Learning--Chinese-Style

CollegeEnglishIntegratedCourse2Unit1TextALearning,ChineseStyleChineseAmericansDifferentwaysoflearningbetweenChineseandAmericansGivePrioritytoSkillsGivePrioritytocreativityTeachbyholdingone’shand,shapingandmodeling.Teachachildtorelyonhimselftosolveproblems.CultureislikeanicebergCultureislikeaniceberg!!Topic1:CulturalDifferencesbetweenChinaandtheU.S.VSLifeStyleProblemsolvingLeadershipExpressingpersonalviews①②③④LifestyleIndividualism:Collectivism:Self-reliance/Self-promotion/independenceTwoheadsarebetterthanone.Sacrificeforthegreatergood.LeadershipAmericanDreamEqualityMeltingPot(assimilation同化)SaladBowlLeadershipAmericanDreamHierarchyEquality,LibertyConfucianismSaladBowl/MeltingPotExpressingpersonalviewFranknessSave“face”FusionTopic2:WritingSkills—ComparisonandContrastComparisonSimilaritiesContrastDifferences1:OrganizeyourThoughts1.T-Chart2.TheVennDiagram(文氏图)T-ChartWOLFSHEEPDIETTEETHANIMALGROUPMODEOFLIVINGIMAGEONTV/INSRORIESMeatSharp,PointedMammalWildPlantsRounded,BluntMammalRaisedbypeopleEvil,violentKind,InnocentTheVennDiagram(文氏图)EatmeatHavesharpandpointedteethWildanimalUsuallyisevilandviolentonTVorinstoriesWolfSheepMammalEatplantsHaveroundedandbluntteethRaisedbypeopleUsuallyiskindandinnocentonTVorinstories2:Twoclassicorganizationalpatternsofacomparisonorcontrastessay1.Point-by-Point/AlternatingArrangement2.Subject-by-Subject/BlockArrangementPoint-by-Point/AlternatingArrangementPara.1IntroductionPara.2Firstdifference--DietA.wolfB.sheepPara.3Seconddifference--TeethA.wolfB.sheepPara.4Thirddifference--ModeofLivingA.wolfB.sheepPara.5Fourthdifference--ImageonTVorinstoriesA.wolfB.sheepPara.6ConclusionSubject-by-Subject/BlockArrangementPara.1IntroductionPara.2WolfA.DietB.TeethC.ModeoflivingD.imageonTVorinstoriesPara.3SheepA.DietB.TeethC.ModeoflivingD.imageonTVorinstoriesPara.4Conclusion3:HowtoWritinganeffectiveComparisonandContrastEssay1.Straightlineofdevelopment:tellyouraudiencewhatyouaregoingtotellthem;thentellthem;thentellthemwhatyoutoldthem.2.Chooseoneorganizationalstyleandkeeptoit.3.Useanecdotesorquotationsintheintroductionifpossible.WritingTaskcultureshockHomeworkPleasewritea500-wordcompositionusingcomparisonand/orcontrastskillsonChinesecultureandAmericanculture