Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending课堂实录及点评

Unit 5 Launching your career Teaching aims: 1. Enable students to understand three kinds of learning styles and know what practical, intellectual and creative people are. 2. Know something important about career choice and help students shape their personal values in choosing a career. 3. Express their likes and wishes fluently by using some important words and phrases.

Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead in

Free talk about your future jobs 1.

What would you like to do in the future? 2.

What skills and qualities are needed for the job?

Step2 Fast reading Take a quick look at the passage and answer the following questions. 1. Who was Liang Yu and why did she make an appointment to see Dr Wang? 2. Did Dr Wang ask Liang Yu questions? What did she do? 3. What are the two questionnaires about? Why did Dr Wang want to know these?

Step3 Careful reading 1. Read the paragraph together( P42 from “Having completed”

to “guide them”

and fill in the blanks. Three kinds of worker ________ workers ________ players ________ learners The characteristics of

their learning style 1. finding out things themselves 2. like to be _____________

things 3___________ others 1._________________

with others 2.prefer to ____________

in groups 3.___________

to learn together do not like working without guidance do not like _________ 2.

prefer to be ____________

rather than _____________ 2 Matching

Three kinds of people Work with their hands repairing or growing things Learn a body of knowledge before they are qualified Use their brains and senses to create new things Creative people

Practical people

Intellectual people

3.

True or False 1) With an English degree, Liang Yu could choose to work in any field. 2) Directed learners like working without guidance. 3) The second questionnaire concentrated on Liang Yu’s preferences and abilities. 4) Practical jobs involve creative writing, drawing, painting, acting and dancing. 5) Core skills include English language skills, computer skills, business methods and management

skills.

Step 4 Summary Use the appropriate forms

be faced with, surplus, core, on one’s own, suitable, fill in, preference, available,

unemployment, unsettling, drop into

Liang Yu _____________ a question about career choice. Not wanting to be part of the _______ figures as a ________ graduate, she __________ a local careers office and made an appointment to see Dr Wang. The meeting was___________ and Dr Wang let her to __________

two questionnaires which are designed to know her learning style, __________and abilities. She advised Liang Yu to consider the social needs, choose a course that include _______

skills and do some research ____________ to find out what is _________and what is_________ for her.

Step 5 Make a job interview (work in pairs: make a dialogue with your deskmate) Task: student

A : an interviewer

(question)

student

B:

an interviewee

(answer) Student A is required to ask student B about his or her learning style, preferences and abilities. Student B should answer the questions of student A by using the following information: some adjectives:

independent, cooperative, directed,

outgoing, energetic, easygoing, friendly……

phrases to show abilities:

be good at, be fluent in,

be an expert in, have a good command of

some ways to express likes and wishes:

be fond of, like, prefer, want to, enjoy, be keen on, be into, have a liking for

Step 6

Discussion The topic:

Will you choose to work in big cities rather than small towns? (your values: competition, high salary, leisure, stability, housing conditions, good environment, contribution to the society and so on)