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NewHorizon
College
EnglishReading and Writing 2
Demo Class
安徽师范大学 陈 丽
外研社 全国高等学校大学英语教学研修班
Part I. Unit Overview
Part II. My Demo Class
My presentation
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The passages
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Target Students
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Teaching Objectives
Time Allotment
Part I. Unit Overview
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1. Passages: Section A & Section B
Part I. Unit Overview
Section A Time-Conscious Americans
Section B Culture Shock
Theme:culture distinctions and integrations from the perspective of time
Length: about 700 words
Medium difficulty
2. Target students
• Boys and girls born in the 1990s • with primary level of English proficiency.• fond of the Internet• skilled in using audio and video facilities
Group Work
Part I. Unit Overview
Awareness
Skills
Knowledge
active reading & active vocabulary learning
Chinese ideas of time & right stands in culture
shock
American’s value on time and culture shock
Part I. Unit Overview
3. Teaching Objectives
Teaching Focuses
Section A Cultivating their critical cultural awareness
Section B will be learned as reading skill practice.
Part I. Unit Overview
Time Allotments 4 periods
50 minutes per period
How?
Part I. Unit Overview
Pre-class
1. Idioms, proverbs and sayings of time in
English culture and Chinese culture.
2. Culture differences in everyday
conversation. Group Work
Pre-hand Preparation
Group 1 Group 2
Group 3 …
1st period
In-class
I. Warming up1.Group report and discussion
2. Approaching the topic: time
II. Touching the main idea
and text organization
2nd period
In-class
Detailed Reading with Group Work
1. Sentences Appreciation
2. Findings, Explorations & Confusions3. Group Report & Questions raised
3rdperiod
In-class
My time
1. Working on questions raised by each group.
2. Exploring the sentences
& active vocabulary learning
4th period
In-class
Assessment
Exercises for language drills
Reflecting on the Chinese ideas of time
Time-Conscious Americans
Text A
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11An Expository Writing
The Topic
Informative
Figurative
Language
Teaching Content
Text A
Text A
How American culture is different
from other cultures in their
treatment of time.
Features
Objectives
Skills
Knowledge Critical Thinking
American’s value
on time
active reading & active vocabulary learning
understanding different culture values on time
Objectives
Approaching the theme
Exploring the sentences
Reflecting on the ideas of time
Writing Assignment
Teaching Procedures
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Proccedures
Learning Activities
I. Brainstorming (20 minutes)
Group reports on their findings of idioms, proverbs and sayings of time in English culture and Chinese culture.
1. Approaching the theme
Whether yesterday or today, east or west,
time is greatly valued in various ways.
1. Approaching the theme
1. Approaching the theme
II. Tips for Global Reading (Q & A, 15 minutes)
1. What are the two things Americans try to save?
Time and labor (Para. 1)
2. What does time mean to Americans?
Time is regarded as precious resources.(Para. 2)
1. Approaching the theme
3. How do Americans do everything?
They do everything in a rush.
4. How do Americans talk business?They start talking business quickly without the opening exchanges or the ritual interaction.
5. How do Americans save time?
They work hard at the task of saving time by producing a steady flow of labor-saving devices.
(Para. 3-7)
6. What’s the conclusion?
The foreigners have different ideas from those of American. (Para. 8)
Americans foreigners
a sign of skillfulness and being competent
Proper respect to assignment by the passage of time.
1. Approaching the theme
Reading for the Main Idea in a Paragraph
III. Introduction to a Reading Skill(15minutes)
1. Approaching the theme
the first sentence of a paragraph, in the middle at the end of a paragraph
Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer— especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings. (Para. 5)
Main IdeaMain Idea
We work hard at the task of saving time.
ExampleExample
1. Approaching the theme
“We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. (Para. 2)
ExampleExample
Main IdeaMain Idea It (= Time) is a precious resource.
“We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. (Para. 2)
1. Approaching the theme
Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. (Para. 1)
ExampleExample
Main IdeaMain Idea
Time is one of the two elements that Americans
save carefully, the other being labor.
Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. (Para. 1)
1. Approaching the theme
How is the text organized?
Part I(Paras 1-2)
what attitude?
Part III(Paras 8)
culture gap
Part II(Paras 3-7)
how to save?
1. Approaching the theme
Time is treated as if it were somethingalmost real. We budget it, save it,
wasteit, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;we also charge for it. It is a preciousresource. (Para. 2)
figurative language
Metaphor, Parallelism
2. Exploring the sentences
人们似乎是把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东西来对待的。 我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的使用作出解释; 我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。时间是一种宝贵的资源。
Translation
Connotation
Americans’ value on time
2. Exploring the sentences
Active Vocabulary Learning
Task: find and explore all the phrases,expressions and sentences indicating
and metaphorically depicting time.
Group Work
2. Exploring the sentences
Para. 1 : stand still, fall behindPara. 2:
slaves to nothing but to the clock,
the shortness of time,
Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced.
We want every minute to count.
…
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Group Report
2. Exploring the sentences
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time燕子去了,有再来的时候;
杨柳枯了,有再青的时候;
桃花谢了,有再开的时候。
但是,聪明的,你告诉我,
我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?
——是有人偷了他们罢:那是谁?
又藏在何处呢?是他们自己逃走了:现在又到了哪
里呢? (朱自清《匆匆》)
燕子去了,有再来的时候;
杨柳枯了,有再青的时候;
桃花谢了,有再开的时候。
但是,聪明的,你告诉我,
我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?
——是有人偷了他们罢:那是谁?
又藏在何处呢?是他们自己逃走了:现在又到了哪
里呢? (朱自清《匆匆》)
RushSwallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? -If they had been stolen by someone,- who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment? ( translated by Zhu Chunshen )
RushSwallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? -If they had been stolen by someone,- who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment? ( translated by Zhu Chunshen )
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time
享受悠闲生活当然比享受奢侈生活便宜得多。要享受悠闲的生活只要一种艺术家的性情 ,在一种全然悠闲的情绪中,去消遣一个闲暇无事的下午。
(林语堂 《生活的艺术》)
享受悠闲生活当然比享受奢侈生活便宜得多。要享受悠闲的生活只要一种艺术家的性情 ,在一种全然悠闲的情绪中,去消遣一个闲暇无事的下午。
(林语堂 《生活的艺术》)
A leisure lifestyle is of course far
cheaper than a luxurious one.
To enjoy life of leisure, one would
only need to have the sensibility of
an artist. To while away a whole
afternoon in a fully relaxed state,
doing absolutely nothing.
Now, that's an art.
By Lin Yutang “The Importance of Living”
A leisure lifestyle is of course far
cheaper than a luxurious one.
To enjoy life of leisure, one would
only need to have the sensibility of
an artist. To while away a whole
afternoon in a fully relaxed state,
doing absolutely nothing.
Now, that's an art.
By Lin Yutang “The Importance of Living”
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time
Globalization VS Cultural IntegrationGlobalization VS Cultural Integration
We are working for life, not living for work.
We are working for life, not living for work.
Slow down our pace,
cherish the time with
our family, and
our friends.
Slow down our pace,
cherish the time with
our family, and
our friends.
After-class
Thank-you Letters What are the letters of thanks in western culture? Can you write a letter of thanks?
Writing Assignment
Thank you