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Unit 1 Ways of Learning
Teaching Aims:
1. Understanding the main idea (that it would be ideal if we can strike a balance
between the Chinese and western learning styles) and structure of the text(introduction of the topic by an anecdote-elaboration by comparison and contrast-conclusion by a suggestion)
2. Appreciate the difference between comparison and contrast, as well as different
ways to compare and contrast (point-to-point method or one-side-at-time method)
3. Grasp the key language points in Texts A and grammatical structures in the text 4. Understand the cultural background related to the content
5. Conducting a series of theme-related reading, listening, speaking, and writing
activities
6. Learn to write notices, etc. Teaching Keypoints:
1. Grasp the main idea of Text A and language points in Text A 2. Cultural background about Chinese and western ways of learning 3. Analysis of the difficult sentences in Text A Teaching Difficulties:
1. Writing strategy and style demonstrated in Text A
2. Learn how to understand the structure of difficult and long sentences Teaching Aids:
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Teacher-guided, discussion, exercises, group-activities, student-centred Teaching period: 12 classes
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1Warming up
1. Have students read the overview of page 2, students will understand the main
topic of unit (ways of learning in Chinese and western countries)
2. Have students listen to the script of listening part, explain some difficult
sentences and phrases, lead them to finish the exercises on page3, check the answer
3. How to understand the following sentences:
Standing on the shoulders of giants
4. Explain the cultural notes of education in the west
5. In class, students form two camps to debate the following issue: If you have a
baby , which way would you prefer to use , to pay more attention to develop more skills or to creativity?
Step 2 Global analysis of Text A Ⅰ. Scanning
Scan Text A and decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1
Benjamin was worried that he couldn’t put the key into the box. (F) (=Benjamin was not bothered at all.)
2. In the Chinese staff’s opinion, the parents should guide Benjamin to insert the
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key. (T)
3. The author and his wife didn’t care whether Benjamin succeeded in inserting the key into the slot. (T)
4. For the Westerners, learning should take place by continual careful shaping and molding. (F)
(= The Chinese think that learning should take place by continual careful shaping and molding.)
6. Chinese teachers hold the opinion that skills should be acquired as early as
possible, while American educators think that creativity should be acquired early. (T)
7. Add more questions about the text:
Where and when did the incident take place? Who are the main characters in this incicent? What is Howard Gardner?
Why do the couple come to China? How old is the son of the author？
Through what does the baby get pleasure in the incident? What is the attitude of his parents ?
What is the attitude of the hotel staff towards Benjamin effort? 8. Answer the questions of on page 10-11
ⅱUnderstanding the main idea of the text Division of the Text A
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