Unit 1 补充阅读理解练习 Kids and the Power of the Spoken Word 课件+ 学案 -2023-2024学年北师大版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第一册

Kids and the Power of the Spoken Word GETTING STARTED How do you feel when you see the characters in the picture?Do you think reciting is beneficial or a waste of time? Why should we learn some classics by heart? DIGGING IN Directions:Read the text and complete the table Introduction Revolutionary educational standards in Georgia and Arkansas Students in Georgia will need to recite all or part of 1. poems and speeches. The Arkansas plan calls for students to recite a passage from a well-known poem,play or speech. Parents' Reciting is a(n)2. exercise,encouraging students to speak in attitude public and firing their imagination. Some modern Memorization is empty repetition. educators' Reciting texts is rote learning rather than 3. analysis. view The author's Recitation allows students to experience a text as a living thing opinion Recitation helps students better 4. the author and the text. Reciting in front of the public transcends a good grade. Conclusion Reciting classic lines is beneficial for all individuals. More states are encouraged to adopt similar standards. Directions:Decide whether the following statements are Facts(F)or Opinions(O). 1.The new educational standards in Georgia and Arkansas are revolutionary,despite their modest-sounding requirements.( 2.Georgia and Arkansas have implemented some standards,emphasizing the importance of recitation.( 3.Reciting texts from memory is seen as rote learning by some modern educators,lacking critical analysis.( 4.Public speaking was once a requirement at many colleges and universities.( 5.The practice of recitation is needed in our age of social media and artificial intelligence. () FURTHER EXPLORATION Learn A Text by Heart Easily:4 Methods +2 tips Method of Loci Mind Palace:Thanks to its easy application,this method is very popular.Just imagine a real or fictional place that you know very well.For example,your room in your student accommodation or your way to university.Then you connect a piece of information with