ExplainthequotesandproverbsontheFun-Startpage.

StepIII.BackgroundInformation

SAT:

Mostcollegesrequirethetestforadmissionsanduseittoawardscholarships.TheSATisgiven7timesperyear.Thetestlastsfor3hours45minutes.Itconsistsofthreesections:

CriticalReading,MathandWritingsections（200-800pointspersection）.RecentadditionstotheSATincludeanessay,grammar,andmathematics.

ConfucianIdeas:

ConfucianismdescendsfromtheAnalects（sayings）ofaChinesephilosophernamedConfucius（551-479B.C.）. Belowarethemajorpremisesofthisphilosophy.TheSilverRule—“Donotimposeonothersthatwhichyouyourselfdonotdesire”—isthecentralethicalprincipleinConfucianthought.Thus,benevolenceisthehighestgood, thegentleman/scholaristheidealbeing,andthecultivationoflifethroughstudyandproperactionsisthesupremeduty. Notehisfamous“FiveVirtues”:

Benevolence,Wisdom,Righteousness,SincerityandPropriety.

StepIV.DetailedStudyofTextA

A.Pre-readingQuestions

1.Doyouthinkitimportanttoimprovetheairpollutionproblemforthe2008OlympicGames?

2.Whatwillyoudotoimprovetheairpollutionproblem?

B.Languagepoints

1.InAmerica,thelandofequalopportunity,Asiansseembetterablethanmostotherpeoplegroupstosucceed,especiallyinthefieldofeducation.

InAmerica,thelandofequalopportunity,Asiansseemtohaveabetterchanceofbecomingsuccessfulthanmostotherpeoplegroups,especiallyinthefieldofeducation.

e.g.China,acountrywithalonghistory,hasaricherculturethanotherwesterncountriesineducation,food,art,etc.

Laoguo,anoldworker,hasmoreexperiencethanmostotherworkersinthefactory.

Theinfinitive“tosucceed”isputbackafter“thanmostotherpeople”forthepurposeofkeepingthebalanceofthesentenceandofemphasizingthecomparativeobjects.

e.g.Boysarenotnecessarilybetterabletolearnsciencesubjectsthangirls.

Sarahismorecapablethanherco-workerstomeetthequota.

2.ItisbecomingmoreandmorecommonforthetopstudentsinAmericanschoolsandcollegestobetheoneswiththeAsianfaces.

ItisbecomingincreasinglycommonthatthetopstudentsinAmericanschoolsandcollegesarestudentswiththeAsianfaces.

Itis/was+adj./n.for…todosth.…

e.g.Itisagreathonorformetobegivensuchawarmingreceptionattheparty.

Itwasencouragingforusalltogainsuccessinthetestofthenewproduct.

3.InoneoftheU.S.collegeentranceexams,theSAT,Asian-Americanshadanaveragescoreof1091,whilewhitestudentshadanaverageof1068,Hispanics922,andblacks864.

average:

a./v.

e.g.averagecost/price/rate/score/temperature

Thestudentshadanaverageof75pointsinthefinalmathexam.

Notethephrase“anaverageof”,whichiswidelyusedinstatistics.

SATistheshortformof“ScholasticAptitudeTest”.

while:

conj.whereas

Notetheusageof“while”.Here“while”isusedtocontrasttwothingsorpersons.

e.g.Girlsaregenerallygoodatartsubjects,whileboyssciencesubjects.

Whilehetakesaninterestinpopmusic,Iprefercountrymusic.

4.Itisn’tjustbeingAsian,however,thatguaranteessuchamazingtestscores.

However,justbeingAsiandoesnotguaranteesuchamazingtestscores.

e.g.ItisinthesamestreetthatIranintoTom,oneofmyfriends,twiceinasingleday.

Itisforthesakeofenteringagooduniversitythatshestudieddeepintothenightinthepreparationforthecollegeentranceexam.

guarantee:

v.topromisetodosth.;topromisesth.willhappen

e.g.Wecannotguaranteethatourserviceisthebest,butcertainlygood.

Thecompanyguaranteedthatthepaymentswouldbepaidbacksoon.

amazing:

a.verysurprising,andcausingpleasureoradmiration

e.g.anamazingperformance/achievement/play/success/discovery/sight

Theactor’samazingperformancemovedtheaudiencedeeply.

5.Filipino-Americans,forexample,arenotusuallytopacademicachievers,althoughtheydoverywellforthemselvesoverall.

Forexample,Filipino-Americansgenerallydoverywellintheirgeneralstudiesbuttheydonotusuallyachievetopacademicsuccess.

overall:

a.includingeverything;comprehensive;regardedasawhole;generally

e.g.theoverallcostsofmedicalcare/overalldailyexpenses

Myoverallimpressionofthenovelwasfavorable.

6.TheAsianswhoareusuallyattheheadoftheclassaremostlythosefromAsianculturesmoststronglyinfluencedbyConfucianideas,suchasChina,Korea,Japan,andVietnam.

TheAsians,usuallythetopstudentsoftheclass,aremainlythosewithAsianculturalbackgroundwhichisgreatlyinfluencedbyConfucianideas.

e.g.Whatwasthenameofthemovieshownlastnightatthecinema?

Theconferenceheldatthehotelyesterdaywasonurbanconstructionanddevelopment.

attheheadof:

atthetopof;thebest

7.SowhydotheseAsiansusuallyrisetothetopoftheacademicworld?

Becauseoftheirhard-workingimmigrantbackground?

SowhydotheseAsiansusuallybecomethemostsuccessfulintheacademicworld?

Becausetheyhavethehard-workingimmigrantbackground?

rise:

v.becomeimportant,powerful,successfulorrich

e.g.Herdiligenceandpatienceledhertorisetothetopoftheclass.

Thepeoplewhorisetothetopinpoliticsareusuallythemostruthless.

becauseof:

e.g.Hedidn’tattendthemeetingyesterdaybecauseofhisillness.

Theydidn’tgofishingbecauseoftheheavyrain.

immigrant:

n.apersoncomingintoacountryfromabroadtomaketheirhomethere

8.Thatmightseemtobetheanswer,butmanytopstudentsareAsiansnolongerfromimmigrantfamilies,butfromfamilieswhichhavelivedintheU.S.forthreeorfourgenerations.

Thatmightseemtobetheanswer,butmanytopstudentsareAsianswhoarenotfromimmigrantfamiliesanylonger,butfromfamilieshavinglivedintheU.S.forthreeorfourgenerations.

9.AnothertheorythatsomescientistshavesuggestedisthatAsiansfromConfucianculturesgenerallyhaveahigherIQbecauseofhavingaculturewithlongerhistoryofjobsthatdependedonbrainsratherthanjustphysicalstrength.

AnothertheorythatsomescientistshavegivenisthatAsiansfromConfucianculturesgenerallyhaveahigherIQbecausetheyhaveaculturewithlongerhistoryofjobsdependingonbrainsmorethanjustphysicalstrength.

dependon:

needsomeoneagreatdealforhelporsupport

e.g.Hisfamilydependsonhim.

Whetheryoucansucceedornotjustdependsagreatdealonyourattitude.

ratherthan:

1.morethanortoagreaterdegreethansomeoneorsomethingelse

e.g.Theparentsshouldbeblamedratherthanthechildren.

Ithinkyou’dcallitalectureratherthanatalk.

2.insteadofsomeoneorsomethingelse

e.g.Hepreferstoridetotheparkratherthantakeabus.

Whatwecannotaffordtolosenowistimeratherthanmoney.

10.Thistheory,thoughinteresting,isnotsupportedby