选修七Unit5 Travelling abroad Reading

第 1 页 共 3 页 Unit5 Travelling Abroad Period 1 Reading 教案教案 I Teaching aims 1 To raise the students interest in studying life in a foreign country 2 Develop the students speaking and reading ability 3 Help the students to summarize the benefits and difficulties of living in a foreign country II Teaching procedure Step1 pre reading Do you want to go abroad for a further study Give many famous universities pictures in the world Oxford University Cambridge University Princeton University Harvard University Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Step 2 Discussion What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country Advantages Disadvantages 1 help us to be independent 2 easy to learn a foreign language 3 easy to learn advanced knowledge and technology 4 learn about different customs and views 5 have new experience 1 have communication difficulties 2 cost a lot of money 3 it would be tiring to live abroad 4 may feel alone 5 it s not easy to take good care Step 3 Skimming 1 Xie Lei s purpose of going to London is A for a travelling B for seeing her friends C for a business qualification D for finding a new job 第 2 页 共 3 页 2 have helped Xie Lei most since she came to England A Her classmates B Her friends C Her host family and tutors D Her family Step4 Scanning 3The difficulties Xie Lei met in London 7The newspaper will follow Xie Lei s progress in later editions 2 Introduction to Xie Lei and her study 4 The advantages of living with a host family 6 Xie Lei feels much more at home in England now and is living an active life 1 Xie Lei a Chinese girl is studying in a foreign country 5 Xie Lei is getting to the Western University s way of learning Step5 Careful reading 1 Why is Xie Lei doing a preparation course first Because studying in England is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English 2 Why did Xie Lei feel like a child when she first arrived in England Because she had to learn almost everything again like using a telephone paying on a bus finding her way around a strange city understanding English as spoken in real life 3 Why did she get the mark of E in her first essay She summarized other people s opinion instead of expressing her own one 4 Why has Xie Lei decided to join a few clubs Because she thinks it s important to have a balance between study and a social life and she wants to make new friends Step6 Read the text again and fill in the diagram below Benefits 1 Her preparation course is to help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university 第 3 页 共 3 页 2 She thinks living with a host family can give students the opportunity to learn more about everyday life and customs in their new country 3 She thinks having a tutor is to encourage you to express your own ideas with reasons Difficulties 1 at the university Studying here is quite different from studying in China and she needs some preparation first either here or in China 2 Of a new life She has to get used to a whole new way of life which can take up all her concentration in the beginning Step8 Discussion 1 What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is Discuss with your partners and find evidence in the article to support your opinion Excellent diligent brave strong minded firm determined progressing hard working I think Xie Lei is an excellent diligent girl she can face difficulties bravely and she has firm determination she studies well and has already made progress Evidence 1 It s not just study that s difficult You have to get used to a whole new way of life 2 When I miss my family it s a great comfort to have a substitute fa