冀教版英语必修5 _Unit 7 Studying abroad：what you need to know.doc

Unit 7 Studying abroad: what you need to know Section One Step 1. Words to the teacher As education is becoming increasingly globalized, students now have more options and choices, including going abroad as exchange or international students. This is perhaps happening in many parts of China. This unit is intended for students to think about their education in a broader context. It leads students to think about the positive and negative side of being an exchange or international student. In particular, students should be encouraged to discuss the issues from an international, inter-educational, and inter-cultural perspective. Step 2. Reading 1. Before reading the text, it is important for the teacher to activate the students background knowledge of the topic. The KWL(Ogle, 1989) strategy/would work well with this unit. 2. The KWL activity should be done in class with books closed. Divide the class into groups. Hand out a large sheet of paper to each group. Divide a large piece of paper into 3 parts. In the first section write KNOW (What we Know), the second section write WANT (What we Want to Know) and in the last section write LEARNED (What we Learned). 3. Tell the class they need to write the advantages of studying abroad in North America. Perhaps they know someone who studied abroad or have read something about it. When all the groups have completed this column, ask one person to report from each group. 4. Now ask the students to focus on the second column: What we want to know. 5. The students need to brainstorm ideas about what information they would like to know about studying abroad. Ask each group to report to the class their ideas. 6. Using the same groups as in the previous activity, each group must read the text together and choose 7 unfamiliar words that the group wants to learn. For each word the students must answer the following questions (Riddell, 2001): Where did you find the word? (Provide sentence) What do you think the word means in context? Why