课件35张PPT。Unit 8 Studying abroadUnit 8 LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: TWICE AS HARD?
Lead-inLearning A Foreign LanguageLearning A Foreign LanguageLearning A Foreign LanguageDifficulties in learning EnglishMemorizing new words, good pronunciation and intonation, understanding English grammar, listening and speaking, writing… ways to learn English:
Memorize new words
Watch English films
Practice writing in English
Talk with your classmates
Listen to the tape
Learn from your teacher
Read English stories
Make a study plan
Talk to native speakersSkim the text:
Task One: Complete the title of the
text
Task Two: Tell the main idea of the
text of and of each
paragraphLearning a foreign language:
Twice As Hard?Is learning a foreIign language
twice as hard as learning our
mother tongue?
What’s the main idea of this article?
A. Learning a foreign language is twice as hard as learning our mother tongue.
B. Learning a foreign language is more important than learning our mother tongue.
C. Learning a foreign language is twice as easy if we develop our study skills.
D. In fact, the number of people learning a foreign language has increased with years. What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Fast readingHow was it possible for us to acquire our mother tongue without receiving formal instruction?Language experts have different answers to this question. Life is a very successful language school. Learning a foreign language is different from learning one’s mother tongue. Successful language learners share a number of characteristics.It tells us the importance of confidence. It tells us the importance of the purpose of learning. How many parts can we divide the text into and can you get the main idea?paragraphs
1-2
paragraphs
3-5
paragraph
6
How to learn language
Difference and good learning
MethodsThe importance of the purpose of learning
raising the problemanalyze the problemconclusionTwo language acquisition theoriesPara. 2Theory 1 We’re born with a language specific part of the brain so that we have a special ability to learn language.Theory 2 We learn language just the same as we learn other skills, that is, we have a general ability to learn language. Careful reading What are the differences between learning mother language and a foreign language ?
Para3difference between learning MT and FLcommunicating everywhere usually in school all your waking hours a few hours in a week greater/high
efficiencyPara. 3manyfewHow many characteristics do successful learners share according to the research?
Discuss them in groups of four.Task 2 para4A successful learner should be ____________________________,
_____________________,
________________________,
_______________________,and _________________________
Interested in language learningCurious about the worldWilling to take chancesConfident in their abilityUse different ways of learning and plan their learning.para4How can some students do better in language acquisition?Less anxious and more relaxedWilling to take risks and place themselves in new learning situations.Para.5It tells us that learning a foreign language doesn’t have to be twice as hard as learning our mother tongue and also some tips for language learning. Purpose of writing the passage para61.Most children have mastered their mother
tongue .
A.at the age of five
B. by the age of eight
C. before they are five
D. since they were five
2. In fact, we learn English much faster than
we may have thought because ________.
A.A lot of people are born with a special
ability to learn a foreign language.
B.English learning always takes place in class.
C.Communicating with people often takes
too much time.
D.We can get a lot of help and the learning is
more efficient.
3. The text tells us that successful language
learners ______.
spend as many hours studying English as
they do their mother tongue.
B.always have different plans for their learning
C.want very much to become translators and
interpreters.
D.are usually very impatient in learning a
language.
4. Successful language learners do share the
following characteristics except .
A.the ability to memorize the words
B. an interest in understanding their own
thinking
C. willingness to take chances
D. confidence in their ability
5. From the text we can see _______.
The stronger the motivation is, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.
Interest, curiosity, willingness and confidence are more important than anything else.
We’ll find it easier to learn English if we can learn something from successful language learners.
Both B and C.
推理判断题 Discussion
What can you
learn from
Li Yang ? -- Li Yang(李阳）
-- born in Xinjiang in 1969
-- failed in English often when in senior 3 and
even wanted to leave school just because of that
-- not give in
-- accept the challenge
-- after 4 months’ hard work, become top
-- developed a famous learning system as
“ Crazy English”
-- as a great interpreter
invited to many important international
conferences
What should you do to be a successful learner? Tick what the writer thinks.( )Set a clear goal in learning ,
( ) evaluate our learning ,
( ) make proper study plans,
( ) have good pronunciation and intonation,
( ) have interest in learning,
( ) understand English grammar,
( ) put what we know to better use ,
( ) memorize new words,
( ) be active and patient ,
( ) form a good study habit ,
( ) take risks and put ourselves in created
learning situations√√√√√√√√ The sentence “Life is a very successful language school” means . A. we are equipped with a special ability to learn language
B. the key to learn the language well is to communicate with the people around us
C. parents can give children language lessons
D. people can learn the language by themselves
B
Tips for a successful learner
Set a clear goal in learning and make proper study plans.
Be confident.
Form a good study habit .
Be patient and brave .
Sentence understanding If they were not, they would not be ready to experiment with new forms and to make mistakes, both of which contribute to their increased ability to learn.
If they were not confident and secure, they would not be willing to try new forms and to make mistakes. Both of the new forms and mistakes help improve their learning ability.Sentence understandingAnd perhaps most puzzling of all, how were we able to make sense of what we heard and distinguish the mistakes and errors from “good language”?
And maybe the most puzzling thing is how we could understand what we heard and tell the difference between what is a mistake and what is correct in the language.课件35张PPT。NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONSUNIT 81. motivation: What's the best way to learn English? Different people have different ideas. In a word love is the mother of success in Learning English. So as a teacher of English, we may know more about motivation. In this way we may do our best to motivate our students in English learning. In reading this paper, you may have a better understand in motivation. Take your role for motivating students, you'll become better in teaching. 2. memorize/memorise: to learn by heart "He memorized the list of dates, but neglected the main facts corresponding to them.“ "他记住了那一系列日期,但却忽略了与其有关的主要事实。"
“Some programmable phones can now memorize up to 100 numbers” “有些程控电话现在能存储将近一百个号码”3. dictation: Dictation is something you take, actually something you record when you are listening to somebody, specifically your boss. If your boss asks you to take dictation, he's asking you to record in the written form of what he's saying.The teacher gave us a French dictation.
老师给我们作了一次法语听写。4. correction: Correction is act of making something right.Before you hand in term paper, you want to make final correction to make sure everything is in order.And when you get the homework back, you should make necessary corrections and hand in the portfolio with the corrected homework together with your next written assignment in it. 5. phonetic: Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound 语音的，语音学的phonetics: 语音学，发音学6. alphabet: The letters of a language, arranged in the order fixed by custom.7. stick: vt. (stuck, stuck)The wheels of the car were stuck in the mud and we could not go on.
车轮陷入泥里，我们不能前进了。1) To be at or come to a standstill; become fixed, blocked, checked, or obstructed:
被难住：保持或变得静止；被固定、卡住、塞住或阻住：2) （常与in, into, through连用）（把尖 物）插入，刺入，戳入3) （与in, into, on连用）粘住；贴住I stuck a stamp on the letter.
我把一张邮票贴在信上。to stick a fork into a potato 用叉子叉上马铃薯
I stuck a needle into the cloth. 我把一根针扎进布里。4) 伸出，突出It is dangerous to stick your head out of the window when the bus is running.[习惯用法]2. stick to something 坚持1. stick by 忠于，信守 A: We promised that we‘d always stick by each other.我们承诺会忠于对方。To "stick to something" means that you continue to do it and don't give up. If you stick to practising English, your English will be greatly improved.A person can stick to a decision, too. If you decide to learn Chinese, and you stick to your decision, that means you don't change your mind or give up. an effective method 有效方法
The medicine is an effective cure for a headache. 这种药治头痛有很好的疗效。
"After the government had taken some effective measures, prices began to level off.“ "政府采取了一些有效措施后,物价开始稳定了。"8. effective: adj.有效的[词汇联想]have an effect on/upon…对……有影响，起作用
have an impact on/upon…对……有影响，起作用
have influence on/upon…对……有影响8. acquire: means to get something.获得,学到 If you go to college, you acquire an education, a higher education.Some people go back for their education to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society. 有些人回到学校去接受教育,是想再取得一个学位或一张文凭,以增强自己在社会上的地位。[同义词辨析]acquire, get和gain：这三个词都有“获得”的意思,但侧重点各不相同。 acquire多指经过一段时间的艰苦努力而获得,获得的内容多是抽象的东西,并且一经获得就很难失去,如知识等。 例如： It is not easy to acquire a knowledge of painting.学画画不是件容易的事。 get是一般用语,口语用词,用途很广。 例如： He had got what he wanted.他得到了他要的东西。 gain常指强有力的夺取,也可指渐渐获得某物的过程。 例如： to gain the victory after a bloody battle. 血战之后,赢得了胜利 9. acquisition: Language acquisition is genetically(遗传） determined capacity that all humans are born with. It is important to recognize that any child who is capable of acquiring some particular human language is capable of acquiring any human language spontaneously（本能） and easily. Whether first language acquisition is an obstacle(障碍） or a helper towards second language learning is what has puzzled thousands of learners for long. Only when we have a research into the differences and similarities between them can we apply some of the knacks for first language acquisition to second language learning, thus helping the learners and teachers to work more efficiently. 10. make sense of: understand, Even though the speaker had a strong accent，Henry could catch on to his story， but Tom couldn't make sense of it at all 尽管演讲者地方口音很重，但是亨利能听懂他的话，而汤姆却一点儿也听不懂。 I can't make sense of either the Chinese or Korean language，and that's why I can't tell them apart．我既不懂汉语，也不懂朝鲜语，这就是我分不清这两种语言的原因。 make sense 讲得通 ，有意义1) No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence didn't make sense to me.
2) It just doesn't make sense - why would she do a thing like that?
3) It makes sense (it is sensible) to take care of your health.
4) It makes sense to save money while you can.11. in other words: 换句话说相当于that is to say. This kind of phone is cordless, in other words, it has no cords or wires. In other words, you can walk to a distant part of the office or factory to check the information with putting the phone down.[短语辨析]in a word 简而言之，概括地说in so many words 用明确的语言；确切地12. instruct: vt.教, 教导, 命令, 指示, 通知instruct a class in history 教授一个班的历史
She instructed me in the use of the telephone. 她教我使用电话。
instruct sb. to start early 命令某人早动身
"After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence.“ "在接到把车开出城的指令后,我开始信心十足了。I've been instructed to wait here until the lecturer arrives.我得到指示在这儿等到讲课老师到来。13. efficient: adj. 效率高的，有效的，能干的an efficient secretary 能干的秘书
“The new secretary is a quick, efficient worker, and the boss is quite satisfied with her.” "新来的秘书是个敏捷的、效率高的工作人员,老板对她很满意。"
This new copy machine is more efficient than the old one. 这台新复印机比那台旧的效率高。[反义词] inefficient 效率低的，不能胜任的14. data: n. （datum的复数）数据，资料data communications; data updates.
数据通讯；数据更新Saving your data in a text file makes it easier to debug the application, because you can inspect the output to see if everything is correct. It also allows users to manually tinker with （修补）the saved data (which may be good or bad depending on your purposes). 15. academic: adj. 学校的，学院的，学术的Academic Committee Organizing domestic experts and academic groups of Internet industry to develop academic exchanges on Internet technology and information technology, by which providing technology, theory, and other strategic support to our country's Internet development.Police Academy 警察学院16. comprehension: Welcome to the Reading Comprehension section at the website of Senior English Group. Here we try to offer more practice for you. Here is where you improve your comprehension.17. take a risk: 冒险He took a risk when he crossed the old bridge. 他冒险过这座旧桥。
"They took a risk in driving on, notwithstanding the storm.“ "尽管有暴风雨,他们还是冒险驾车赶路。"[相关词汇]risk: vt. 冒……的危险risk one’s life 冒着生命危险risk failure 冒着失败的危险risk doing sth 冒险做某事He did not want to risk getting wet as he had only one suit. run the risk of 冒险He was ready to run (take) the risk of being taken prisoner by the enemy. at one’s own risk 自担风险If you park your car here, you do so at your own risk. 18. experiment with 进行实验Fiction allows one to experiment with putting people in different situations and seeing how they respond.They experimented with new reagents and succeeded. 他们用新试剂做了试验,获得了成功。20. adopt: vt. 采纳，接受，收养China will adopt new English textbooks to improve students? listening and speaking skills. “We should hold back our traditional desire for (speedy) development and be determined to adopt a new development mode,” Does anyone know how to adopt a child from China ? adoption n 收养21. easygoing: adj. 平和的，悠闲的 Our manager's an easygoing person; she never gets angry.
"我们的经理是个随和的人,她从不发怒。"After he retired, he lived an easygoing life.[近似词汇]outgoing adj. 友好的，友善的22. Overweight adj.Parents should not criticize their children for being overweight. Such attitudes could put children at risk for eating disorders, which are equal or even greater dangers to health. 23. knock down 撞倒He knocked down a child when he hurried off.[常用词组]knock off 终止（工作）Let's knock off early today and go to see a ball game．我们今天早点下班去看球赛。knock out 击昏He received a blow on the head which knocked him out．他头上被打了一拳就昏倒了。 knock up 敲门叫醒某人Every day I had to knock him up. You have no option.
你没有选择的余地。
There are three options open to us in that matter. 在这个问题上我们有三个选择的可能。
The government has two options, to reduce spending or to increase taxes. 政府只有两种选择,不是削减开支便是增加税收。24. option n选择；选择自由, 供选择的事物
[同义词辨析]choice 广泛地指从一组人或物中进行选择的自由：
The store offers a wide choice of fruits and vegetables. 商店提供许多可供选择的水果和蔬菜。option 常常侧重于已经被权威等所授予的一种选择能力或自由：
The option lies between accepting the candidate the administration proposes and reconstituting the search committee. 可以在接受由领导提名的候选人以及重组选拔委员会之间作出选择。selection 含有可供选择的许多不同的人或物的意思：
Parents should exercise care in their selection of the movies their young children see. 家长们在为他们年幼的孩子们挑选所看的电影时应小心谨慎。Election 特别强调选择时使用判断力：
The university recommends the election of courses in composition and literature. 校方建议选择有关写作与文学的课程.课件20张PPT。 The Revision of
Non-finite Verbs(二）———作定语，状语，宾补的解题思路Let’s Enjoy Last month, our school held a sports meeting.
This is the 8th sports meeting held in our school.
All the classes did very well. To win in the game,
they tried all their efforts. Finally, we won the first
place in our grade. We found Mr. Yang being
thrown up into the sky by the students. You can
imagine how excited we were. Now the sports meeting
has come to an end. We do hope that the sports
meeting to be held in 2008 will be more successful.This is the 8th sports meeting held in our school.
The sports meeting to be held in 2008 will be more successful.
To win in the game, they tried all their efforts.
We found Mr. Yang being thrown up by the students.
AdverbialObject complementAttributeto be heldTo winbeing thrown upheld1. Peter received a letter just now _______ his
grandma would come to see him soon. (07四 川）
A. said B. says C. saying D. to sayLet’s Try2._____by a greater demand for vegetables,farmers
have built more green houses. (07浙江）
A. Driven B. Being driven
C. To drive D. Having driven3.-- Come on, please give me some ideas about
the project.
-- Sorry. With so much work _____ my mind,
I almost break down. (07福建）
A. filled B. filling
C. to fill D. being filledLet’s Trynon-finite verb
logical subject
the voice
the tense
Let’s
ThinkThis is the 8th sports meeting held in our school.
The sports meeting to be held in 2008 will be more successful.
To win in the game, they tried all their efforts.
We found Mr. Yang being thrown up by the students.
AdverbialObject complementAttributeto be heldTo winbeing thrown upheldthe modified wordsthe subjectthe objectThe problems being discussed at the
meeting will be solved step by step. from space , Anwen looks small .
from space , we find Anwen is
small .
(Seen ; Seeing)SeenSeeingWe find the snake eating the rat( 老鼠）
We find the rat eaten by the snake. 1.The problem____ next is of great importance.
2.The building____ now is our future classroom.
3.The problem____ just now is of great importance.
A. discussed
B. being built
C. to be discussed CBAThe TenseTask 1: Find out the functionAttribute：
Adverbial:Object Com: 1; 5; 8; 102; 4; 7; 93; 6; 11; 12Let’s CheckTask 2：Find out the keysAdverbial:Object Com: 1.D 5.C 8.D 10.A 2.C 4. B 7. A 9.A3.A 6.A 11.C 12.AAttribute：
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Let’s Talk
I went to see a film this afternoon.On the way, I found/saw a case falling down from a man’s bike.Picking up the case, I shouted loudly at the man,but he had already ridden away.I stopped a taxi to catch up with the man.Having caught up with him,
I gave the case back to him.The man took out some money to thank me, but I refused.I went back to the cinema by taxi. Moved by what I did, the driver didn’t accept my money. May 3rd,Friday Fine
This afternoon, I went to see a film. On the way, I saw a case falling off a man's bike. Picking up the case ,I shouted at the man. But he didn't hear me and rode away.
What should I do? Then I had an idea. I stopped a taxi and got into it. Having caught up with the man, I gave the case back to him. The man thanked me very much and wanted to give me some money. But I refused .
Then the driver took me to the cinema. Moved by what I did, the driver wouldn’t accept the money .Bye-bye!课件12张PPT。Unit8 IntegratingGroup discussionI. What do you think is the best way
to learn English, why?memorize
new wordslearn grammar rulesstudy abroadread and writecost/fees; safety; languages; policy; length of time; distance; future use; cultural background…Group Thinking:
II. If you are studying abroad, what should you take into considerationThinking yourself:Which country do you expect to study in, why?Japan Japan Singapore AmericaEngland (Cambridge)Fast Reading1. According to the text, what is the best way to learn English?
2. What should you consider first if you decide to study abroad?Listen, read, and answerHow can you save money if studying abroad?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad?
What should be under consideration if you determine to study abroad?1. How can you save money if studying abroad?You can get a “homestay” family1. become fluent in the new language2. make friends with people from different background.3. Understand another culture4. broaden your horizons and improve your understanding of the world5. learn about yourself and
what your culture is really like6. learn to depend on yourselfAdvantages:Disadvantages:1. Some of them may fall behind in their studies when studying abroad.2.They may not be able to take classes at the same level as at home.3. Parents worry about the safety of
their children and may also be
concerned about the cost.3. What should be under consideration if you determine to study abroad?finding as much information as possible before going abroad
compare different programmes
ask your friends’ advice
learn about experiences from those who have been abroad.ABDHomework1.Write a short passage on how to learn English, according to this text, about 100 words.
2. Studying abroad, good or not.说明:
每张幻灯的下方都有具体的操作,方便老师直接使用.完全可以不需要再备课,或整理思路哦.
前三个讨论的话题, 实际上就是对文章的处理和理解.
Fast reading: 强调培养学生阅读主题句的习惯,所以时间只给他们1分钟.
