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Assessing Your Progress
Unit 5 Languages Around The World
To review the words and phrases.
To communnicate with other people, using the restrictive relative clauses.
To create situations to use the useful expressions and the restrictive relative clauses.
Learning objectives
Which language are you especially interested in why
Language: Chinese French English Russian Spanish
Reason: wide range of use classic movies/books first impression …
Think and discuss with your partner.
EXAMPLE:
I’m especially interested in French, because France in my heart is the symbol for romance and elegance.
I really want to live in France.
Lead-in
Activity 1: Vocabulary assessing
attitude
classic
point of view
civilisation
despite
native
related to
struggle
a hard fight in which people try to obtain or achieve sth
deserving to be accepted as one of the best of its kind
the way that you think and feel about sb/sth
the particular opinion that sb has about sth
a state of human society that is developed and organized
in spite of
connected with the place where you have always lived
be connected with
Read the first part of a passage and find suitable words for the blanks.
Part I The first foreign language I ever learnt was French, but it didn’t go very well. My mother asked our neighbour to teach me when I was seven. French wasn’t his _________ language, but he used to live in France, so he could speak a little. However, _________ his help, I learnt very little French. I just didn’t feel that it _________ my daily life in any way, so I didn't try. When I entered senior high school, my _______ towards language learning changed. I had to learn Latin, which I've always been interested in because I want to study law. For this reason, learning Latin wasn’t a _________ for me like learning French. Soon I began to read ________ books in Latin.It certainly wasn’t easy, but I got to read lots of interesting stories about ancient ____________. Reading those books opened a window for me to another world and gave me a new ______________ on my own world.
despite
native
related to
attitude
struggle
classic
civilisation
point of view
Activity 1: Vocabulary assessing
native
despite
related to
attitude
struggle
classic
civilisations
point of view
Activity 2: Grammar assessing
主/宾语
主/宾语
主/宾语
宾语
that
Restrictive Relative Clauses
限制性定语从句
关系副词
关系代词
which
who
whom
whose
when
where
why
指人、物
指物
指人
指人
指人、物
表时间
表地点
表原因
定语
= 介词+which
Read the second part of the passage and combine the words in the two boxes to complete the restrictive relative clauses.
Part II I became interested in learning more languages aside from English. Then I saw an advertisement that offered a wonderful summer course in German, and that was the _____________ I decided to take on a new language. The ______________________ we met for classes was quite small, but there was a whole world of language to explore. Our teacher was Mrs Haus: a tall, thin, quiet, grey-haired lady. I'll never forget the first ___________ she introduced herself to us. She never once raised her voice, but as soon as she began to speak, the room fell silent. What was the reason Because Mrs Haus LOVED German language and culture — and everybody who was in her classes couldn’t help but love the language, too. We all loved the _____________ she talked about German food and traditions. And I realised what makes a good teacher. A good teacher is _________________ is in love with what she or he is teaching.
building class day way someone
when in which where who that
way
building
day
class
someone
in which
in which/ where
when
in which
that/ who
Activity 2: Grammar assessing
Activity 3: Passage analysis
Q: What ways did the writer use to learn foreign languages
Part I The first foreign language I ever learnt was French, but it didn’t go very well. My mother asked our neighbour to teach me when I was seven. French wasn’t his native language, but he used to live in France, so he could speak a little. However, despite his help, I learnt very little French. I just didn’t feel that it related to my daily life in any way, so I didn't try. When I entered senior high school, my attitude towards language learning changed. I had to learn Latin, which I've always been interested in because I want to study law. For this reason, learning Latin wasn’t a struggle for me like learning French. Soon I began to read classic books in Latin.It certainly wasn’t easy, but I got to read lots of interesting stories about ancient civilisations. Reading those books opened a window for me to another world and gave me a new point of view on my own world.
Part II I became interested in learning more languages aside from English. Then I saw an advertisement that offered a wonderful summer course in German, and that was the way in which I decided to take on a new language. The buiding where we met for classes was quite small, but there was a whole world of language to explore. Our teacher was Mrs Haus: a tall, thin, quiet, grey-haired lady. I'll never forget the first day when she introduced herself to us. She never once raised her voice, but as soon as she began to speak, the room fell silent. What was the reason Because Mrs Haus LOVED German language and culture — and everybody who was in her classes couldn’t help but love the language, too. We all loved the class in which she talked about German food and traditions. And I realised what makes a good teacher. A good teacher is someone who is in love with what she or he is teaching.
Q: What ways did the writer use to learn foreign languages
Part I The first foreign language I ever learnt was French, but it didn’t go very well. My mother asked our neighbour to teach me when I was seven. French wasn’t his native language, but he used to live in France, so he could speak a little. However, despite his help, I learnt very little French. I just didn’t feel that it related to my daily life in any way, so I didn't try. When I entered senior high school, my attitude towards language learning changed. I had to learn Latin, which I've always been interested in because I want to study law. For this reason, learning Latin wasn’t a struggle for me like learning French. Soon I began to read classic books in Latin.It certainly wasn’t easy, but I got to read lots of interesting stories about ancient civilisations. Reading those books opened a window for me to another world and gave me a new point of view on my own world.
Part II I became interested in learning more languages aside from English. Then I saw an advertisement that offered a wonderful summer course in German, and that was the way in which I decided to take on a new language. The buiding where we met for classes was quite small, but there was a whole world of language to explore. Our teacher was Mrs Haus: a tall, thin, quiet, grey-haired lady. I'll never forget the first day when she introduced herself to us. She never once raised her voice, but as soon as she began to speak, the room fell silent. What was the reason Because Mrs Haus LOVED German language and culture — and everybody who was in her classes couldn’t help but love the language, too. We all loved the class in which she talked about German food and traditions. And I realised what makes a good teacher. A good teacher is someone who is in love with what she or he is teaching.
Q: What changes does the writer have when learning foreign languages
Activity 3: Passage analysis
Activity4: Reflecting
One language sets you in a corridor for life.
Two languages open every door along the way.
—Frank Smith
effective communicative skills
independent and efficient learning ability
diverse cultural awareness
multiple choices for future
...
1. What did you think of the quote at the beginning of the unit
2. Did you find it easy or difficult to talk about your reasons for learning a foreign language Why
better communication
traveling abroad
Reasons
further study
more career opportunities
promising future . . .
Activity4: Reflecting
1. Learning English can help me have better communication with others, that’s why I learn it.
2. I’d like to learn English, that’s because learning English will do good to my further study.
3. Did you learn anything new from the text about Chinese characters if so, what did you learn
Tips: think about culture, history, passage structure, language…
4. How does learning about different kinds of English affect your English study
Recall: British English vs American English
Tips: understand culture, talk with people from different country…
Activity4: Reflecting
good
useful
just OK
difficult
5. Overall, I thought this unit was
Write a short story about your own experiences in learning foreign languages.
use the words and expressions learnt in this unit
employ the Restrictive Relative Clauses
share your way of learning foreign languages and your changes
Assignment
In this class, we have:
1. assessed our acquisition of vocabulary and grammar in this unit
2. explored the writer’s ways and changes in learning foreign languages
3. reflected our own experiences and reasons in learning foreign languages
Conclusion
Revise the content of this unit.
Homework