新视野大学英语第三版第二册第二课教案

Book 2

Unit 2 A

The Humanities: Out of Date?

教学重点：

1.

To talk about significance of the humanities and

major choosing

2.

Reading skill: getting the topic sentence in each paragragh

3.

Listening still: getting the required information by identifying the signial words

4.

Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text

教学难点：

1.

Application of the phrases and patterns

2.

Oral practice in class: list the reasons for major-choosing

3.

How to idnetify the signial words in Listening

4.

Writing paragraphs with the structure ----cause+effect+reasons

教学过程：

Task 1

1). for students:

group discussion and representation

Question:

How do you think of your current major? If you were given a second chance to

choose your major, what would you select and why?

Tips:---

If I were given a second chance to choos

e my major, I would choose …

?

accounting, computer science, psychology,

?

civil engineering, philosophy, medical technology …

?

popular,

interesting,

e

njoyable,

promising,

practical,

meaningful,

beneficial,

well-

paid …

2). for teachers

Background knowledge:

The humanities

The

humanities

are

a

group

of

academic

disciplines

that

study

the

human

condition,

using

methods

that

are

primarily

analytical,

critical,

or

speculative.

Therefore, they are distinguished from the approaches of the natural sciences. Today,

humanistic knowledge

continues to

provide the ideal

foundation for

exploring

and

understanding the human experience.

Task 2: Text Learning and Discussion

1) For students:

Discussion in class:

Question:: group discussion

What liberal arts / humanities courses do you learn in college? Do you think they are

necessary for your education?

Tips:

I

learn

Chinese,

English,

philosophy,

psychology,

history

…

in

college.

I

think they are an essential part of the college education and benefit me a lot.

--gain more insight in life and society

--- better understand and predict human behavior

--realize different interpretations of life and history

- - understand the past which has created the present

-- be aware of cultural and religious differences

2) For teachers:Text structure analysis and text learning

The passage can be roughly divided into three parts:

Part

I

Introduction

(Paras.

1-5)

covers

five

paragraphs,

which

introduces

the

background

information

to

the

argument.

--

Why

college

students

tend

to

move away from the humanities to “hard skills”.

Part

II

Argumentation

(Para.

6

—

9)

presents

the

advantages

of

studying

the

humanities.

Part III Conclusion (Para. 10) summarizes the main idea stated in the arguments.

Task 3:

Detailed studies of the text and sentence structure

For students:

1) making sentence by using the given words, such as

major in,

in succession,

be bound to, speculate about