Unit5 说明文阅读中main idea题型解题技巧 教学设计 -2022-2023学年高中英语外研版必修第一册

Teaching Design How to answer the main-idea type questions of expositions in reading comprehension tests Longquan High School Jiang Yan 1Theory of question setting Based on the overall requirements of the evaluation system of the college entrance examination and oriented by English core competences, the focus on reading comprehension turns to improving comprehensive language ability and avoiding stereotypes. The texts selected for the college entrance examination are all from foreign publications, media and networks, making sure both the context created and the language are authentic. Thus, moral education and cultivation can be fulfilled. Furthermore, the examination of thinking quality is constantly reflected in innovative question setting. 2 Analysis of teaching material The teaching material is reading comprehension exercises including 3 passages. Theme of context The themes of these passages are about man and society, and man and nature. The subtopic includes transportation advancement, health care, culture-saving project and spreading green snow. For pre-set homework, Passage A talks about technological advancement on transportation, which informs students of the development of transportation over time. Passage B is mainly about G7 smartwatches, which guides students to pay attention to science and technology to cultivate innovative consciousness. Passage C focuses on saving native Indian culture by collecting lullabies, which guides students to develop cultural awareness and value traditional culture. Genre of discourse The genre of these passages is exposition. In recent years, exposition texts have been selected in college entrance examination frequently, including achievements of scientific research in high-tech fields, hot social issues and so on. Exposition is usually placed in Passage C or D, which shows that it is relatively difficult in the reading comprehension part. For one thing, figuring out the stylistic features and structure is an effectiv