泛读教程 I 教案.doc

泛读教程 I 教案 Unit 1 University Student Life 教学目标或要求： Students learn how to guess the meaning of new words by reading context. 2. By the two articles “On Being a Student” and “Getting the Best value for Time”, the teacher gives students suggestions on how to improve reading skills and how to make good use of time in the university. 3. After learning unit one, students should have the basic understanding of suffix and prefix and try to use the word-building knowledge to expand their vocabulary. 教学内容（包括基本内容、重点、难点）： I. Reading skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning Context means the words or sentences before or after the item you do not know. Context sometimes provides definition clues. Consider: Linguistics, the scientific study of language, is very important for language students. Notice the italicized word is clearly defined. Besides the formal definition, the writer may also give explanation after such punctuation marks as comma, dash or within parentheses. Context sometimes gives example clues. Consider: like horses, human beings have a variety of gaits, they amble, stride, jog and sprint. Notice several examples are given to shed light on the meaning of the italicized word “gait”, a way of way of walking. In the sentences with example clues, the examples are usually signaled by certain words or phrases like such as, including, for example, for instance or to illustrate. Although context clues are useful in discovering the meaning of an unknown word, there are some limitations to this approach. The meaning you get from the context may be vague or general. Sometimes there is too much unfamiliar language to allow you to use the context. While you don’t interrupt your reading to look up new words in a dictionary, you may still want to check your guess if you find that some word is used often, and seems to be an important one in your field. In such cases, mark the unknown words when you are reading, and look them up later. II. Text: University Student Life