高职高专实用英语教程教(学)案Unit_2

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Unit 2 Study

Lecturer: Liu Jun

Teaching Objectives:

Students (Ss) will be able to:

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to know about the characteristics of a successful language learner .

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Know more about word formation.

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Mastering the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.

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Be familiar with some conversational strategies in talking about favorite c

ourses.

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Know translating skill

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conversion

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Know how to write post cards.

Teaching Focus:

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Vocabulary: subject, diligent, native, stay up, get through, be likely to,

challenge,

passion,

structure,

engage,

in

short,

a

set

of,

a

range

of,

assignment,

appreciate, do sb. a favor, etc.

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Dialogue I& II: some conversational strategies in talking about your favori

te courses and study on campus.

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Applied writing: Post card

Time Allotment:

1

st

period

2

nd

period

rd-

4

th

periods

5

th-

th

periods

7

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8

th

periods

Summary of te

xt A; Stylist

ic comments;

check exercis

e; Further re

ading

Further readin

g/translation

exercise/writi

ng Practice

Further reading

Warming-up Ac

Pre-reading,

.Study language

tivities; Lis

While- readin

points; group d

tening and Sp

g, Text struc

iscussion, exerc

eaking

ture analysis

ise checking

Teaching Methods:

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Explanation

Group discussion

Questions and answers

Multi-media

Performance

Teaching Procedure:

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Period

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1.

Warming-up questions: pair-work

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Guess: Do you know the meaning of these words?

Kowtow, Typhoon, Shanghai, Wonton, Lychee, Mandarin, egg roll, I Ching,

Dim sum, Ginseng, Cheong Sam, Oolong, Coolie, Shangri-la Ketchup

2.

Speaking

Task 1

Ask the students to work in pairs and practice sample dialogues

1 My favorite subject is

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2 discuss any trouble you

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ve had with your studies

Ask some pairs to act out

Task 2

Dividing the students into groups of four or five

Task 1

Ask the students to work in groups and practice sample dialogues

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Talk about your favorite subject.

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Discuss any trouble you’ve had with your studies.

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Talk about a coming test.

Ask the students to work in groups to

1) Understand the short dialogues on Page 26-27 of the Textbook

2) To act out

3.

Focus on Listening

1) Word tips:

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Subject:

an

area

of

knowledge

which

is

studied

in

school,

college

or

university

科目，学科

e.g.: Her major subject is chemistry..

n.

主题，主语

adj.

服从的；易患…的；受制于…的

vt.

使…隶属；使屈从于…

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Stay up: to go to bed later than usual

熬夜

e.g.: We stayed up (late) to watch a film.

e.g.: Often stay up late or be being done is before computer has very great

harm to the skin

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Diligent

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adj. careful and using a lot of effort

勤奋的

,

刻苦的

e.g.: Henry is the most diligent student in our class.

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Get through

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pass the exam

及格

to succeed in talking to someone on the telephone

接通

to use up or finish something

度过

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Be likely to: possibly

很可能

2) Listening tasks:

Short conversations and finish Part B and C on pages 30-40

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2

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Period

1.

Lead-in questions: group discussion

1 does you like it easy or difficult to learn English? Why?

2 what is your purpose in learning a foreign language?

3 how can we learn English well?

Let students watch a short film of

“

Foreigner Learning Chinese

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, and conclude

the best way of learning a language:

The Key to Successful Learning is

熟能生巧

2.

While-reading Intensive Reading (Text A)

1). Pre- reading: Background information:

There are many ways to improve your level of English:

Read it.

Read as many English books, newspapers and magazines as you can find. We

also recommend the English version of the monthly magazine READERS DIGEST. It has

short stories and articles.

Listen

to

it.

Try

some

of

the

radio

stations,

they

have

very

good

programs

designed

to help English learners and teachers.

Talk it. Talk to friends who are also learning English. Make a rule that perhaps

for

an

hour,

or

when

you

go

out

together,

you

will

only

speak

English

to

each

other!

Find native English- speaking people who will give you conversation practice.

Look at Other Learning Material on the Web.

Browse English- learning websites as

often

as

possible.

They

offer

a

lot

of

online

English

resources,

with

audio

or

visual

effects.

2)

Scan

the

text

as

quickly

as

possible,

grasp

the

opinions

of

the

writer,

and

answer

the following questions:

1. Do adults agree that learning a language is easy?

2.

Can

you

list

three

pieces

of

advice

that

language

teachers

often

offer

to

language

learners?

3. Do the successful language learners depend on the teacher?

4. Why does the author say that successful language learners learn from their

mistakes?

5. How do the successful language learners deal with difficult communication?

6.

Which

one

is

more

important

to

a

successful

language

learner:

“to

learn

to

think

in the language” or “to know the meaning of every word”?

7. Why do successful language learners want to learn the language?

8. Can you use three adjectives to describe the successful language learners?

2) Text Organization

Skimming

the

text,

students

are

required

to

find

the

top

sentences

of

each

paragraph.

And try to divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.

Part 1 (Para 1-3): Different people have different opinions of learning a foreign

language.

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Part 2 (Para 4-7): Some suggestions are given for successful language learning.

Part 3 (Para 8): Check yourself whether you are learning a language successfully.

4. Assignment

1. Review the text.

2. After-class research: Find more tips on ways to improve your level of English

3

rd

–

4

th

Periods

1.

Warming-up Activities:

Ask some students to share their research results with the whole class.

2.

Brief review of the content of the text

3.

Language points

Explain the difficult words and sentences, including language and grammatical

points.

Focus:

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Successful: adj. achieving the results wanted or hoped for