cultural corner.docx

Cultural CornerCoach：王锐 2015/10 /20 The General Idea of This PeriodIn cultural corner, well know that different countries have different schools and that in different schools the relations between the teachers and the students are different. Teaching Aims1.To learn about differences between schools in different countries. 2.To learn and master the new phrases appearing in this passage.3. To master the main idea of the passage.4.Teaching Important Points1. To learn and master the new phrases appearing in this passage.2. To know more about the differences of schools in different countries.Teaching Methods1. Group work to get every student to take part in the activities.2. Discussion.3. Task-based reading.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 GreetingsStep 2 word challenge relationship , formal , relaxed , similarlyStep 3 Introduce some colorful pictures about schools, teachers and students downloaded from the net. Now lets look at the pictures and learn more about different schools in different countries.Step 4 ReadingFast reading Now, lets listen to the passage and answer the questions. (While the Ss listen to the passage, the teacher shows the questions on the screen.)What kind of differences in schools does this passage describe?Put them in pairs to check their answers, and then call back the answers from the class.Careful reading1. Read the passage again and decide the statements are true (T) or false (F)1.In northern European countries, the relationship between teachers and students is quite informal. ( T) 2.In Germany and France ,the discipline and the respect of teacher is important. (T) 3.In Britain ,teachers cant have big problems with discipline. (F) 4.State schools are paid by both the government and the parents. (F) 2.Read the passage again and fill in the chart in pairs. CountriesRelationship betweenteachers and studentsstate schools or private schoolsFranceformalMost go to state GermanyformalMost go to stateBritain Friendly and relaxedBoth schoolsRussiaformalAll go to stateAmerica Friendly and relaxedMost go to stateLanguage point1. be true of = be true for (情况)适用于,适合于;合乎事实的The same is true of / for Russia.这种情况也适合于俄罗斯。It is true of / for everybody.它适用于每个人。【Exercises】 1. The streets has become more and more crowded since most families owned cars in my city. It is true _ my hometown. A.with B. to C. in D. of【解析】选D。句意： 自从我的城市大部分家庭 拥有轿车以来，街道变得越来越拥挤。 我的家乡也是如此。考查固定短语be true of “适合于”。 2. have problems with 会碰到的问题 In Britain, relationships are quite relaxed, but teachers can have big problems with discipline. 在英国，师生关系也相当不拘束，但是老师却会碰到纪律糟糕的问题。 have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有难度或有困难 have problems in doing sth. have trouble in doing sth. have difficulty with sth.【Exercises】 He had great difficulty solving the problem.(T)他很费力地解决了这个问题。 We had no trouble in finding the old mans house.(T)我们没费多少劲就找到了老人的房子。 DiscussionWhat kind of relationship do you like better ? Why?The brief summary of lesson1. (情况)适用于 _be true of /_be true for_ 2.会碰到的问题 _have problems with _ _3.做某事有难度或有困难 _have difficulty (in) doing sth. _The main idea of this passage is about the differences of schools in different countries, for example, the differences of the relationship between teachers and students, and the kinds of the schools in different countries. Also show the choices of the students to choosing the kind of the schools.Homework Use the following three phrases to