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Module5, Unit15 Lesson1

Life-long Learning (First period) Huiyan Lin

Lanxi Middle School

Teaching Objectives: 1. To promote reading ability for main idea and specific information. 2. To raise awareness of the importance of life-long learning. 3. To improve writing ability by deeper reading and group work. Teaching Important Points: 1. How to help students to realize the importance of life-long learning. 2. How to get the key information for writing the short passage after discussion. Teaching aids:

Multi-media equipment

Teaching Procedures: Step I. Lead in 1.

Show a picture, ask students the question, “What famous sayings does it remind you of?”

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Show some pictures to suggest that people of various ages

and backgrounds are learning.

StepII. Fast Reading Task1: Read the title, the subtitles as well as the paragraph in italics 1

and then guess the answers: What’s the text mainly about?

Task2: Skim the passage, underline the new words, and match the text with the right headings A, B, C

Text1 Sun Wen

Never give up and start from zero. (A) Text2 Ms Tang

Old dogs can learn new tricks. (B) Text3 Grandpa Chen

All roads lead to Rome. (C) StepIII. Careful Reading Task3. Scan the passage to get detailed information and then complete the table. Title: The Importance of Life-long Learning Three examples of life-long learning Speakers Sun Wen (28) Before Now He1.__________his He is about to graduate from college entrance and had no degree. Qinghua University by 2._____________ learning, and he is getting 3._________ at work owing to his new qualification. Ms Tang (45) She was She has nearly finished the 4.__________ off

5.__________course, and has by the manager. learnt so many new skills and has already prepared a business 2

plan for setting up her own 6.________ company. Grandpa Chen (75) He sent letters by He got his grandson to 7.__________ to his 8.__________ him to email and daughter in the US use the Internet. He enjoys the and had to visit his grandchildren in person. speed 9.________ which his messages got sent and answered and feels 10.___________ to chat with his grandchildren on the i-Cam. Task4: Gap-filling

More and more people of 1

(vary) ages and

backgrounds realize the 2

(important) of life-long learning.

A 28-year-old young man,3

(call)Sun Wen, thinks that it’s never too late to learn. Now he is about to graduate

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Qinghua University. With the new qualification, he is getting 5

(promote) at work. Ms Tang is also one of the learners, laid off by her boss, 6

now she has already prepared a business plan for 7

(set) up her own export company, because she has done a business course. There is an old 3

man, Grandpa Chen, 75 years old, learning how to use 8

Internet and how to email. He thinks 9

wrong that after you retire, all you can do is switch off your brain and bury everything you’ve ever 10

(learn).

StepIV. Post Reading: Group Discussion:1. reasons for life-long learning 2. ways of life-long learning

StepV.Summary StepVI. Homework: Writing 假设你是高三李华，你看了CCTV9 Dialogue关于终生学习的节目，感触很多，于是写信给主持人谈谈你对终生学习的认识,特别是终生学习的原因和方式

。

Dear presenter,

Yours,

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Li Hua