牛津上海课标版 高二上册 Unit 2 Continuous learning——Tutorial Centres 课件（17张PPT）

A survey
Questionnaire on Tutorial Centers:
1. Are you for or against tutorial centers?
A. For B. Against C. Neutral
2. Have you ever attended tutorial centers?
A. Yes. B. No C. Planning to.
3. Why do you attend tutorial centers?
A. To improve grades.
B. To obey my parents’ order.
C. To do the same as others.
4. Which course(s) do students usually enroll in?
A. Chinese / maths / English.
B. Physics / chemistry.
C. Other courses.
5. How do you choose tutorial centers?
A. High reputation.
B. Friends’ recommendations.
C. Convenient location.
D. Persuasive advertisement.
6. On average, how much does it cost you to attend tutorial centers every month?
A. 200 yuan B. 400 yuan
C. 600yuan D. over 1000 yuan
7. Have you made any progress since you attended tutorial centers?
A. Great. B. A little. C. Almost no.
8. Do you think the normal studies at school are more important?
A. Yes. B. No. C. It all depends.
skimming
1.What type of people wrote the letters?
students.
2.What are the people in the letters writing about?
How long they have studied at tutorial centers
Their progress in learning English
Their opinions of tutorial centers
3. Where might you find these letters?
In a newspaper.
Skimming Task: Sum up their opinions: (Match Column A with Column B)
A B
Mandy Zhang a waste of money
Rex Yang helpful
Simon Lan good and bad
Grace Li useless, boring
Scanning Task:
Complete the following information gap:
Mandy Zhang (Student 1) has studied at a tutorial centre for __________. Her command of English has ________ considerably. She thinks that the tutorial centre has given her a lot of __________ in using English.
Rex Yang (Student 2) has studied at a tutorial centre for _________. He considers that he has been _______, because the tutorial centres are only interested in _____________ and don’t want to pay for _____________.
Simon Lan (Student 3) has just attended a tutorial centre for ___________. He has been ______ to attend by __________. He thinks the tutorial centre is _______ for him.
Grace Li (Student 4) thinks that there are both _____ and ____ tutorial centres. She considers that the most important thing is whether you are _______________ and to work hard.The main factor is the ________________.
Scanning Task:
Complete the following information gap:
Rex Yang (Student 2) has studied at a tutorial centre for _________. He considers that he has been _________, because the tutorial centres are only interested in _____________ and don’t want to pay for _____________.
Mandy Zhang (Student 1) has studied at a tutorial centre for __________. Her command of English has __________ considerably. She thinks that the tutorial centre has given her a lot of ___________ in using English.
improved
confidence
one year
two years
cheated
making money
good teachers
Simon Lan (Student 3) has just attended a tutorial centre for ___________. He has been ______ to attend by ___________. He thinks the tutorial centre is _______ for him.
Grace Li (Student 4) thinks that there are both _____ and ____ tutorial centres. She considers that the most important thing is whether you are _______________ and to work hard.The main factor is the ________________.
two months
his parents
useless
good
bad
willing to learn
forced
student himself
Scanning Task:
Complete the following information gap:
Student
Opinion
Facts
Mandy Zhang
helpful

Rex Yang
a waste of money
① The fees are reasonable.
② Her command of English has improved considerably.
③The tutors are qualified.
④She has been given a lot of confidence in using English.
① They accept too many students for each class.
②They don’t pay for good teachers.
Scanning Task:
Student
Opinion
Facts
Simon Lan
Useless

Grace Li
good and bad
①He is forced to attend by his parents.
②He is always tired after school.
③The teachers are very boring and teach him nothing.
④He sometimes goes to play video games instead.
①She learned nothing in the first centre
②She was in a very big class..
③In the second centre, the teachers are excellent.
④The classes are small.
⑤She has learned many techniques for developing language and study skills.
letter
title
Supporting example
conclusion
1
Helpful
2
Waste of money
It’s better to spend more time on school work
3
I go to sleep.
Feel tired/ The teachers are boring.
4
Good and bad
Reasonable fees / learn how to communicate
Give me a lot of
confidence
in using English
Too many students /
no good teachers
Tutorial centres
are useless.
Big class;
taught good
techniques
The key factor is
yourself.
Question
Which writer did not want to go to a tutorial centre?
which writer gave the most balanced opinion?
What does Grace Li mean when she says, ’You must do some detective work before you enroll’?

What’s your opinion of a good tutorial center?
A good tutorial center?
class size: small or big?
students: international or domestic?
teaching tools: black board, computers, etc.
teachers: foreign teachers or local teachers?
time of class: weekends or evenings of work days?
new words and phrases

1. tutorial. adj.
2.fee. n.
3.reasonable. adj.
4.command of
5.qualified. adj.
6. sincere. adj.
7.confidence. n.
8.factor. n.
9.cheat. v.
10. make money
11.attend. v.
12. be forced to do sth
13.supplementary. adj.
14. comic. n
15.arcade. n
16.as a result
17.recommedation. n.
18.enroll. v.
19.detective. n
20.be willing to do
He has a good __________ of spoken English.
The school _______ there are $3000 each term.
His piano ________ is very strict with him.
She has received a doctor’s degree, and is well __________ for the job.
They made a _________ apology to me for their careless mistake.
He is over 18 and has decided to ________ in the army.
It was on his friend’s _________________ that he was hired by the company.
command
fees
tutor
qualified
sincere
enroll
recommendation
tutor, qualified, command,
sincere, enroll, fees, recommendation