2019学年度人教版选修七Unit 5 Travelling abroad Period1 Reading教案设计Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语keep it up, fit in, cafeteria, lecture, qualification, preparation, recommend, get use to, shopkeeper, comfort, substitute, academic, requirement, essay, tutor, numb, acknowledge, as far as one is concerned, occupy, hopefully, enterprise, succeedb. 重点句子Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification.It’s not just study that’s difficult. You have to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning.I have been so occupied with work that I haven’t had time for social activities.I’m going to join a few clubs. Hopefully I’ll make some new friends.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to learn about Xie Lei’s school life in London.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to deal with the problems that they would face when studying in a foreign country.Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点Help the students to summarize the benefits and difficulties of living in a foreign country.Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming, scanning, task-based method and discussionTeaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and some slides.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step ⅠRevisionT: Yesterday we talked about travelling in a foreign country. Have you ever travelled in another country? Who’d like to tell us your experiences?S: I’d like to. Last summer, my parents and I went to Pairs. We went there by air. Though it’s expensive, it’s very comfortable to travel by air. The first day we arrived there, we found a good guide. She introduced a wonderful hotel to us, and helped us to change money. During the travel, we visited the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe (凯旋门). I took some photos and bought a postcard and sent it to my best friend. We also visited the Musee du Louvre（卢浮宫）and Avenue des Champs Elysees (香榭大道). We bought many presents. There are so many beautiful and famous tourist attractions in Paris. I hope you will have a chance to visit it.S: I had the experience of travelling in America. It was in 2000 that my uncle took me to visit the Disneyland. We spent a wonderful day in Disneyland. I took many photos with the famous cartoon characters, for example, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh(小熊维尼). We visited the four wonderful themeparks in Disneyland. We were so happy, but unfortunately, we lost our way and couldn’t find the entrance. We couldn’t speak English, so others couldn’t understand us. Finally, we met a Chinese guide. With her help, we went back to our car.T: Poor boy! So you know, we might meet many kinds of difficulties while travelling in a foreign country.Step ⅡPre-readingTalk about studying in a foreign country. First present two pieces of news to start the topic.Show the news on the screen.NEWS 1On Dec 6th 2005, two Chinese overseas students were killed in Ottawa, Canada. They were shot at a bar, one was shot dead at once, the other died during the way to the hospital. It was said that the murderer were Vietnamese.NEWS 2(Xinhua News Agency) A car accident happened to a group of Chinese overseas students in New Zealand on Sep 7th 2005. New Zealand police said that the car accident happened in the early morning, one student, Xiao Ding, died on the spot, the other four students were hurt. Now two of them are still in hospital.T: I read the two pieces of news recently. What can you learn from the news?S: We can get the information that we may meet some security problems while studying in a foreign country.T: Yes. As we know, now more and more people live or study abroad, even some senior or junior high school students are sent to study abroad. Do you know why? S: I think they want to learn more advanced technology, know more different cultures and customs; they want to enlarge their knowledge and improve their ability.T: Besides the security problems, what are other problems that they might meet in their study and daily life? Today let’s learn a text about a Chinese girl studying in London. First, please turn to Page 37, look at the pictures and discuss the questions above them.After discussion.T: Now who’d like to answer the first question? Volunteer!S: Let me try. The advantages of studying in a foreign country are that we could learn standard English, we can communicate with the local people, and we could know the manners and customs of the country better.T: Quite right.S: But there are still many disadvantages of studying in a foreign country. It would be difficult for us to communicate with the local people, and we should adapt to the situation quickly, we can’t understand the language very well, so it’s difficult for us to do many things even some simple things. What’s more, we will miss our homes, miss our parents and friends.T: Yes, so many difficulties to deal with. Then what do you think a Chinese student will find different from studying at a Chinese school?S: They will find it’s not easy to study in a foreign country. Different teaching method, different learning method and different education system, they should adapt to all these things quickly.Step ⅢWhile-readingGet the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.T: Now please skim the passage fast to obtain a general understanding of the whole passage. While reading, try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.Several minutes later, ask the students to talk about the main idea of each paragraph. At the same time, show the suggested main ideas on the screen.Main idea of each paragraph:Para.1: Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, is studying in a foreign country — London.Para.2: General introduction to Xie Lei and her study.Para.3: The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London.Para.4: The advantages of living with a host family.Para.5: Xie Lei is getting used to the Western Univer sity’s way of learning.Para.6: Xie Lei feels much more at home in England now and is living an active life. Para.7: The newspaper will follow Xie Lei’s progress in later editions.T: Well done. Now please read the text carefully to have a better understanding of the text. Then we will look at some detailed information of the text. Studying in London, Xie Lei has to face some difficulties. While on the other hand, she also gets some benefits. Try to find the difficulties and benefits from the text and fill in the diagram on Page 39.To finish this task, the students need to scan the text and make a summary. After they have finished it, check the answers by asking some students to tell what they have written.T: Who would like to tell your answers?S: I would like to say something about the benefits. The benefit of doing a preparation course is helping her to get used to academic requirements of a Western University.S: I think that the benefit of living with a host family is that she can get lots of advice; she has the opportunity to learn more about everyday life and customs of the new country. Living with a host family is a great comfort when she misses her family.S: And I think the benefit of having a tutor is getting some good advice on study and he or she can coach you with your article; you can make great progress with the help of a tutor.T: Very good! Then, what about the difficulties?S: The difficulties that Xie Lei met at the University were that when she heard an expression, she couldn’t understand. It seem s strange to her that someone does something. She didn’t know how to write a good essay on her own.S: In order to get used to a new way of life, she had to learn almost everything again. For example, how to use the phone, how to pay on the bus, how to ask a shopkeeper for things she didn’t know the English for. She didn’t understand the words that thelocal people say. She hasn’t had time for social activities.Step ⅣPost-readingLet the students listen to the tape and at the same time, get the answers to the four questions in Exercise 1.T: Now let’s listen to the tape. While listening, pay attention to the correct pronunciations and tones. Then read the text by yourselves to get the answers to the five questions in Exercise 1.Suggested answers:1. Sh e is in England to study at a university. She’s been in England for six months.2. Because studying in England is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English.3. Because she had to learn how to do everyday things like using a telephone, paying on a bus, finding her way around a strange city; understanding English as spoken in real life; learning how to write essays acceptable to her British lecturer.4. Xie Lei’s host family and her teachers.5. Be cause she thinks it’s important to have a balance between study and a social life, and she wants to make new friends.Then let the students discuss the questions in Exercise 3.T: Good. All of you did a very good job. Now let’s move on to Exercise 3. Discu ss the questions in groups.Suggested answers:1. She is serious about her work. The evidence is:She did research on the Internet for her essay.When her tutor did not give her a good mark she went to see him to find out why. She put her tutor’s ideas into practice.2. She perseveres. The evidence is:She had problems when she first arrived, but worked at them till she succeeded in getting over them.She asks her host family for help with any language or culture issues.She did not give up with her first setback over the essay.3. She is enterprising and adaptable. The evidence is:She left her city to go to England even though she had never travelled abroad before. She settled down well enough to feel at home in a strange country.T: OK. We have already talked about the difficulties and benefits of studying in a foreign country. Now, let’s list the problems that Xie Lei had when she first went to England, and try to add two or three other problems that she might have and summarize what you would do if you had the same problems. Work in groups. Possible problems and solutions:Xie Lei’s problems Your solutions1. understanding and using everyday English 1. listening to the radio or watching television to become accustomed to everyday English2. reaching the academic requirements of a Western university 2. asking your tutor for advice before you start your academic writing3. making new friends 3. joining a lot of university societiesStep ⅤHomeworkT: Suppose you are Xie Lei, write a letter to your parents or friends in China, telling them about your present life according to what you have learned from the text.。
