Unit 7 Learning about English Teaching plan全新版大学英语二.doc

Unit 7 Learning about English?? I. Teaching plan 1. Objectives Students will be able to: 1). grasp the main idea (because of its tolerance for outside influence, English has become a great language) and structure of the text; 2). understand some idiomatic English usages mentioned in the unit; 3). master key language points and structures in the text; 4) conduct a series of reading, speaking, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the text. 2. Time allotment 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period Pre-reading; While-reading(title) While-reading( title, language points) While-reading(language points); post-reading( drawing a picture) Post-reading; check on students’ home reading(Text B) Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 3. Pre-reading tasks ※ listen to the tape and answer the questions 1). What is the passage about? English is a great language, but it is also a crazy language. 2). What’s your impression on the English language? 3). Can you give one or two examples to illustrate the messiness of the English language? eggplant (no egg in it) pineapple(no pine, no apple ) hamburger (no ham in it) English muffin(small thick round beadlike cake, usu. Eaten hot with butter) French fries sweetmeat (not meat) sweetbread (no sweat, an organ from a sheep or young cow) Parkway: a wide road divided by or bordered with an area of grass and trees Driveway: drive, connects a garage with a street Ship by truck: send send cargo by ship: a large boat a slim chance and a fat chance means the same a wise guy: who pretends to be wise, derogatory term a wise man: a really wise person, commendatory term oversee: supervise, control overlook: neglect quite a lot and quite a few mean the same hot as hell: extremely hot cold as hell: extremely cold the house burns up: catch fire the house burns down: be destroyed fill in a form and fill out a form mean the same alarm clock goes off: start an action usually accompanied by grea