高中英语人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第二册Unit 2 Bridging Cultures教案

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修二Unit 2 Bridging Cultures

Reading and Thinking 公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.    Enable students to summarize the main idea of the passage.
2.    Guide students to figure out Xie Lie’s experience of living abroad and describe it in their own words.
3.    Enable students to analyse the challenges and solutions that students might be faced with while studying abroad, and share their opinions on the significance of acting as a cultural messenger.

Teaching key points:

1.    Lead students to explore the reasons behind the events and sort out the emotional and logical lines.
2.    Encourage students to analyse the structures of the passage.

Teaching difficult points:

Enlighten students to think deeply about the role that foreign students play in cultural communication and voice their opinions on the significance of acting as cultural messengers.

Teaching procedures:

Step ⅠWarming up

Talk about the picture and title of the article and then answer the following questions.

1.Is the girl in the photo in China or abroad?

2.How do you think she is building bridges?

3.What challenges do you think she might come across in a foreign country?

4.Where is the article from and what is it about?

Suggested answers:

1.The girl is probably studying abroad.

2.She might be trying to build bridges through exchanging cultures.

3.Challenges that she might come across may include adaptation to a whole new life,loneliness,and academic requirements.

4.It’s probably a feature in newspapers talking about a Chinese student’s experience of studying abroad.

StepⅡ Read for the main idea

Go through the passage,find out the following elements and the main idea of each paragraph and summarize the main idea of the whole passage.

Five key elements:

who:_____________

what:_____________

where:____________

when:_____________

why:______________

The main idea of each paragraph:

Paragraph 1:____________________________

Paragraph 2:____________________________

Paragraph 3:____________________________

Paragraph 4:____________________________

Paragraph 5:____________________________

Paragraph 6:____________________________

Paragraph 7:____________________________

Paragraph 8:____________________________

The main idea of the whole passage:____________________________

Suggested answers:

Five key elements:

who:a Chinese student named Xie Lei

what:her experience of studying abroad,mainly including challenges in daily life and academic requirements

where:the UK

when:six months after she arrived in London

why:to complete her exchange programme

The main idea of each paragraph:

Paragraph 1:Xie Lei boarded a plane for London to study abroad.

Paragraph 2:The reason why she chose the exchange programme.

Paragraph 3:The challenge she met in daily life.

Paragraph 4:The life with her host family.

Paragraph 5:The challenge in writing an essay.

Paragraph6:The challenge in participating in generating ideas,offering examples,applying concepts and giving presentations.

Paragraph 7:Her acting as a cultural messenger building a bridge between China and the UK.

Paragraph 8:Best wishes to Xie Lei.

The main idea of the whole passage:

The article is about how a Chinese girl,Xie Lei,managed to adapt to a new life in the UK and meet the academic requirements as an exchange student.Apart from that,the article also talks about how Xie Lei acts as a cultural messenger building a bridge between China and the UK.

Activity2 Read for details.

Read the text and take notes,and then describe Xie Lei’s experience in your own words.（红色部分为学生作答）

Activity 3 Understand long sentences

Read the article and work in groups to analyse the structures of the four underlined sentences.Use the following tips for help.

Sentence 1:I had to learn how to use public transport and how to ask for things I didn’t know the English names for.

Sentence 2:Although some foreign students live in campus accommodation,Xie Lei chose to live with a host family,who can help with her adaptation to the new culture.

Sentence 3:The first time that she had to write an essay,her tutor explained that she must acknowledge what other people had said if she cited their ideas,but that he mainly wanted to know what she thought!

Sentence 4:At first,Xie Lei had no idea what she should say,but what surprised her was that she found herself speaking up in class after just a few weeks.

Suggested answers:

Sentence 1:A complex sentence with an attributive clause(I didn’t...for).

Sentence2:A complex sentence with an adverbial clause(Although...accommodation) and an attributive clause (who...culture).

Sentence 3：A complex sentence with an adverbial clause(The first time that she had to...essay) and two object clauses combined with but (that she must...ideas,that he mainly...thought).

Sentence4：A compound-complex sentence with two sentences (At first...say,what surprised...weeks) combined with but.The first sentence includes an object clause (what...say),and the second sentence includes a subject clause (what surprised her) and a predicative clause (that she found...weeks).

Step Ⅲ Post-reading

Discuss the following questions with your partners.

1.How has Xie Lei helped to build bridges between China and the UK?

2.What other challenges do you think students studying abroad might face? How can students prepare to handle these challenges before going abroad?

3.What do you think of the significance of acting as a cultural messenger?

Suggested answers:

1.As well as studying in the UK,she acts as a cultural messenger sharing Chinese culture with people around her by giving presentation on traditional Chinese art,teaching people how to cook Chinese food,and involving herself in social activities.

2.One big challenge that many students have is the language—they may think they are good at English,but they are not used to hearing English being spoken at a normal speed,they are not used to English being spoken with a strong accent,and they are not familiar with many English idioms.

The best way to prepare is to try to immerse themselves in English before they go abroad.They should watch a variety of English-language films and TV programmes without using subtitles,listen to English songs,and use every opportunity to speak with native English speakers.Another challenge may be coming from terms with the differences in a culture that is different from their own.Locals,however,will generally understand that the student is new to the country,and will appreciate attempts to learn and understand more about their culture.That is why it is best to be kind,respectful,and enthusiastic to try new things when in a foreign country—locals will be more willing to help new students and will be patient.

It can also be scary to try to fit into the new lifestyle,since it is so different from their own.Maybe students will face times when they don’t understand the proper way to do something,such as paying utility bills.In this case,there is always someone who is willing to help—either at the university campus or even in a local shop.

3.First,it helps strengthen the spread of the traditional Chinese culture;second,it helps pass on the core values of Chinese socialism;third,it helps us draw on cultural achievements of other countries;last but not least,being a cultural messenger especially helps showcase China’s soft power to the rest of the world through interactions in various forms,thus to enhance China’s global image and its worldwide influence.

StepⅣ Role-play

Role-play an interview with Xie Lei.

1.Work in pairs.One student acts as a reporter of the school newspaper and the other acts as Xie Lei.Use the information from the article and add details if necessary.

2.Present your interview before the whole class.

StepⅤ Summary

Complete the passage with the proper forms of the given words.

Xie Lei is now living with a host family whose members always help 1.________(she),after boarding a plane for London to complete 2._________ business qualification.It was the first time that she 3.　　　　　(leave) her motherland.At the beginning,she 4.　　　　　(face) with difficulties of daily life such as how to use the phone,how to pay on the bus and so on.5.　　　　　 (study) there was quite different from 6.　　　　　 in China and her strict tutor recommended that she shouldn’t write down 7.　　　　　 other people had said without 8._______　　(acknowledge) their ideas and that she should carefully read lots of different texts containing different opinions.Though 9.　　　　　(occupy) with work,she thinks it’s important to have a balance between study and social life.Getting used to the new way of life and fulfill academic 10.____________(require),she deserves to fit in and succeed in the end. 

Suggested answers:

1.her　2.a　3.had left　4.was faced　5.Studying　6.that　7.what　8.acknowledging　9.occupied　10.requirements