Unit_1_新视野大学英语教案

Teaching Plan for Unit 1 Course：College English Instructor   Module Unit 1 A Learning a Foreign Language B Keys to Successful Online Learning Time 180 m Teaching Aids Multi-media Teaching Objectives 1. To help the students have a good understanding of the passages in this unit； 2. To help the students grasp the usages of some important words, phrases and expressions in the unit； 3. To enable the students to analyze the structure of the 2 passages in this unit； 4. To introduce the basic reading skills of this unit：Finding out the meaning of unfamiliar words through contextual clues； 5. To help the students master how to develop a paragraph of cause and effect. Chief Points & Difficult Points 1. Get the main idea of the passage. 2. Master some useful expressions & sentence structures in the passage. 3. Understand the structure of the text. Prerequisites Before coming for class, students should 1. identify some important words for the topic. 2. scan the text for main ideas. 3. visit library to research about information concerning the unit. Teaching Methods The mixture of listening, speaking, reading, practicing and writing Reference Books Teacher’s Book of New Horizon College English Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary Longman Dictionary of American English Teaching Contents Time Allotment Section A I. Warm-up Activity 1. Topic Discussion i. Student’s Discussion ii. Teacher’s Summary 2. Questions on the Topic and the Passage II. Background Information I III. Text Structure Analysis IV. Structured Writing V. Detailed Study of the Text i. Words and Phrases Study ii. Language Points VI. Text Summary 1. Student’s Presentation 2. Teacher’s Summary VII. After-text A Exercises Section B I. Reading Skill II. Warm-up Activity 1. Topic Discussion 2. Questions on the Topic and the Passage III. Text Structure Analysis VI. Text Study 1. Words and Phrases Study 2. Language Points 3. Paragraph Meaning V. Summary or Main Idea of the Passage 1. Student’s Presentation 2. Teacher’s Summary VI. New Words Dictation VII. After-text B Exercises VIII. Supplementary exercises 15 m 5 m 10 m 5 m 50 m 5 m 30 m 5 m 10 m 5 m 20 m 5 m 15 m Assignments 1. Hand in the exercise of TRANSLATION. 2. Finish the other after-text A & B exercises after class. 3. Supplementary Exercises i. English-Chinese Translation （5 sentences） ii. Chinese-English Translation （10 sentences） 4. Preview Unit 2           Unit 1 Section A  Learning a Foreign Language I.  Warm-up Activity 1. Topic Discussion i. Student’s Discussion (T asks students to discuss the following topics on the passage.) 1) What’s your opinion about learning a foreign language? ― difficult, hard, interesting, useful, etc. 2) How do you learn a foreign language normally? ― listening to the radio, learning from teachers, having classes in language training schools, online learning, etc. ii. Teacher’s Summary In fact, almost everyone can realize that it is essential to learn a foreign language, especially English. While, not all people learn it smoothly, someone can learn it successfully, yet someone fails. I believe learning English is not so hard as some students think and you may find you will like to learn it gradually if you find a helpful method to help you., just like the learner in section A.  2. Questions on the Topic and the Passage    1) Did the writer enjoy learning English in junior middle school? Why? ― Yes, he did. He enjoyed learning it because his teacher was kind, patient, and used a positive method of praising students. 2) Why the writer’s learning attitude changed after entering senior middle school? ― Because his senior middle school teacher was not as kind as his junior middle teacher. His senior middle school teacher would punish students for making mistakes. As a result, he did not want to speak English in class and he improved very little. 3) To the writer, is there any difference between college and junior middle school in learning English? ― Yes. The differences were that he didn’t have as many opportunities to ask questions in college and that other students intimidated him. 4) What did the writer feel when he was taking an online course? ― The writer didn’t feel intimidated when he was taking an online course because he could take more time to think more about his answers before posting them on screen. 5) Is the writer’s experience in learning a foreign language meaningful? Why? ―Yes, it is very meaningful. Learning a foreign language taught him the value of hard work. In addition, it taught him about another culture, opened his mind to new ways of doing things, and allowed him to communicate with more people.  II.  Background Information 1. Online learning: Online learning, a form of distance education, refers to learning and other supportive resources that are available through the Internet. In an online lesson, students work with a computer program to select the materials they should be studying. The materials can be presented as text, graphics, animated graphics, audio, video, or a combination of these that are displayed in Web browsers or other multimedia players such as Windows Media Player.  2. Junior middle school: In the US, it refers to a school for children who are twelve to fifteen years old while in Britain it refers to a school for children aged seven to eleven years.  3. Senior middle school: It refers to a stage of education after junior middle school and before college or university.  4. Primary and secondary school: Begins around age six for US children. They attend five or six years of primary school. Next they go to secondary school, which consists of either a two-, three-year program or a four-year program. This is called “middle school” or “junior high school” and “senior high school “ (often just called “high school”). III.  Text Structure Analysis The passage is a first person narrative about the experiences of learning a foreign language. It is made up of three parts. 继续阅读