Unit 5 Languages Around the World

Period 4 Reading for Writing

 

【教材分析】

The theme of this period is how to enable students to write a blog about English learning problems. Teachers can ask students to reflect on their learning problems and summarize the problems.

The language of three sections of online posts is simple, flexible, and more casual and personalized, which is the typical characteristics of informal style. Each of the students not only raised their own questions, but also answered the questions of the previous netizen.

The purpose of the question is to enlighten the students who have the same problem.

Teachers are advised to start from talking about students’ difficulties and solutions in English learning, and make the transition to reflect on their actual learning situation of oneself.

【教学目标与核心素养】

1. Get students to have a good understanding of how to write a blog about English learning problems.

2. Enable students to use some writing skills flexibly.

3. Develop students’ writing and cooperating abilities.

4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writing discourses.

【教学重难点】

1. How to enable students to have a good understanding of the skills of writing a blog.

2. How to motivate students to discuss their learning problems in English actively.

【教学过程】

Step 1: Lead in

Begin the class with the lead-in questions:

•    Do you have some problems in English learning?

•    What is your biggest challenge?

It is strongly recommended that the teacher should ask students to discuss the topic freely with their partners and brainstorm some ideas concerning the topic. In this way, students can come up with more ideas and avoid being nervous at the beginning of the class.

Step 2: Read to discover details concerning each one’s problem and advice from another one.

The teacher is expected to ask students to read a blog silently and then request students to discuss the questions below.

In this step, what should be highlighted is that the teacher ought to give students enough time to read individually and think independently. There is no need for them to discuss the detailed questions. In this way, students can develop their individual logical thinking ability and promote their skills of finding details.

Read some posts from an online forum which is about some learning English problems of Chinese students and finish the tasks.

•      What are the problems of the following students?

names	problem
Liu   Wen	Trouble   with listening to native English speakers
Jia   Xin	How   to be polite in English
Li   Rui	Remember   new vocabulary

Step 3: Read to sum up

Read it again and sum up the problems of the three students, and then write down the advice that was given from others.

Step 4: Work in pairs. List your learning problems in English and brainstorm some useful advice.

Useful expressions

•      I don't know how to…... Is a big difficulty for me. I cannot ...

•      You might try …. It's very important to…

•      I have no idea how/what .My biggest problem is ....

•      I (also) have trouble with. My advice is …. This worked for me.

•      l cannot understand the teachers’ English in class.

Step 5 Homework：

为提高我校学生的英语口语水平，我们将举办英语演讲比赛(English- speaking contest)，请你根据下面的信息，以学生会(the Students‘ Union)的名义写一份海报，欢迎全校同学参加，届时特邀本校美籍教师史密斯先生颁奖。

•      报名时间              9月30日以前(报名:signup)

•      报名地点              学生会办公室

•      比赛时间              10月9日晚7:00~9:00

•      比赛地点              学校大会议室

•      奖励               前8名