1、Write a blog about English study Appreciate the given blog. Study the structure and language features of a blog Know how to express your problems. Know how to present your advice. n By the end of this period, you will be able to Learning Objectives Who starts this blog? Wang Le Who responds to it? W
2、hat is the blog mainly about? Liu Wen,Jia Xin,LiRui Problems with learning English Questions 1 2 3 Look at the passage on Page 66 and answer the following questions Liu Wen JiaXin LiRui NameProblemAdvice trouble with listening to native English speakers Listen to English radio programmes repeat what
3、 your hear record your voice and compare to the radio hosts how to be polite in English use short requests for close friends use longer requests for people who are not close use more polite phrases for people senior to you remembering new vocabulary Jia Xins advice LiRuis advice Your advice Hi! Ive
4、been studying English since primary school. I used to get high remarks in English, but now Im having a lot of trouble with my listening. When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video, I can catch only a few words. I can never quite get the main idea. Any advice? Topic sentence supporti
5、ng details Brief introduction How does Liu Wen express his problem? 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Brief introduction Topic sentence Topic sentence Supporting details Express thanks How to express your problem? How are the problems presented? Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast nati
6、ve speakers talk. I also repeat what I hear to help myself to experience the feeling of the language. Sometimes I even record my voice so I can listen to myself and compare my pronunciation with the radio hosts! My biggest headache is how to be polite in English. Its so much easier to just say “Open
7、 the window!”, but in English that can sound really terrible. I have to think about who Im talking to and then decide whether to say, “Open the window, please!” or “Could you open the window, please?” or even longer “Would you mind opening the window, please?” How is advice given? Topic sentence sup
8、porting details examples Topic sentence supporting details Yeah, thats really hard! I think it all depends on who youre talking to. If Im talking to a close friend, I can use short requests, like “Open the window” our relationship is close and were equals, so I only need a few words to bridge the ga
9、p between us. But if Im talking to someone who isnt very close to me, I must make my request longer and I must make it a question, not a demand, e.g., “Could you open the window, please?” If Im talking to someone senior to me, then I should say, “Would you mind opening the window, please?” For me, v
10、ocabulary is my biggest problem there are just SO MANY new words! I cant keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head, and I certainly cant remember how to use them all properly. HELP! How are the problems presented? How is advice given? Topic sentence supporting details Topic sentence supporting
11、 details 1 2 3 Topic sentence Supporting details Some examples How to present your advice? Pair Work:List your problems in learning English and brainstorm some useful advice. Problem I cannot understand the teachers English in class. Advice . I can only . I can never quite . I (certainly) cant . I a
12、m completely/ totally unable to . I just fail to Pair Work:Express problems and offer advice . my biggest headache is . my primary concern is . my top challenge is . is a big difficulty/ challenge/ struggle/ obstacle for me . have a lot of trouble with . have difficulty/ trouble doing . have no idea
13、 how/ what SD TS . My advice is . Its highly/ strongly advised/ suggested that . Its very important to . It would be of great help/ benefit to . It would help/ benefit to do . doing sth would be a wise choice. . This works for me./. doing sth helps me TS Sample: A: My name is .,a student of./My top
14、challenge is /I have no idea /I can only /I sometimes fail B: My advice for you is to /its important to /this works for me.You can . A:Thanks for . Li Hua Writing Task: Write a blog following the topic 1. Describe the problem clearly. Brief introduction +Topic sentence + supporting details+thanks 2.
15、 Write one or two ideas on how to solve the problem. Topic sentence+supporting details +some examples Choose one of the problems from your group discussion and write a blog about it. . I can only . I can never quite . I (certainly) cant . I am completely/ totally unable to . I just fail to Useful st
16、ructures for your writing . my biggest headache is . my primary concern is . my top challenge is . is a big difficulty/ challenge/ struggle/ obstacle for me . have a lot of trouble with . have difficulty/ trouble doing . have no idea how/ what SD TS . My advice is . Its highly/ strongly advised/ sug
17、gested that . Its very important to . It would be of great help/ benefit to . It would help/ benefit to do . doing sth would be a wise choice. . This works for me./. doing sth helps me TS 3.Exchange drafts. Asess each others work according to the checklist. General content Does the writer give a cle
18、ar description of the problem? Is the advice clearly explained? Does each sentence relate to the main idea? Basic writing skills Does the writer use pronouns to refer to things or people correctly? Does the writer use correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation? Are there any grammar mistakes?
19、 Reading for sharing Show time! Appreciate the given blogAppreciate the given blog Study the structure and language Study the structure and language features of a blogfeatures of a blog Know how to express your Know how to express your problemsproblems Know how to present your adviceKnow how to pres
20、ent your advice 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Assignment: 1. Revise your writing 2. Practical Writing Letter of Seeking Help 假定你是李华，刚刚升入高中，你在学习英语的过程中遇 到一些问题，想得到老师的帮助，并想给班级的英语老师提 一些建议，以帮助自己学好英语。请你结合自己的实际情况 给英语老师写一封求助信。 内容包括： 1. 学习英语时遇到的困难（如：生词多生词多,记忆难记忆难;听力听不懂；听力听不懂； 阅读中的长难句阅读中的长难句;书写差书写差;写作时时态混乱写作时时态混乱,语法错误太多语法错误
21、太多;缺乏缺乏 自信心等自信心等） 2. 向老师提建议（介绍学习方法） Sample Writing Dear teacher, My name is Li Hua,a student of Grade one. Im writing a letter to you to ask for some help. I have met many difficulties in learning English. First, I find our texts full of new words that are very difficult for me to remember. Besides,
22、 the texts are too long for me to recite. Whats more, grammar is also very difficult to learn. Faced with so many difficulties, I have to ask you for some help. Would you like to introduce to us some good ways to learn new words so that we can remember them more easily？ In the meanwhile, I beg you to teach the text more slowly so that the average students can easily follow you. Also, I would like you to introduce some rules and good ways to learn grammar. Im sure that I can make great progress in my English study with your help. Yours, Li Hua
