Book7 Unit5 English Writing Practice
Teaching goals:
Knowledge goals:
Enable the students to have a general understanding of the topic.
Ability goals:
a) Students will further improve their ability of writing and speaking.
b) Students will further improve their ability of assess
Moral goals:
Students will understand something about learning and living with a host family.
Teaching methods: Multi-media computer; PowerPoint
Teaching focus: discussion, sharing, writing; comments on themselves.
Teaching difficulties: mistakes correction and comments of the people
Step I Leading-in
To show Ss pictures about Lydia to let them know the topic of this writing practice.
Step I : Background information
1. What kind of student accommodation in Greece is the best?
As we have discussed before, student?accommodation?is an important factor when it comes to your well-being abroad. The living options for foreign students in Greece are usually as follows: shared student flats, purpose-built student residences, hiring your own apartment, or staying with a Greek host family. Here is our guide to?host family accommodation?in Greece.
Step II Pre-reading
Task one ：guide students to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of staying with a host family.
Advantages:
1.?Language immersion 2.?Cultural experience
3.?Feeling of safety 4.?The financial side
Disadvantages:
1.?Other people’s rules 2.?Being separated from other students
3.?Restricted personal space 4. Long distance from her college
5. Have no choice about the food
Step III Writing
Directions:
1. tell her your choice
2. give some reasons to support your idea
3. about 100 words within smooth sentences
Forms :
A good letter of suggestions is usually made up of a topic paragraph, some supporting paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.
Topic paragraph:
Example: To many students, school life is boring and tiring. However, I find my school life meaningful and colourful.
Supporting Paragraphs:
Firstly, ..Secondly, ...Moreover, ...Finally, However, ...
In addition, …Furthermore, ...
Concluding paragraph:
Personally,… in conclusion, in brief,
From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that ... In summary, it is wiser ...
Step IV Here are some?advantages?you will experience with a host family:
1.?Language immersion Living with a Greek family, rather than other international students, forces you to practice your Greek every day. When you constantly hear Greek at your language school, and then have to hear and speak it at home, your language skills will improve rapidly.
2.?Cultural experience Staying with a family will give you glimpse into how people really live in Greece. Host families will usually provide you with some of your daily meals, so you’ll get to eat local food. Families will also be able to advise you on aspects of living in Greece, like where to buy things, great local places to visit or popular local entertainment. Some host families may also include you fully in their family lives and invite you to places and events that you’d not normally get to go to, if you were travelling on your own.
?3.?Feeling of safety If you are a young adult, who is travelling abroad alone for the first time, staying with a family may be easier than other types of living arrangement, because you won’t have to worry so much about cooking, where to do your laundry or other practicalities. It can make you feel a little bit less homesick too, if you’ve never lived outside of your own home before. Some students become good friends with their host families and stay in touch with them afterwards.
?The financial side A host family is often a financially worry-free choice, because the price includes rent, meals and a place to do your laundry. You’ll know exactly what you are spending on accommodation and your main meals, so that you can divert the rest of your spending money onto sightseeing, entertainment or shopping.
Step V : Here are some of the?disadvantages?of staying with a host family:
1.?Other people’s rules Each host family has their own household rules and you may not like some of them. There could be a curfew, you might not be allowed to prepare your own food in the kitchen or bring friends around. If you prefer to explore Greece on your own terms, you might find this type of situation too restrictive.
2.?Being separated from other students If all your other classmates are sharing a student flat, you may feel like an outsider staying with a host family. And in the host family itself, you will of course be the “foreign visitor”. Whilst a host family can feel safer for young people staying outside of home for the first time, others might find that this living situation prevents them from forming friendships with their peers and living an adventure.
3.?Restricted personal space Some people don’t feel comfortable depending on others – especially staying in a strange family’s home. If you are used to looking after yourself, cooking or doing laundry, having other people do these things for you might feel awkward. Most host families in Greece will go out of their way to make you feel at home, but many students constantly feel like the “guest”
These are only some suggestions for you.
课件13张PPT。The Advantages and Disadvantages of Staying With a Host FamilyEnglish Writing Practice Lydia: an undergraduate students from China who wants a further studyGreece It is better to live with a host family
It has more disadvantages to live with a host family or Whether is a better choice to live with a host family?1.?Language immersion
2.?Cultural experience
3.?Feeling of safety
4.?The financial side
………..1.?Other people’s rules
2.?Being separated from other students
3.?Restricted personal space
4. Long distance from her college
5. Have no choice about the food
………..
Advantages
Disadvantages
Directions:
1. tell her your choice
2. give some reasons to support your idea
3. about 100 words within smooth sentences
A good letter is usually made up of
a topic paragraph, some supporting paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.Topic paragraph
Supporting Paragraphs 1-2
Concluding paragraph
An letterIts formTo many students, school life is boring and tiring. However, I find my school life meaningful and colourful.Topic paragraph (Introduction paragraph)
General statement
Topic statement?Supporting Paragraphs
(Body) Paragraphs Personally,…
in conclusion,
in brief,
From what has been discussed above,
we may draw the conclusion that ... In summary, it is wiser ... Conclusion
According to the following criteria(标准)1. How about his/her handwriting?
2. Are there some grammatical mistakes?
3. Does the essay read smoothly and fluently?
4. Are there some beautiful sentences and good phrases?
5. Are there some sentences that read uncomfortable?
