高二英语Unit 8 Learning a Foreign Language教学设计.docVIP

PAGE - PAGE 1 - Unit 8 Learning a Foreign Language Teaching aims: Goals: Learn about learning and study skills Talk about attitudes and motivation Practise giving advice Review the Subjunctive Mood (1) Fill in an application form Special focus: Improve reading skills and Enlarge vocabulary. Direct Ss to read the 3 passages on the text book; Guide Ss to learn to use the following words and expressions: Academic, acquire, acquisition, adapt, experiment with, instruct, make sense, take risks, association, awful, fall behind, knock down, overweight, pile, put an end to, etc. Period 1 Reading Learning a Foreign Language: Twice as hard? Step 1. Warming up Task 1. guide the students to have a discussion on the following points: Difficulties in learning English Differences in learning English and Chinese Characteristics of successful learners Effective learning skills Ways to develop confidence Step 2. Reading Task 2. Read the passage and try to make an outline of the text: Ask students to fill in the chart to see if they have got a general understanding of the whole passage. Main Idea Paragraph 1 Learning a language is obviously more than just memorizing words, phrases and structures. Paragraph 2 Language experts have different opinions on the acquisition of a language. Paragraph 3 Learning a foreign language is different from learning one’s mother tongue. Paragraph 4 Successful language learners have something in common: their interest in understanding their own thinking, curiosity about the world, willingness to take chances and confidence in their ability. Paragraph 5 Successful language learners plan and evaluate their learning and are more willing to take risks and place themselves in new learning situations. Paragraph 6 The purpose of learning is also important to learners for them to have patience and carry on with their learning. Purpose of writing this passage The author introduce the research into language learning and talks ab