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New Horizon College English
Reading and Writing 2
Demo Class
安徽师范大学
陈 丽
外研社 全国高等学校大学英语教学研修班
My presentation
Part I. Unit Overview
Part II. My Demo Class
Part I. Unit Overview
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Teaching
Objectives
Target
Students
The
passages
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Time
Allotment
Part I. Unit Overview
1. Passages: Section A & Section B
Theme:A Time-Conscious Americans
Section
culture distinctions and integrations from
the perspective
time
Section
B Culture of
Shock
Length: about 700 words
Medium difficulty
Part I. Unit Overview
2. Target students
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Boys and girls born in the 1990s
with primary level of English proficiency.
fond of the Internet
skilled in using audio and video facilities
Group Work
Part I. Unit Overview
3. Teaching Objectives
Awareness
Skills
Knowledge
Chinese ideas of time & right
stands in culture shock
active reading & active
vocabulary learning
American’s value on time
and culture shock
Part I. Unit Overview
Teaching Focuses
Section A
Cultivating their critical cultural awareness
Section B will be learned as reading skill practice.
Part I. Unit Overview
Time Allotments
4 periods
50 minutes per period
How?
Pre-class
Pre-hand Preparation
1. Idioms, proverbs and sayings of time in
English culture and Chinese culture.
2. Culture differences in everyday conversation.
Group Work
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3 …
In-class
1st period
I. Warming up
1.Group report and discussion
2. Approaching the topic: time
II. Touching the main idea
and text organization
In-class
2nd period
Detailed Reading with Group Work
1. Sentences Appreciation
2. Findings, Explorations & Confusions
3. Group Report & Questions raised
In-class
3rdperiod
My time
1. Working on questions raised by each group.
2. Exploring the sentences
& active vocabulary learning
In-class
4th period
Assessment
Exercises for language drills
Reflecting on the Chinese ideas of time
Text A
Time-Conscious Americans
Teaching Content
Features
An
Expository
Writing
How American culture is different
1
from other cultures in their
The Topic
2
treatment of time.
Text
A
Informative
3
4
Figurative
Language
Objectives
American’s value
Knowledge
on
time
active reading &
active
vocabulary
Skills
learning
Objectives
understanding
Criticalculture
different
Thinking
values
on time
Teaching Procedures
Approaching the theme
1
Exploring the sentences
2
Proccedures
3
Reflecting on the ideas of time
4
Writing Assignment
Learning Activities
1. Approaching the theme
I. Brainstorming (20 minutes)
Group reports on their findings of idioms,
proverbs and sayings of time in English
culture and Chinese culture.
1. Approaching the theme
Whether yesterday or today, east or west,
time is greatly valued in various ways.
1. Approaching the theme
II. Tips for Global Reading (Q & A,
15 minutes)
1. What are the two things Americans try to save?
Time and labor (Para. 1)
2. What does time mean to Americans?
Time is regarded as precious resources.
(Para. 2)
1. Approaching the theme
(Para. 3-7)
3. How do Americans do everything?
They do everything in a rush.
4. How do Americans talk business?
They start talking business quickly without the
opening exchanges or the ritual interaction.
5. How do Americans save time?
They work hard at the task of saving time by producing
a steady flow of labor-saving devices.
1. Approaching the theme
6. What’s the conclusion?
The foreigners have different ideas from those
of American. (Para. 8)
Americans
a sign of skillfulness
and being competent
foreigners
Proper respect to assignment
by the passage of time.
1. Approaching the theme
III. Introduction to a Reading Skill
(15minutes)
Reading for the Main Idea in a Paragraph
the first sentence of a paragraph,
in the middle
at the end of a paragraph
1. Approaching the theme
Example
Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving
time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving
devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes,
phone calls or emails rather than through personal
contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—
especially given our traffic-filled streets. We,
therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work
hours or for social weekend gatherings. (Para. 5)
Main Idea
We work hard at the task of saving time.
1. Approaching the theme
Example
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every
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Main Idea
1. Approaching the theme
Example
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abor. (Para. 1)
Main Idea
Time is one of the two elements that Americans
save carefully, the other being labor.
1. Approaching the theme
Part I
(Paras 1-2)
what attitude?
Part II
(Paras 3-7)
how to save?
How is the text organized?
Part III
(Paras 8)
culture gap
2. Exploring the sentences
Time is treated as if it were something
almost real. We budget it, save it, waste
it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;
we also charge for it. It is a precious
resource. (Para. 2)
figurative language
Metaphor, Parallelism
2. Exploring the sentences
Translation
人们似乎是把时间当作一个差不多是实实在在的东
西来对待的。 我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、
挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的使用作
出解释； 我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。时间是
一种宝贵的资源。
Connotation
Americans’ value on time
2. Exploring the sentences
Active Vocabulary Learning
Group Work
Task: find and explore all the phrases,
expressions and sentences indicating
and metaphorically depicting time.
2. Exploring the sentences
Group Report
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Para. 1 : stand still, fall behind
Para. 2:
slaves to nothing but to the clock,
the shortness of time,
Once the sands have run out of a person’s
hourglass, they cannot be replaced.
We want every minute to count.
…
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time
Rush
燕子去了，有再来的时候；
Swallows may have gone, but there is
a time of return; willow trees may
杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；
have died back, but there is a time
of
regreening; peach blossoms may
桃花谢了，有再开的时候。
have fallen, but they will bloom again.
Now, you the wise, tell me,
但是，聪明的，你告诉我，
why should our days leave us,
我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？
never to return?
-If they had been stolen by someone,
——是有人偷了他们罢：那是谁？
- who could it be? Where could
he
hide them? If they had made the escape
又藏在何处呢？是他们自己逃走了：现在又到了哪
themselves, then where could they stay at the
moment?（朱自清《匆匆》）
（translated by Zhu Chunshen）
里呢？
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time
A leisure lifestyle is of course far
享受悠闲生活当然比享受奢侈
cheaper
than a luxurious one.
生活便宜得多。要享受悠闲的
生活只要一种艺术家的性情,在
only need to have the sensibility of
一种全然悠闲的情绪中，去消
an artist. To while away a whole
遣一个闲暇无事的下午。
To enjoy life of leisure, one would
afternoon in a fully relaxed state,
（林语堂
《生活的艺术》）
doing absolutely nothing.
Now, that's an art.
By Lin Yutang “The Importance of Living”
3. Reflecting on the ideas of time
Globalization VS Cultural Integration
We are working for life,
not living for work.
Slow down our pace,
cherish the time with
our family, and
our friends.
After-class
Writing Assignment
Thank-you Letters
What are the letters of thanks
in western culture?
Can you write a letter of thanks?
Thank you