院校名称 武汉科技大学 演示者姓名 侯芳 《新标准大学英语 综合教程》 Book 1 Unit 1 Starting out 外研社 全国高等学校大学英语教学研修班

Unit overview –Introduction –Teaching objectives –Teaching plan Demo class NSCE Book1 Unit 1 Starting out

Introduction Unit Overview Passage2 Extract from Tis: A Memoir Passage 1 Diary of a fresher

Introduction Unit Overview Passage 1 Diary of a fresher

Teaching objectives Unit Overview To develop Ss’ basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. To develop Ss’ basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. To encourage Ss to practice, participate, and co-operate in the classroom activities. To encourage Ss to practice, participate, and co-operate in the classroom activities. To understand the linguistic features of diary and the writer’s style of humor through exaggeration. To understand the linguistic features of diary and the writer’s style of humor through exaggeration.

Teaching Plan Unit Overview Active Reading (1) (90mins) Warming-up & lead-in （ 15mins ） Activity 1 Brain-storming Activity 2 Free Talk Activity 1 Pre-reading Activity 2 Skimming and Scanning Activity 3 Oral Report Activity 4 Further understanding and Interpreting Assignment （ 5mins ） Presentation （ 40mins ） Reading （ 30mins ） Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

Communicative approach and Computer-Assisted Instruction are to be used in the course of this unit. So during this unit, emphases are to be laid on: Teaching Methods Student-centered teaching Task-based learning Activity-based teaching

Teaching Teaching Procedure Step 1. Warming-up & lead-in (15 minutes) Activity 1 Brain-storming

In this activity, Ss are encouraged to think of as many words as possible to describe the universities on the pictures. (class work) Teaching Teaching Procedure Guiding Qs may be: Q1: Can you recognize these famous universities? Q2: How will you describe them in your own words? Q3: Do you like these universities? Q4: Which one is your ideal university? … Activity 1 Brain-storming (10mins) Goal: To lead up to the topic, get Ss to warm up and arouse their interests in the topic. And it is important to activate students’ existing background knowledge.

In this activity, Ss are invited to talk about their ideal university or their own university. (pair work) Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity 2 Free talk (5mins) Suggested words: magnificent modern ancient archaic historic square courtyard boulevard towering trees natural/artificial lake … Note: To Understand the learner’s current level and his/her potential level.

Predicting: In this activity, Ss are required to look at the title of the passage and predict what they will read. (Class work) Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity1. Pre-reading (5 mins) Ss may think about: the likely contents the writer the type of writing the style … Step 2. Reading (30 mins) Goal: To develop Ss’ reading skill –predicting and preview the features of a diary.

Ss will be divided in to 6 groups according to the dates of the diary. Each group takes charge of one day. A spokesman or spokeswoman will be chosen from each group. (In different activity, spokesman could be different.) Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity 2 Skimming and Scanning (10mins)

Each group has 5 minutes to read the content. They will be given another 5 minutes to exchange their understanding of the part with their group members and work together to fill in the following form. Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity 2 Skimming and Scanning Goal: To develop Ss’ reading skill – skimming and scanning, that is, how can we get the general idea of a passage as quickly as possible and how to find out the clues of a story.

Teaching Teaching Procedure SectionsMajor EventsImpressionFeelings Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday arrive at the hall of residence lift doesn’t work, room is barely enough for one alone, not know what to do next Note: To motivate Ss to cooperate with each other.

In this activity, the spokesman of each group will report their summary to the whole class in turns. (individual work) Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity 3 Oral Report (5mins) Goal: To overcome Ss’ shyness and stimulate Ss to speak English in public.

Ss are required to answer the questions of exercise 7 on page 5 in order to appreciate the writer’s style of humor through exaggeration. （ class work ） Teaching Teaching Procedure Activity 4 Further understanding and Interpreting (10mins) Goal: To help Ss appreciate the writing style of the writer and understand the passage exactly.

Ss are encouraged to talk about their own experience of the first week in college. Each group would be assigned a topic according to the main idea of each part in the passage. Teaching Teaching Procedure Step 3 Presentation (40 minutes) Goal: This activity is intended to help Ss improve their team spirit and creativity, and strengthen their confidence in expressing themselves in a foreign language.

Teaching Teaching Procedure Step 3 Presentation 1 First day arrived 5 Making friends 2 Meeting tutors 3 School canteen 4 The first lesson 6 Home sickness

Each group should prepare a presentation. They would be encouraged to act out their topic in the form of individual presentation, interview or role play. Teaching Teaching Procedure Step 3 Presentation At the end of the presentation, Ss will spend 2 minutes to review the passage and compare their own experience with the writer’s. Each group will have 7-8 mins to prepare, and 5 mins to present. Note: to encourage Ss to work together responsibly to finish the task in limited time and learn from the experience.

Teaching Teaching Procedure Step 4. Assignment (5 minutes) Task 1 Writing Write a short essay about the biggest trouble you come across on campus now, and try to write down some solutions. No less than 120 words. Task 2 Reflection What do you expect to learn in the university?

Teaching Teaching Procedure Some problems How to help students organize a group when they are in trouble. How to make each student play a role in the group. During the class, how to let other students concentrate.

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