Teaching goals教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
disappointing, system, teenager, disappear, move, assistant, cover, diploma
b. 重点句式
Is the school similar to your school? P7
What similarities or differences do you know about...? P7
2. Ability goals能力目标
Get the Ss to know the similarities and differences about American and Chinese school systems.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Enable the Ss to learn how to find out the similarities and differences about American and Chinese school systems.
Teaching important points 教学重点
Learn about the differences between American and Chinese school systems.
Teaching difficult points教学难点
Teach the Ss to learn how to write a letter about the Chinese school system.
Teaching methods教学方法
Speaking, making conversations and comparative method.
Teaching aids教具准备
A computer and some slides.
Teaching procedures && ways教学过程与方式
Step Ⅰ Revision
Check up the answers of the vocabulary and grammar activities. Then get the Ss to show the adjectives ending in -ing and -ed and sentences.
T: First let’s check up the answers of the vocabulary and grammar activities.
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T: Now I want some students to show the adjectives ending in -ing and -ed and sentences.
Sample answers:
1) V-ing forms as adjectives
amusing, annoying, boring, charming, comforting, daring, confusing, convincing, deafening, disappointing, discouraging, disturbing, embarrassing, encouraging, exciting, fascinating, missing, interesting, inviting, misleading, obliging, pleasing, refreshing, pressing, promising, puzzling, shocking, surprising, striking, tempting, terrifying
—The football match was very exciting.
—This time they achieved more satisfying results.
—Listen! The following is an amusing story about Dr. Wang.
2) V-ed participles as adjectives
accomplished, accustomed, amazed, amused, astonished, broken, closed, completed, confined, confused, connected, contented, covered, crowded, celebrated, civilized, decided, dedicated, faded, delighted, deserted, devoted, disappointed, discouraged, dressed, distinguished, done, drunk, excited, exhausted, experienced, shut, finished, frightened, gone, hurt, illustrated, injured, saved, interested, killed, known, learned, lined, loaded, lost, married, won, paved, posted, puzzled, qualified, reserved, satisfied, soaked, surprised, surrounded, worried
—The manager stood watching his old patrons with puzzled despair.
—We were astonished at her sudden disappearance.
—I shall be delighted to meet you at the airport.
3) If adding the prefix un before them, they can be changed into their antonyms.
unchanging, unhesitating, uninteresting, uninviting, unpleasing, unpromising, unsatisfying, unbuttoned, uncalled (for), uncooked, uncovered, undecided, uneducated, unexpected, unfinished, unheard (of), unoccupied, unsettled
Step Ⅱ Function
Get the Ss to read the dialogue on page 8, look for the expressions and keep the conversation going in pairs. Then ask them to have a conversation about one of their classes with their partners.
T: Now please read the dialogue between Rob and Diane with your partners. While reading, try to look for the expressions they use to keep the conversation going.
A few minutes later.
T: OK. Who have found the expressions?
Ss: How are you doing? Oh really?
Is that right? How was it?
So have I. Cool!
T: Very good! Are you interested in keeping the conversation going? I’d like you to practice it with your partners. Then I’ll ask some of you to act out your dialogues.
A few minutes later.
T: Does anybody like to go on with the conversation with your partner?
Ss: Diane = D Rob = R
D: And what do you think of your first language class?
R: Not bad! In the beginning, Miss Wang introduced herself to the whole class. Then she asked us to introduce ourselves to each other in Chinese. At first, I felt a little nervous, later I became relaxed. All of my classmates were friendly and soon we became good friends.
D: Sounds good! How about your English assistant teacher?
R: She is very beautiful and her English is as fluent as her Chinese. Miss Wang is very kind but strict with her students. Her teaching is so lively and interesting that we can easily remember what she teaches us. We all like to attend her lectures.
D: Do you think that Chinese is very difficult for foreigners to learn?
R: Yes. But I enjoy learning Chinese. And it will be convenient for foreigners to communicate with the Chinese if we learn it well.
D: You’re right. I believe if you keep on studying, your Chinese will be improved.
R: As you know, I’d love to have a talk with my friends in Chinese, though I still have difficulty in finding the right words for my feelings.
D: But I think you’re doing very well.
R: Thank you very much.
T: Wonderful! Thank you for your excellent performance. Please go on to make up another conversation about one of your classes. And practice in pairs, using the expressions in Activity 1 to help you. At last I’ll ask some of you to come to the blackboard and act your conversations out for the class.
A few minutes later.
T: Who’d like to act out your conversation?
S1: Hello, Wang Lin.
S2: Hello, Zhao Hai. How are you doing?
S1: I’m fine. I’ve just bought an oral English book. I need to improve my spoken English as soon as possible.
S2: Oh really? So have I. I feel it difficult to communicate with our foreign teacher, Tom. And how do you like his first English class?
S1: Brilliant! I think his class was very attractive and lively and every student was active to practice with the instruction of him.
S2: Yes, I think so. I was tired of learning English in Junior Middle school. But I have been interested in English since Tom taught us. What do you think of Tom?
S1: Excellent! His oral English is very fluent and his pronunciation is very good. His teaching method is very interesting and his words are humorous.
S2: Yes, he is very strict but kind. He encouraged us to be brave to speak loudly without being afraid of making mistakes. All of our classmates like him very much.
S1: I believe we can make great progress in our oral English.
S2: I suggest from now on we should communicate with each other in English.
S1: Good idea. Let’s begin.
Step Ⅲ Cultural Corner
Ask the Ss to read the letter from a Senior High student in the US on page 9. Fill in the chart below in pairs and check it up together.
T: Now, I’ll ask you to read the letter from a Senior High student in the US. Fill in the chart below in pairs. After discussion, let’s fill in the chart together.
Show it on the screen.
Chinese and American School Systems
School System
Chinese
American
Grade
Elementary
6 (1~6)
5 (1~5)
secondary
Junior
3 (7~9)
3 (6~8)
High
3 (10~12)
4 (9~12)
Term
First
Sep.~
Jan. or Feb.
Sep.~ Dec.
Second
Feb. or Mar.~
July
Jan.~ May
Vacation
(weeks)
Winter
3
2~3
Summer
7
6~8
After
school
Activity
book, theater, music, art, computer， sports (football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, chess)
Step Ⅳ Speaking
Get the Ss to look at the photos from a US high school brochure. Answer the questions in groups of 4. Try to use the expressions about similarities and differences. Check the answers with the whole class.
T: Now please look at the photos from a US high school brochure on page 7. What can you see in the pictures?
S1: They are doing some after-chool activities. Some are doing sports. Some are playing with computers.
S2: The American students lead a colorful school life. They all appear to have fun.
T: Quite good. I’d like you to talk about the questions in groups of 4 and try to find out the similarities and differences in American and Chinese school systems.
A few minutes later.
T: Let’s check the answers with the whole class. Is the school similar to our school? Why or why not?
S1: Yes, it’s similar to our school. In order to cultivate independence ability, work ability, activity ability and communication ability of the Ss, the school founds 16 students’ mass organizations with the help of the student union.
S2: The organizations provide at least half an hour a day for students to take part in activities, and carry out all kinds of subjects and entertainment activities. The mass organizations become beautiful scenery in the construction of campus culture.
S3: The special-purpose classrooms, such as the dancing classroom, the musical classroom, the fine arts, the calligraphy classroom and so on are founded completely.
S4: There are 6 network microcomputer rooms and 46 multimedia classrooms in the school. It is the computer educational test school of the national primary and middle school.
S5: In our school, there are physical labs, chemical labs, biological labs, computer rooms and multi -functional rooms, all of which have met the international standards. Besides, we also have a large library, auditorium, gym and even campus TV station.
S6: The school engages foreign experts all the year round to offer spoken English lessons. Regularly the school holds English winter camp and summer camp, and organizes the Ss to go abroad to have a visit in order to help them establish “world consciousness” and experience the brand-new learning of English culture.
T: Excellent job! School is the place that trains the students to grow up and become a talented man. That is to say, it is our every teacher’s wish and duty to let the students become wise, healthy and happy. Do the students at our school do things like this?
S7: Yes, of course. We are aiming at training our students to be internationalized talents with the knowledge of every domain, and the ability to master the modern information technology. With the perfect qualities of our education, the students can be brought up excellently.
S8: We can also match our interests to various clubs in school. For example, if your voice is good, you can join a singing club, and show your talent in a singing contest.
S9: Our school advocates the good campus culture and atmosphere actively, launches the positive, rich and colorful culture life. We strongly call for to be the “outstanding Chinese and the kind citizen in the world”; Study hard and keep enterprising positively.
S10: As the bridge for the school contacting the students, through the regular discussion between the teachers and students and the school leaders, Students’ Union sets up the suggestion box and other ways to implement democratic supervision, put forward the advisable suggestions to the school in time (including teaching, life and management). Utilizing the various forms such as the broadcast, the E-mail, the school publication and the school bulletin etc. to fully arouse and stipulate the study enthusiasm of the students, promote students’ overall development morally, intelligently and physically.
T: Terrific. Now let’s talk about the similarities and differences between American and Chinese school systems.
S1: In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban high schools, where most students aim at going to university and the atmosphere is quite different. Chinese students are much safer than those in America.
S2: In China, secondary education is divided into academic secondary education and specialized /vocational / technical secondary education. Vocational schools offer programs ranging from two to four years and train medium-level skilled workers, farmers, and managerial and technical personnel. Technical schools typically offer four-year programs to train intermediate technical personnel. “Schools for Skilled Workers” typically train Junior Middle school graduates for positions requiring production and operation skills. The time of training is typically three years.
S3: There are great differences between Chinese and American middle schools. In China, the schools pay much attention to cultivating good habit and ability of independent study. The school offers morning reading and evening self-study time, during which teachers are asked to guide them. Students finish homework and teachers give feedbacks and correction on the same day. But in America, the school starts at 7:50 am and finishes at 3:00 pm.
S4: In China, the designation of “key school” exists for selected schools at every level: elementary, secondary and higher. In addition, there are various levels of the “key” designation itself: There are national key institutions; provincial or municipal key institutions, and county or district key institutions. Key schools all enjoy priority funding as well as the privilege of recruiting the best students. At the elementary and secondary levels, this concept is similar to that of a “magnet” or “college preparatory” school in the United States.
S5: Finally, since 1992, a new informal category of schools has emerged: the so-called “elite schools.” These non-governmental schools with state-of-the-art facilities often charge astronomical tuition fees and cater primarily to children of the new and wealthy entrepreneurial class in China. “Elite schools” exist at all levels of education, from kindergarten to higher education. There are also a lot of private schools, and parents have to pay for them. The cost is $ 5,000-$ 10,000 a year.
S6: In America, since the students spend a lot of time participating in various activities, school becomes the center of social life for students. They not only go to school to study the material presented in class, but they also meet together to socialize and to pursue their interests. But Chinese students have less time to take part in all kinds of activities. They concentrate on learning the main subjects, such as Chinese, maths, English and so on.
S7: In fact, high school in the United States is usually divided into two periods — the first two or three years is called “Junior High school” and the other is “Senior High school”． It’s similar to China.
S8: In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education until they are eighteen years old. As a result of the free education system, American children have little difficulty in going to Senior High school. It is very different from China.
S9: American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The school organizes the activities such as joining a music group or a sports team．
S10: American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good university. They do not specialize in any particular direction, and they take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And those who come out with low marks at the end of a school year and who are supposed to repeat a grade are often allowed to go on to the next grade．
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Write a reply to Rob Marshall to tell him something about your summer vacation and the Chinese school system in your letter.
2. Prepare to read “Club Activities” on page 69.
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