高一英语Learning a foreign language教案2.docVIP

Unit 8　Learning a foreign language Ⅰ.Brief Statements Based on the Unit As we all know,English is widely used in the world today.It is becoming an international language.In our country,English is taught as one of the main subjects in all middle schools.How can we learn English well so as to master it?After you learn this unit,you will surely find your answer.Unit 8 “Learning a foreign language”,is a great help to the students who are now studying English.At the beginning,in Warming up,twenty-one methods of learning English are listed to let the students tell which are the most important and which are the second important.In discussing these methods,the students will judge and accept some of them.In addition,in Speaking,the students are required to give advice to six of their classmates,who all have difficulty in learning English.In the course of giving advice,the students can tell which way is the best and which they should avoid.While they are discussing and giving advice,their speaking ability will be improved greatly.In Listening,the students will be asked to listen to a radio show,called “Students’ Corner”.Two listening passages show different topics to let the students discuss.When they finish the exercise,the students will improve their listening ability. In Reading,the text “Learning a foreign language:twice as hard?”is interesting,instructive and practical.By comparing learning mother tongue with learning foreign language,the students will realize that they are two different matters.In the fifth paragraph,the author describes how the successful language students learn a foreign language.The good ways to learn a foreign language are what most of the students want.At last,the article encourages the students to adopt the good method mentioned in the text and develop their own study skills.If so,everyone of them will become a successful language learner.Learning a foreign language will in fact become twice as easy and a lot of fun.A lot of useful words and ex