Lesson 2 Different Schools第二课时教学设计

Unit 5

Reading

Teaching content: Traveling abroad (reading) Teaching aims: 1. Enable students to know the life and study abroad.

2. Make student understand the difficulties and advantages of studying in another country.

3. Get students to understand the experience of a Chinese girl in a foreign country. Teaching difficulties: 1. the knowledge of living and studying abroad

2. how to figure out the writing purpose of the passage

3. how to write the main idea of certain paragraphs and the whole passage to meet the need of college entrance exam Teaching aids: computer and tape recorder Teaching procedure:

Step 1:

Pre-reading: Why do people travel? Make a list of problems that one might meet while studying aboard.

Step 2: Tape playing: ask students to follow the tape. True or false statements: 1.

The benefit of doing a preparation course is helping her to get used to academic requirement of Western universities.

2.

Xie Lei used to live in the same city all her life in China. 3.

It was only study that is difficult.

4.

The native speakers talk like they do on our listening tape.

5.

She lived in students accommodation. 6.

She got an E because she copied others’ opinions. 7.

She has much time for many social activities.

Step 3: Read the passage again Answer the following questions: 1.

From the title, what information can you get? 2.

How did Xie Lei feel when she got an E for her essay? Why? 3.

What is Xie Lei in England for? 4.

Why did Xie Lei feel like a child when she first arrived in England? 5.

What is the benefit of living with a host family? 6.

Why did Xie Lei decide to join a few university clubs? 7.

What kind of person is Xie Lei can you infer from the text? Multiple choices: 1.

Why does Xie Lei have such a decision that she would like to board with a host family while studying in England? A.

She feels lonely while staying in a foreign country.

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B.

She is afraid to get used to a new life in a new country. C.

She can make good preparations for her course. D.

She can have opportunities to learn more about life and customs in a new country. How does Xie Lei try to get used to the new life in England? A.

She tried to avoid rising a feeling of homesick. B.

She tries to join in a few university clubs to share more social activities and meet some people she had much in common with. C.

She tried to put her heart into her preparation course. D.

She tried to protect herself from the strange environment and does nothing to make herself familiar with the culture. What can we learn from Xie Lei’ according to the passage?

A. She is timid.

B. She is pessimistic

Ｃ．She is determined.

D. She is honest. Why do you think the reporter used some direct speech in the article? A.

in order to make people know directly the difficulties and the benefits that Xie Lei met in the foreign country. B.

so as to make people feel more comfortable C.

to make what she said familiar to the listeners D.

to make things real Where do you think this article might have been published? A. Football Annual

B. China Daily

C. National Geographic

D. Business Report

Step 4: Further reading Main ideas of some paragraphs:

Para3:

Para4:

Para5: Para6: The main idea of the whole passage:

Step 5: homework 1.

Review the text and retell the story. 2.

Finish the vocabulary exercises in BEST