星沙英语网:9/2001-2/2002FirstsemesteroftheAcademicYear2001-2002TeachingMaterial:CollegeEnglish(Revisededition,publishedbyShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress)MajorTaskofThisSemester◆TextLearning(10unitsaltogether)◆LearningtowriteEnglishcomposition◆IntegralTraining:tryingtoimprovethestudentsproficiencyinreading,listening,andspeaking.GeneralGoalsorObjectivesofThisSemester▼trytoimprovethestudents’readingspeedandtheabilitytogetinformationfromreadingmaterialscorrectly.▼Studentsacquisitionoftheskillsinvolvedthroughsupplementarymaterialsandtexts.▼Moreattentionwillbegiventotheunderstandingofdiscourse:focusonglobalunderstanding.▼Enlargestudents’vocabulary(Keywordsandstructure)▼LearnthefeaturesofEnglishcompositionandlearntowrite.TeachingPlanThisterm’steachingcontentcovers10units.Basically,everytwounitswillbefinishedwithin3weeks.Excepttheone-weekholidaysinNationalDay,thereare15weeksleftforteaching,soatleast9unitshouldbefinishedattheendofthisterm.Roughlytheteachingofoneunitcovers6periods.WeeksTeachingTaskWeek1toWeek3Unit1:ABrushWiththeLawUnit2:TheWomanWhowouldnotTellWeek4toWeek6Unit3:WhyITeachUnit4:DownButnotOutWeek7toWeek9Unit5:TheDayMotherCriedUnit6:ADay’sWaitWeek10toWeek12Unit7:TheShelterUnit8:DaydreamingaLittleWeek13toWeek15Unit9:TheDeathofHitlerUnit10:TheFantasticSpurtofTechnologyWeek16GeneralReview星沙英语网:1.Understandingthemainidea2.Understandthestructure:Comparisonandcontrast3.Learnrelatedlawterms4.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext.5.ConductaseriesofspeakingandlisteningtaskbasedonthetextTeachingfocus:1.Learntoformgoodhabits2.Theunderstandingof“averageintelligence”Timeallotment(Thisunitwillbefinishedwithin6periods)1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod6thperiodIntensivereading:Pre-reading;While-reading(structure,characteristicsofladyhermitsWhile-reading(questionsfordiscussion)While-reading(questionsfordiscussion,languagepoints)Languagepoints,Post-readingExtensivereadingListeningandspeakingPre-readingTasks(45minutes)1.WarmingupactivitiesPairwork/groupwork:studentsworkinpairsorgroupstodiscusstheiropinionsaboutstudyhabits.a.Previewingthelessonssowellastoalmostlearnitbyheart.b.Veryattentivebutnotveryactiveinclass.c.Takingnotesinclassbutunabletogooverthemafterwards.d.Readingthenewwordsandexpressionsaloudearlyinthemorningwhiletakingawalkoncampus.e.Oftenworryingabouttests,sometimesevenafraidtositforthem.d.Notreviewingwhathasbeenlearneduntilthereisaquiz.2.Informationrelatedtothetext.1)Averageintelligence2)Hobbiesandhabits3)SkimmingandscanningWhile-readingTasks(90minutes)TextLearning1.Explaintheskillofskimmingandscanning星沙英语网:a.itturnsoutthatb.giveninconditionalclausePost-reading(45minutes)1.Groupdiscussion:(10min)Topics:1.Howtoformgoodhabits?WhatI’mgoingtodotogetintogoodhabits?2.Dictation(10min)Readingisthemostusefulskillsoneshouldacquire.Considerhowmuchtimetheaveragestudentspendseverydayreadingbooks,newspapers,lettersandsoon.Eighty-fivepercentofuniversitywork,itisestimated,needsreading.Infact,thebetteryouread,themoreyouwillsucceedinyourstudies.3.Exercises:(25min)DoexercisesinVocabulary,WordBuilding,Structure,Cloze,ReadingActivity,andGuidedWritingafterclass.IIExtensiveReading(45min)1.ReadingTasks:ExtensiveReadingUnit1第一篇2.ReadingSkills:1)Howtouseadictionary2)Getthemeaningfromcontextclue:prefixandsuffixIIIListeningandSpeaking(45min)1.SeeVCD---Consolidation.2.ListeningTask:Unit1andUnit2Listeningskills:soundrecognitionUnit2SailingRoundtheWorldIIntensivereadingObjectives:1.Graspthemainidea(Thecouragethemanshowintimesofadventureand星沙英语网)2.Gettingsomeknowledgeofworldgeography.4.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext.5.ConductaseriesofspeakingandlisteningtaskbasedonthetextTimeallotment(Thisunitwillbefinishedwithin6periods)1stperiod2ndperiod3rdperiod4thperiod5thperiod6thperiodIntensivereading:Pre-reading;While-reading(structure,characteristicsofladyhermitsWhile-reading(questionsfordiscussion)While-reading(questionsfordiscussion,languagepoints)Languagepoints,Post-readingExtensivereadingListeningandspeakingPre-readingTasks(45minutes)Warm-upQuestions:(45min)1.Groupwork:groupof5orsixstudentsa.Teacherpinupamapoftheworldontheblackboardandaskeachgrouptodrawasketchmapb.5minutesdiscussionabouthowChristophermadehisroundtheworld.voyageandtracehisroutebydrawingarrowsonthemap.c.Therepresentativefromeachgroupwillreportwhattheyhavedrawnontheirsketchmap,indicating