NewHorizonCollegeEnglish Reading 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.

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

1

The passages

2

Target Students

3

Teaching Objectives

Time Allotment

Part I. Unit Overview

4

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

33

22

44

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

1

2

3

4

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