1、Unit 5 Languages around the worldWrite a blog about English studyPeriod 5 Reading for Writing I.Before-class activity:Students read an article about Chinese learning from a friends point of view.Note down words and phrases concerning language learning strategy.Dear Hans,Here I want to share my sugge
2、stions on how to learn Chinese well.Following the advice below will help you improve your Chinese!First of all,you are supposed to read some novels and magazines in Chinese.You should repeat what you have read.Not only can youSecondly,watching Chinese TV programme is a good way to improve your Chine
3、se.You can record your voice so that you can.You can get used to the how fast the talk.you learn idiomatic Chinese.Last but not least,during your discussing with others,you can communicate with your classmates in Chinese,thus your spoken Chinese being improved and some mistakes you have made can be
4、corrected immediately!YOu can even use simple words to bridge the gap between them.Lastly,some websites can greatly help you.You can bring benefit from them!The more article you wrote,the more progress you will make.I hope the advice above can be of great help to you!God bless you!Just as the saying
5、 goesNo pain,no gainLi HuaII.In-class activity.Step 1:check before-class assignmentAsk several students to write down their notes on the blackboard,and teacher adds more topic words and phrases beside them.课时精练课时精练当堂检测当堂检测热点追踪热点追踪合作探究合作探究自主学习自主学习structure stress 课时精练课时精练当堂检测当堂检测热点追踪热点追踪合作探究合作探究自主学习自
6、主学习课时精练课时精练当堂检测当堂检测热点追踪热点追踪合作探究合作探究自主学习自主学习 acquire communicate focus debate refer attempt 课时精练课时精练当堂检测当堂检测热点追踪热点追踪合作探究合作探究自主学习自主学习consult insist 课时精练课时精练当堂检测当堂检测热点追踪热点追踪合作探究合作探究自主学习自主学习Step 2:while-readingFirst,skim the text and answer the following questions.Q 1:who starts the blog?Q 2:who respond
7、s to it?Q 3:what is the blog mainly about?1.Who starts this blog?2.Who responds to it?3.What is the blog mainly about?Blog Reading comment Wang LeLiu Li Jiaskim the text and answer the following questions.Names Names Problems Problems Suggestions Suggestions Liu WenLiu Wen has trouble with _Jia Xin
8、thinks it important for Liu Wen to _Jia Xin_is a big difficulty for Jia Xin.Li Rui advises that Jia Xin should _Li RuiLi Rui doesnt know how to _/Names Names Problems Problems Suggestions Suggestions Liu WenLiu Wen has trouble with listening.Jia Xin thinks it important for Liu Wen to listen to Engli
9、sh radio programs,repeat what he hears and record his voice.Jia XinBeing polite in Englishis a big difficulty for Jia Xin.Li Rui advises that Jia Xin should adjust the length of her sentences according to who she is talking to.Li RuiLi Rui doesnt know how to memorize vocabulary./Task 2:read the foru
10、m again and fill in the blanks.Individual work:complete the suggestions on the right column.Group work:summarize ways to support suggestions in the left column.Ways to support Ways to support suggestionssuggestionsSuggestions Suggestions Explaining_ Liu Wen might try to listen to English radio progr
11、ams,because _Showing _Another practical suggestion is that Liu Wen should repeat what he hears,which will _Also it is important for Liu Wen to record his voice sometimes so that Giving _Li Rui advises that Jia Xin should pay attention to who he is talking to.For example,_Ways to Ways to support supp
12、ort suggestionssuggestionsSuggestions Suggestions Explaining reasonsLiu Wen might try to listen to English radio programs,because it can help him get used to how fast native speakers talk.Showing resultsAnother practical suggestion is that Liu Wen should repeat what he hears,which will help him expe
13、rience the feeling of the language.Also it is important for Liu Wen to record his voice sometimes so that he can listen to himself and compare his pronunciation with the radio hosts.Giving examplesLi Rui advises that Jia Xin should pay attention to who he is talking to.For example,if she is talking
14、to a close friend,she can use short requests.If she is talking to someone not very close,she should make the request longer.Step 3:after-readingTask 3:help Li Rui to build up vocabulary.Students discuss in groups to put forward at least 2 practical suggestions to Li Rui.Sentence patterns:Li Rui migh
15、t try to.,because.Another practical suggestion is that Li Rui should.,which will.Also it is important for Li Rui to.so that.I advises that Li Rui should.For example,.Useful expressions:describe problemsMy biggest headache is.My top challenge is.is a big difficutly/challenge/struggle for me.I have a
16、lot of trouble with.I have difficulty/trouble(in)doing.I have no idea how/what to.My major concern is.I can only I can never quite I(certainly)cant I am completely/totally unable to I just fail to Topic sentenceSupporting detailsHi!Ive been studying English since primary school.I used to get high re
17、marks 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?TS Hi!Ive been studying English since primary school.I used to get high remarks in English,but
18、 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?Hi!Ive been studying English since primary school.I used to get high remarks in English,but now Im having a lot of
19、 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?How does Liu Wen describe his problem?Topic sentence+supporting details Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fa
20、st native 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“Op
21、en 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?”Yeah,thats really hard!I think it all depends on
22、 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 gap between us.But if Im talking to someone who isnt very close to me,I must make my request longer and I must make i
23、t 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,vocabulary is my biggest problem there are just SO MANY new words!I cant keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head,and I c
24、ertainly cant remember how to use them all properly.HELP!Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast native 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
25、my pronunciation with the radio hosts!My biggest headache is how to be polite in English.Its so much easier to just say“Open 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 th
26、e window,please?”or even longer“Would you mind opening the window,please?”Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast native 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 my
27、self 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 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“
28、Could you open the window,please?”or even longer“Would you mind opening the window,please?”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 fe
29、w words to bridge the gap 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,plea
30、se?”For me,vocabulary 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!Yeah,thats really hard!I think it all depends on who youre talking to.If Im talking to a close friend,I
31、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 gap 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 windo
32、w,please?”If Im talking to someone senior to me,then I should say,“Would you mind opening the window,please?”For me,vocabulary 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
33、!How are the problems described?Useful expressions:giving advice doing sth helps me do sth doing sth would be a wise choice.I highly advise/suggest/recommend that sb(should)do It is of great importance/use/help to.=Its very important to.This works for me.Advicereasons/resultsListening to English rad
34、io programmes helps me get used to how fast native 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!Yeah,thats really hard!I think it all depen
35、ds 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 gap between us.But if Im talking to someone who isnt very close to me,I must make my request longer and I must m
36、ake 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?”Doing sth helps sb do sth.How to express your advice?Step 4:pre-writingTask 4:retell the Chinese learning problems of the main cha
37、racter,Lee.Sentence patterns:Lee has trouble with.is a big difficulty for Lee.Lee have no idea how/what.Li HuaBrainstorming(头脑风暴):How to help Li Rui to remember and use words properly?Useful means to remember and use words properly:learn something about word formation(构词法构词法)review words regularlyco
38、nnect words with pictures and personal feelingslearn lexical chunks(词块词块)rather than singel wordsread widely,classic workskeep a diary in EnglishUseful expressions:describe problemsMy biggest headache is.My top challenge is.is a big difficutly/challenge/struggle for me.I have a lot of trouble with.I
39、 have difficulty/trouble(in)doing.I have no idea how/what to.My primary concern is.I can only I can never quite I(certainly)cant I am completely/totally unable to I just fail to Topic sentenceSupporting detailsWhats the major difficulty when you learn English?Step 5:draftingTask 5:work in groups and
40、 offer at least 3 suggestions to Lee.Word chunks from before-class reading material on the blackboard are for their reference.Students cooperate in groups of four.Three of them work out one piece of advice per person while one completes the mind map below.And then,with the help of mind map,draft a l
41、etterStep 6:peer-evaluation2 groups are invited to present their letters.The rest of the class listen and comment on their performance based on the criteria below.GroupGroupSuggestions Suggestions Linking wordsLinking wordsDeliveryDeliveryPractical,logical,Practical,logical,convincingconvincingProperly usedProperly usedLoud and clearLoud and clear12【课后作业】Polish your writing and write down your own comments.Suggestions Suggestions Linking Linking wordswordsHandwritingHandwritingPractical,Practical,logical,logical,convincingconvincingProperly Properly usedusedNeat and clearNeat and clear
