外研版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Unit 3 The world meets China精品表格教学设计

步骤

教学活动

设计意图

Step 1

Lead-in

5 min

1. T asks 2 Ss “From last period, we understand that many people from other countries are interested in Chinese literature. What is your recommendation of Chinese books as a cultural ambassador?” (review from the previous lesson)
2. T introduces the reading material by saying “There is a Chinese saying read ten thousand books, and travel ten thousand miles (“读万卷书，行万里路”有道翻译), which indicates for one’s lifelong learning, apart from reading literary works, visiting places with cultural highlights is also a good way to experience different cultures. Now let’s have a look at the email from Selena to Jiang, and pay attention to the following 2 questions.”

Q1: Which place in New York did Selena recommend that Jiang should visit?

Q2: What is special about it?

教师创设情境，引出本课文本主题；同时，激发学生表达欲望并鼓励同伴支持。

Step 2

Reading the email

& learning skills

10 min

1. T asks Ss to read the email aloud and check the answers to the questions in Activity 5 to help Ss get a general idea about the email.

2. T asks Ss to reread the email to learn skills of recommending a place of cultural highlights by saying “Broadway district does sound like a good place to visit, right? Now let’s have a second look at the email to learn some writing tips. While you are rereading the email, please locate some key information about the recommended place, what it is like (in blue), reasons for recommendation (with underlines), and a good manner in writing an email.”

Dear Jiang,

Great to hear you’re coming to the US! I hope I can

convince you to stop by and visit us in New York.

There’re so many things to see and do here in the Big

Apple. It would take a lifetime to list them all! But

knowing you as I do, I’d suggest walking through

Midtown Manhattan. It’s one of the most popular

tourist attractions in the US and just can’t be missed!

Broadway district with its cafés, street performers and

enormous and colorful signs really captures New York’s

loud spirit! As Broadway is the heart of the American

theater industry, it’s at night when it truly comes alive.

Broadway is famous for its big theaters, showing

Shakespeare, modern drama, dance shows or musicals –

take your pick! With your love of singing and interest

in amateur dramatics, I’d recommend a musical. It’s a

moving and intense experience that I’m sure you would

love – a bit like Peking Opera! Quite a few musicals are

based on classic stories like Les Misérables or Peter Pan,

and they might even inspire you to read the books, too!

My big news is that we’re all thinking about doing a big

trip in China in the winter vacation. We’re looking for

a combination of fun and traditional culture. Can you

recommend a place of cultural highlights?

See you soon!

3. T help Ss focus on some writing tips, saying “Selena recommends the place from the general to the detailed and also with personal reasons (coherence). The sentences with ! (exclamation mark) did show Selena’s enthusiasm in introducing her recommendation (emotion). And Selena was very polite and friendly from the beginning to the end (manner).”

4. Then T helps Ss focus on the idea of cultural highlights by saying “At the end of the email, Selena was excited to tell Jiang that she’s coming to China in the winter vacation and asked for Jiang’s recommendation for a combination of fun and traditional culture. If you were Jiang, what do you think of places with cultural highlights in China? What is special about these places?”

Now let’s work on our task of replying Selena.”

通过提问，教师可以摸底学生对于“文化亮点”的理解程度；

教师引导学生关注已给邮件中的文体特点，并体会运用不同方法表达个人喜好及推荐理由。

联系个人实际生活体验，教师进行连续发问，调动学生对中国“文化亮点”城市已有的背景知识，并引发学生多多关注本土“文化亮点”。

Step 3

Brainstorming

7 min

T offers Ss some expressions as a scaffold to organize their thought about recommendation.

Expressions for recommending a place:

•          There's so many to see and do here in ... 

•          It would take a lifetime to list them all!

•          It's one of the most ... tourist attractions in ... and just can't be missed!

Expressions for describing what it is like:

•         ... with its ..., ... and enormous/colorful/... really

 captures XX's spirit!

•         As ... is the heart of ..., it is at night/daytime when

  it truly comes alive.

•         ... is famous for its...

Personal recommendation for some activities:

•         With your love of ..., I'd recommend...

•         It's a ... experience that I'm sure you would love!

•         They might even inspire you to...!

教师提供 “脚手架”，引导学生利用准备的资源，按任务写作的基本框架，为有个性地推荐文化亮点城市列出基本要点。

Step 4

Writing

& Polishing

15 min

By referring to the criteria on accuracy of words and sentences, coherence of the structure, emotional expressions and manner, T presents one sample email with the common structure of greetings, recommended place, and reasons for recommendation and closing.

Ss write and polish their final drafts with the criteria in the previous step.

A sample email is as follows:

学生通过了解评价标准进一步加深对写作要求的理解，修改润色邮件，同时扩展对同一主题内容的多角度理解。

Step 5

 Reflecting

3 min

T asks Ss "Now think about how well you can use the language you have learnt in this section to introduce Chinese culture in intercultural communication. (Activity 7)". Then review the writing tips on recommending a place of cultural highlights.

Writing tips

coherence:

•          from the general to the detailed

•          with personal reasons

emotion:  !  (exclamation mark)

manner:

•          being friendly

•          with a proper greetings / closing

学生反思如何充分利用本单元所学的语言知识、语言技能和学习策略进行跨文化交际，完成自主学习。

Homework:

1.  Do more research about places Selena can visit in China and make notes in English.

2.  Reflect on class performance by filling in self-reflection cards.