learning a foreign language 讲义.doc

Book one Unit one Learning a Foreign Language I: Lead-in Why should we learn English? Have you ever seen the movie The Babel , which is called 《通天塔》 in Chinese? If you have seen the movie, I think you must have some idea about the Biblical story of Babel. According to the record of the Bible, people spoke the same language at the very beginning. And they decided to build a tower which can lead to heaven. Human being’s arrogance made the God annoyed and he disordered people’s language. Suddenly, those arrogant men could not communicate with each other, and they began to shout at each other, which caused them to give up their dream of building a tower reach to the heaven. From this story, we can learn that if the whole world want to reach some big goals, the first thing we can do is to communicate and understand each other. So learning a foreign language is totally necessary. Since English is generally regarded as the international language, we Chinese should learn English in order to integrate with the world. Some tips on English learning: Pleasure, pressure. Recite. II Listening and Answering: Listen to the tape. Then answer the following questions with your own experiences. 1. What problems do you have in trying to learn English in your middle school? 2. Why do you think the computer can help you in learning English? 3. What other things do you think we can gain through English language learning? Online learning: A form of distance education, refers to learning and other supportive resources that are available through a networked computer. With the development of the internet, online learning often takes place on the internet. In an online lesson, the computer displays material in response to a learner’s request. The computer asks the learner for more information and presents appreciate material based on the learner’s input. What made the author’s English learning in junior middle school very successful? The kind and patient teacher and her pos