新视野英语教材第一册第一单元.ppt

* New Horizon College English Book 1 Unit 1 Pre-reading Activity 2. While-reading Activity 3. Post-reading Activity Pre-reading Activity Background Lead-in Activity Background Information ? Online 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 (often in web browsers) in response to a learners request. The computer asks the learner for more information and presents appropriate material based on the learners input. The material can be as simple as traditional lessons and their tests that are transcribed into a computer program. The material can also be a complex system that tracks users input and suggests learning material as a result. Or the material can be a work session that occurs through a real time chat; learning occurs through the interaction. The material can be presented as text, graphics, animated graphics, audio, video, or a combination of these that are displayed in web browsers or other multimedia players such as Windows Media Player. New Horizon College English is a good example of a complex online EFL learning system. For a brief introduction to online learning, check out the web page at /IONresources/onlineoverview/index.html 2. Junior middle school Junior middle school refers to the stage in the Chinese education system which follows primary school and includes years six through nine in the school time sequence. Normally, students are 12 or 13 years of age when they begin the sixth or transition year of junior middle school. In the American system, junior middle school most closely approximates middle school or junior high school in which the beginning or ending years of this period may vary slightly from region to region. The beginning age is about the same as that of junior middle school st