教学设计
Step 1 warming up
Let students discuss with their partner:
Q1: If you had a chance to study abroad, would you like to go?
Q2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country?
Suggested answers:
advantages: help us independent; learn a foreign language; learn a lot about local customs and broaden our views;
disadvantages: difficult to communicate with others; cost a lot of money;
(激发学生兴趣，引出本节课的话题)
Step2 reading
skimming
Q1. This article is most probably from______.
A. Fiction
B. Biography
C. Newspaper
D. Essay
Q2. What is the main idea of this text?
Suggested answers: The study and life of Chinese student, XieLei, who studies in England.
(引导学生快速阅读，找出文章的体裁以及主旨大意)
scanning
Let students read the text and find out relevant information.
Benefits of doing a preparation course
of living with a host family
of having a tutor
Difficulties of a new way of life
of a new way of life
Suggested answers:
(1) to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university.
(2) <1> to give her lots of good advice
<2> to give her the chance to learn more about the new culture
Examples:
“When I hear an idiom that I don’t understand, I can ask my host family for help.”
“When I miss my family , it’s a great comfort to have a substitute family to be with. ”
(3) <1>to explain that she couldn’t write what other people had said without acknowledging them
<2>to explain that she should give her own opinion and explain it by referring to other authors
<3>to courage her to contradict the authors she’d read
(4) “Studying here is a quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first.”
(5) <1>to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all her concentration in the beginning
<2> no time for social activities
Q:In order to solve the second difficulty in this part, what does XieLei want to do?
Suggested answers: She is going to join a few clubs and make some new friends.
(细读中穿插着再次深层挖掘信息，培养学生寻去细节信息的能力)
discuss for solution
The following situations are what XieLei met when she studied in England. Can you figure out the problems in these conversations?
case1
Once a time, her landlord asked her whether she ate dinner.
Landlord: Did you eat anything?
Xie: No.
Landlord: So you didn’t eat anything?
Xie: Yes.
Her landlord was so puzzled.
Q: What is wrong in this conversation?
suggested answer:
Landlord : Did you eat anything?
Xie: No(,I didn’t eat anything).
Landlord: So you didn’t eat anything?
Xie :No(,I didn’t eat anything).
case 2
One day she went to restaurant with some friends. After the meal, she pointed the plates and asked the waiter: How much, all this, how much?
The waiter: ……(speechless)
Q: What is wrong in this conversation?
suggested answer:
After the meal, she should say: Check, please!
case 3
One day, she pointed to the hand of her American friend and said: You have so much fur. Her friend laughed: No, it is _______, not fur, fur is for _________.
suggested answer: hair, animals
case 4
It was her first time to have lunch in McDonald’s, she asked the waiter: Do you have any paper?After a while, the waiter gave me a piece of paper and asked her: Do you need a pen?
Actually, what she really needed was____________.
suggested answer: tissue; napkin
(通过有趣的小案例，进一步激发学生学习的积极性，同时也贯穿了跨文化交际的意识)
summary
Q1:Even though XieLei faces these difficulties, she is ________about her further study in London.
A. positive
B. negative
C. indifferent
Q2 Xie Lei, a 21-year-old girl, for the first time left her —____________― China to study for a business ____________ in London. Like most foreign students, she has to complete the ____________course, which she highly ___________, before applying for a degree course. Xie Lei found it difficult to get used to a new way of life there. Luckily, she lives with a ____ family who helps her a lot. At present she feels more ________ in England and what has ever seemed very strange appears quite normal to her. However, she has been so _____________ work, she has not had time for social activities. So she tries to have a ________ between study and a social life.
(总结全文，升华主题)
Step 4 post-reading
Make a dialogue with your deskmate:
One is the interviewer and the other is XieLei. Supposing the interviewer is interviewing the study and life of XieLei in England.
PS: This program is live on TV/ video.
(使学生能够将所学到的东西活学活用到生活中)
Step 5 homework
Suppose you are Xie Lei. Please write a passage within 100 words beginning with "When I came to England for the first time, it was hard for me to get used to ...”.
课件24张PPT。 Unit 5 Travelling abroadDiscuss with your partner.
Q1:If you had a chance to study abroad, would you like to go?
Q2:What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country?
Warming up Keep it up, Xie Lei
Chinese student fitting in wellReading1.This article is most probably from______.
Fiction
Biography
Newspaper
Essay
2. What is the main idea of this text?
Skim to answerThe study and life of Chinese student, XieLei, who studies in England. Read the text and find out relevant information.Dig for detailsBenefitsof doing a preparation course(p5)of living with a host family(p4)
of having a tutor(p5)at the university(p2)of a new way of life(p3&6)DifficultiesBenefitsof doing a preparation course (para5)1. to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university.Benefitsof living with a host family(para4)1. to give her lots of good advice
2. to give her the chance to learn more about the new culture
Examples:
“When I hear an idiom that I don’t understand, I can ask my host family for help.”
“When I miss my family , it’s a great comfort to have a substitute family to be with. ”
Benefitsof having a tutor(para5)to explain that she couldn’t write what other people had said without acknowledging them
to explain that she should give her own opinion and explain it by referring to other authors
to courage her to contradict the authors she’d readDifficultiesat the university (para2)“Studying here is a quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first.”Difficultiesof a new way of life (para3&6)1. to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all her concentration in the beginning
2. no time for social activities
Q:In order to solve the second difficulty in this part, what does XieLei want to do?She is going to join a few clubs and make some new friends.The following situations are what XieLei met when she studied in England.
Can you figure out the problems in these conversations?Discuss for solutioncase1Once a time, her landlord asked her whether she ate dinner.
Landlord: Did you eat anything ?
Xie: No.
Landlord: So you didn’t eat anything?
Xie:Yes.
Her landlord was so puzzled.
Q:What is wrong in this conversation?
case1Landlord : Did you eat anything?
Xie: No(,I didn’t eat anything).
Landlord: So you didn’t eat anything?
Xie :No(,I didn’t eat anything).
case2One day she went to restaurant with some friends. After the meal, she pointed the plates and asked the waiter: How much, all this, how much?
The waiter: ……(speechless)
Q: What is wrong in this conversation?case2After the meal, she should say: Check, please!
case3One day, she pointed to the hand of her American friend and said: You have so much fur. Her friend laughed: No, it is _______, not fur, fur is for _________.hairanimalscase4It was her first time to have lunch in McDonald’s, she asked the waiter: Do you have any paper?
After a while, the waiter gave me a piece of paper and asked her: Do you need a pen?
Actually, what she really needed was____________.
tissuenapkinEven though XieLei faces these difficulties, she is ________about her further study in London.
positive
negative
indifferent
Wish her all the best!Summary Xie Lei, a 21-year-old girl, for the first time left her —____________― China to study for a business ____________ in London. Like most foreign students, she has to complete the ____________course , which she highly ___________, before applying for a degree course. Xie Lei found it difficult to get used to a new way of life there. Luckily, she lives with a ____ family who helps her a lot. motherlandqualificationpreparationrecommendshostSummary At present she feels more ________ in England and what has ever seemed very strange appears quite normal to her. However, she has been so _____________work, she has not had time for social activities. So she tries to have a ________ between study and a social life.
at homeoccupied with balancePost-readingMake a dialogue with your deskmate:
One is the interviewer and the other is XieLei. Supposing the interviewer is interviewing the study and life of XieLei in England.
PS: This program is live on TV/ video.
Show time!HomeworkSuppose you are Xie Lei. Please write a passage within 100 words beginning with "When I came to England for the first time, it was hard for me to get used to ...”.Thank you !评测练习：
非测试性评价
Q1: If you had a chance to study abroad, would you like to go?
Q2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country?
（2） 测试性评价
1. This article is most probably from______.
A. Fiction
B. Biography
C. Newspaper
D. Essay
2. What is the main idea of this text?
3. Benefits of doing a preparation course
of living with a host family
of having a tutor
Difficulties of a new way of life
of a new way of life
4. Even though XieLei faces these difficulties, she is ________about her further study in London.
A. positive
B. negative
C. indifferent
5. Xie Lei, a 21-year-old girl, for the first time left her —____________― China to study for a business ____________ in London. Like most foreign students, she has to complete the ____________course, which she highly ___________, before applying for a degree course. Xie Lei found it difficult to get used to a new way of life there. Luckily, she lives with a ____ family who helps her a lot. At present she feels more ________ in England and what has ever seemed very strange appears quite normal to her. However, she has been so _____________ work, she has not had time for social activities. So she tries to have a ________ between study and a social life.
6. Suppose you are Xie Lei. Please write a passage within 100 words beginning with "When I came to England for the first time, it was hard for me to get used to ...”.
