新视野第一册Unit 1 Learning a Foreign Language.docVIP

Unit One Learning a Foreign Language I Lead-in Pre-reading Activities(listening; questions) Introductory remarks: The author presents readers with his own language learning experiences at different stages, at which the author met different teachers and consequently formed different attitudes towards English learning. II Structure Analysis The passage is made up of 8 paragraphs, and, according to the pattern “general-specific-general” the author mainly employs in his writing, it can be roughly divided into three parts. Part One: The author states his topic of the whole passage in 1st paragraph through the paraphrase of the two key words.(difficult; rewarding) Part Two: The author develops the 1st part by employing the devices of time and space and comparison contrast. Part Three: The author makes a conclusion of his special experience by employing the device of induction.(归纳法) （deduction演绎法 para,5-7） The Topic of Each Part 1 General experiences of learning a foreign language difficult yet rewarding。 2 Experiences in junior middle school 3 Experiences in senior middle school 4 Experiences at college 5-7 Experiences about online learning 8 Benefits of learning a foreign language (Para.1) Introduction: General experiences of learning a foreign language Device for developing the paragraph: comparison and contrast (the most difficult vs the most rewarding); explanation (difficult: frustrating; rewarding: well worth the effort ) (Para.2) In junior middle school: The teacher: kind and patient, positive, often praising the students The author: at the top of my class, eagerly answering all the questions, never worrying much about making mistakes (Para.3) In senior middle school: The teacher: punishing quickly, pointing a long stick at us and shaking it up and down, shouting “No! No! No!” The author: losing my eagerness, losing my joy, losing my desire (Para.4) At college: The teacher: patient and kind, no pointed sticks The classes: very large, many st