Transcript Learning a Foreign Language.ppt

新视野大学英语读写教程第一册
Unit 1 Learning a Foreign Language
黄淮学院外语系
王冠
Content
1
Pre-reading Activities
2
While-reading Activities
3
Post-reading Activities
1. Pre-reading Activities
1.1
Background information
1.2
Topic-related watching
1.3
Topic-related discussion
1.1 Background information
• Online Learning
A form of distance education
that makes use of the
Internet. The website
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu
/resources/tutorials/overview/i
ndex.asp tells you about the
strengths and weaknesses of
online learning and some
other related questions.
1.1 Background information
• New Horizon College English
The current online EFL learning course for college
students, the first and most comprehensive of its kind and
the most up-to-date web-based courses for college-level
English learners. Refer to http://www.nhce.edu.cn for
details.
1.2 Topic-related watching
Directions:
Watch the video and then discuss the topics as follows:
1. What insight can we get from the
video?
Key
2. What new light does the video
throw on our English study?
Key
Video Watching
Back
1.3 Topic-related discussion
In-class
Learning
English Lecture
at College
What do
these pictures
remind you
of?
For more
Online
Learning
In-class
Listening
2 While-reading Activities
Ⅰ
Text Reading
Ⅱ
Words & Phrases
Ⅲ
Sentence patterns
Ⅳ
Main ideas & Structure
2.1 Text Reading
Learning a Foreign Language
Para. 1 Learning a foreign language was one
of the most difficult yet most rewarding
experiences of my life. Although
at times learning a language
was frustrating, it was
well worth the effort.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 2 My experience with learning a foreign
language began in junior middle school, when I
took my first English class. I had a kind and
patient teacher who often praised all of the
students.
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Because of this positive method, I
eagerly answered all the questions I could, never
worrying much about making mistakes. I was at
the top of my class for two years.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 3 When I went to senior middle school, I was
eager to continue studying English; however, my
experience in senior middle school was very different
from before. While my former teacher had been
patient with all of the students, my new teacher
quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers.
Whenever we answered incorrectly, she pointed a
long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted,
“No! No! No!” It didn’t take me long to lose my
eagerness to answer questions.
Not only did I lose
my joy in answering questions, but I also lost my
desire to say anything at all in English.
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2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 4a However, that state didn’t last long.
When I went to college, I learned that all students
were required to take an English course. Unlike
my senior middle school teacher, my college
English teachers were patient and kind, and none
of them carried long, pointed sticks! The situation
was far from perfect, though.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 4b As our classes were very large, I was
only able to answer a couple of questions in each
class period. Also, after a few weeks of classes, I
noticed there were many students who spoke
much better than I did. I began to feel
intimidated. So, once again, although for different
reasons, I was afraid to speak. It seemed my
English was going to stay at the same level forever.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 5 That was the situation until a couple of
years later when I was offered an opportunity to
study English through an online course. The
communication medium was a computer, a phone
line, and a modem. I soon got access to the
necessary equipment, learned how to use the
technology from a friend and participated in the
virtual classroom 5 to 7 days a week.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 6 Online learning is not easier than regular
classroom study; it requires a lot of time,
commitment and discipline to keep up with the
flow of the course. I worked hard to
meet the minimum standards
set by the course and to
complete assignments
on time.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 7a I practiced all the time. I carried a
little dictionary with me everywhere I went, as
well as a notebook in which I listed any new words
I heard. I made many, sometimes embarrassing,
mistakes. Once in a while I cried out of
frustration, and sometimes I felt like giving up.
But I didn’t feel intimidated by students who
spoke faster than I did because I took all the time I
needed to think out my ideas and wrote a reply
before posting it on the screen.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 7b
Then, one day I
realized I could understand
just about everything I came
across, and most importantly, I could “say”
anything I wanted to in English. Although I was
still making many mistakes and was continually
learning new ways to say things, I had finally
reaped the benefits of all of my hard work.
2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 8a
Learning a foreign language has
been a most trying experience for me, but one that
I wouldn’t trade for anything. Not only did
learning another language teach me the value of
hard work, but it also gave me insights into
another culture, and my mind was opened to new
ways of seeing things. The most wonderful result
of having learned a foreign language was that I
could communicate with many more people than
before.
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2.1 Text Reading
• Para. 8b Talking with people is one of my favorite
activities, so being able to speak a new language
lets me meet new people, participate in
conversations, and form new, unforgettable
friendships. Now that I speak a foreign language,
instead of staring into space when English is being
spoken, I can participate and make friends. I am
able to reach out to others and bridge the gap
between my language and culture and theirs.
2.4 Main Ideas &Structure
Part One (Para. 1)
Introduction
The author’s
4 stages
Part Two (Para. 2of language
7) learning
experiences
Part Three (Para. 8)
Conclusion
Learning a foreign language
was one of the most
difficult
yet
_______________________
most
rewarding
___________________
experiences of my life
(1)Junior middle school
Senior middle school
(2)__________________.
(3) College
(4) __________________
Online learning
Learning a foreign language
has
been
_____________experience
a most trying
for me, but_____________
one that I
wouldn’t trade for anything
______________________
3 Post-reading Activities
Ⅰ
Useful expression
Ⅱ
Summary of the text
Ⅲ
Online learning
Ⅳ
Assignments
3.1 Useful expression
1. 难而有意义的经历
the difficult yet rewarding experience
2. 积极的方法
the positive method
eagerly answer questions
It doesn’t take long to…
3. 踊跃回答问题
4. 没有多久
5. 有······机会
6. 学习远程······课程
7. 虚拟课堂
8. 犯令人尴尬的错误
9. 因挫折而哭泣
10. 因······心生畏惧
be offered an opportunity to…
study… through online course
the virtual classroom
make embarrassing mistakes
cry out of frustration
feel intimidated by…
3.1 Useful expression
14. 非常艰辛的经历
think out one’s ideas
and most importantly
reap the benefits of…
a most trying experience
15. 全新的视角
new ways of seeing things
16. 了解不同文化
insights into another culture
form unforgettable friendships
stare into space
reach out to others
bridge the gap between… and…
11. 琢磨主意
12. 更为重要的
13. 尝到······甜头
17. 建立难忘的友谊
18. 发呆
19. 与别人打交道
20. 弥合鸿沟
3.2 Summary of the text
Learning a foreign language is one of the most frustrating yet most （1）
rewarding
with English
____________
experiences for me. My experience （2）_____
junior middle school. Because of a patient teacher and
began in （3）_______
positive method, I was eager to study English and stayed at the
his （4）_______
top of my class. While in (6) ______
(5) ____
senior middle school, however, the (8)
__________
__________ to
impatience of my teacher totally drained me of the (7) eagerness
until I went to college,
say anything in English. That state lasted (8) _____
across in the senior middle school,
where unlike the problem I came (9) ______
my class was very large and some students spoke better than I did. So,
afraid
once again, although for different (10) reasons
_______, I was (11) _______
to
stay at the same level
speak and felt that my English would (12) _____
online course and participated in the
forever. Only when I took the (13) _______
virtual classroom study did I come to reap the （15）_______
benefits
（14）_______
from English learning. To begin with, such an experience taught me the （
insights into
16 ） _____
valueof hard work. Besides, it gave me （ 17 ） _______
thus
another culture, （18）______keeping
my mind （19）_____
open to new
ways of seeing things. And most important of all, it enabled me to make
exchange of ideas across cultures.
an （20）_________
3.3 Online learning
3.3 Online learning
3.4 Assignments
1) Do the Exercises of Section A
2) Write a paragraph about “Stop polluting
the nature”.
3) Recite paragraph 8 of Section A
4) Present some English learning websites to
the class.
Thank you for
your attention!