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UnitOneReadingandWritingGlobalReading(35mins)Lastweek,wehavediscussedthequestion:withtheeconomicglobalization,Englishisbecominganinternationallanguageandthusausefultoolforpeopleintheworldtocommunicatewitheachother.SonowadaysmoreandmorepeoplehopethattheycangainagoodcommandofEnglishwithintheshortesttime.HaveyouevernoticedmanyadvertisementswhichsayitcanhelpEnglishlearnerslearnfluentEnglishinthreemonthsorevenshortertime,nowIwillshowyousomeadvertisements,Let’stakealooktogether(Aftertakingalookattheseadvertisements,Pleaseworkinpairstodiscuss:Doyoubelievethoseadvertisementsornot?aretherereallyeasier,quickerwaystomasterEnglish?Today,wewilllearntextAtoseewhatalanguageteachhastosay,I.First,pleaseListentothetext(5mins)andtrytogetthemainideaofthetext.II.Afterlisteningtothetext,pleasedoatextstructureanalysis:（20mins）1SentenceRearrangement(Directions:ThefollowingsentencesarequotedfromtextA.Rearrangethemintoalogicalorder.)1).Nodoubtthisistruetoacertainextent,butitisnotveryhelpfultostudents.2).Butitisdifficultforanyonetoexplaininsimplelanguagewhyonemethodisbetterthananother,anditisnousepretendingthatanyonehasdiscoveredaperfectwayofteachingEnglishineverypossiblesituation.3).Itisnaturalforstudentstobeattractedtomethodsthatwillteachthemasquicklyandefficientlyandcheaplyaspossible.4).Someexpertsevenarguethatthereareasmanygoodmethodsofteachingalanguageastherearegoodteachers,becauseeveryteacherisanindividualwithhisownpersonality.3-2-4-12ListofHeadings(Directions:TextAhassixparagraphs1-6.Choosethemostsuitableheadingforeachparagraphfromthelistofheadingsbelow.)A)AgoodmethodthatsuitsallstudentsdoesnotexistB)ThebehavioristapproachC)TwofalseattitudestowardEnglishlearningD)TheroleoffellowstudentsE)AdvertisementsoftengivethefalseimpressionF)Theroleofinterest1-E2-A3-C4-B5-F6-DIDetailedreading(55mins)1Questionsaboutunderstanding:Listentoapara1andanswerquestions:1)WhydothoseadvertisementsrefertofamouswriterslikeWilliamShakespeareandCharlesDickens?Thepeoplewhoruntheadvertisementsjustwanttousewriters’quotationstosupporttheirpoints.2)Whydoalargenumberofpeopleprefertobelievetheseridiculousclaims?(Thisisanopenquestion.3)Whatisthemainideaofpara1(pleaseturntopage9)?AdvertisementsoftengivethefalseimpressionthatlearningEnglishiseasyanddoesnotneedmucheffort.Listentoapara2andanswerquestions:1)Accordingtotheauthor,isthereaperfectwayofteachingEnglishineverypossiblesituation?No.Hesays“itisnousepretendingthatanyonehasdiscoveredaperfectwayofteachingEnglishineverypossiblesituation”.2)Whatismeantby“everyteacherisanindividualwithhisownpersonality”?Itmeansthatdifferentteachershavedifferentpersonalitiesand,therefore,ateachermayhavehisorherownwayofteachingEnglish.3)Whatisthemainideaofpara2(pleaseturntopage9)?Thereisnosuchthingasagoodmethodthatsuitsallstudentsineverysituation.Listentoapara3andanswerquestions:1)Doesthewritersupporttheideathatalanguageisbestlearnedwhereitisspoken?Andisitaperfectwaytolearnalanguage?Yes,hedoes.Buthebelievesthatalargenumberofstudentscan’taffordtodoso,whichistheimperfectpoint.2)Canyoutranslatethesentence“itiswrongtoassumethateachwordinEnglishhasapreciseequivalentinanotherlanguageandviceversa”?如果你认为英语中的每一个词在另一语言中都有完全对等的词（或反之亦然），那就错了。3)Whatisthemainideaofpara3(pleaseturntopage9)?Peopleusedtobelievethattheonlywaytolearnalanguagewastospendalotoftimeinacountrywhereitwasspoken.Theotherextremeisthatsomethinkthattheycanlearnaforeignlanguageathomerelyingsolelyondictionaries.Listentoapara4andanswerquestions:1)Whatisthebeliefheldbybehavioristsintermsoflanguagelearning?Behavioristsbelievethatlanguagelearningisakindofhabitformation.Sotheyarefondofmakingstudentsrepeatphrasesanddoexerciseswheretheycontinuallyhavetochangeonewordinasentence.2)Whydomanytheoristsconsiderit“apity”thatwearenot“parrotsorchimpanzees”?Doesthetoneindicatethewriter’sattitudetowardsthebehavioriststheoryonlanguagelearning?Manybehavioristtheoristswishthathumanbeingswerejustlikeparrotsorchimpanzees,sothattheycouldusetheirmethodsofteachingonhumanbeingswithease.Thetoneofthestatementindicatesthatthewriterdoesnotagreewiththebehavioristtheoryonlanguagelearning.3)Whatisthemainideaofpara4(pleaseturntopage9)?Teachingmethodsbasedonthebehaviouristtheorymaynotwork,ashumanbeingarenotparrotsorchimpanzees.Listentoapara5andanswerquestions:1)WhatdistinguisheshumanbeingsfromparrotsandchimpanzeesaccordingtoPidcroft?Parrotsandchimpanzeesmakenoisesthataremeaninglesswhilethespeechsoundshumanbeingsmakearemeaningfulandtheycanrelatethemtotheirownlives.Inotherwords,humanbeingsuselanguagetocommunicate.2)Whatistheauthor’sopinionaboutlearninganewlanguage?Theauthorbelievethatnoonecanlearnanewlanguagewellenoughunlessheorsheisinterestedinit.Healsothinksthatthewayoflearningtospeakandwriteinanotherlanguageisprobablysimilartothewayoflearningone’smothertongue.3)Whatisthemainideaofpara5(pleaseturntopage9)?Interestisthekeytolearningalanguage,whichisameansofcommunication.Listentoapara6andanswerquestions:1)Whatdoestheauthoremphasizetowardstheendofthetext?(Para.6)Heemphasizestheimportanceofgroupworkinlearninganewlanguage