内容正文:
教学目标:
通过本课学习,学生能够:
1. 掌握新闻特写的结构和写作特点;
2. 理解文章内容和主旨,并梳理文章两条主要线索——Xie Lei 从初到新环境到最终适应国外学习和生活的情感体验变化,以及她参与文化沟通与交流的经历,从努力适应全新文化环境到向当地传播与分享中国文化的变化;
3. 思考并归纳中外教育环境、教育方式的差异;了解在国外学习可能会遇到的困难以及能够提前做的准备;明确留学生在文化传播中的角色。
教学重点:
引导学生理解文章的内容和主旨,把握文章的结构和写作特点;引导学生深入思考留学生在文化传播中的角色以及中外文化环境和教学模式的差异。
教学难点:
探究主人翁 Xie Lei 行为背后的原因,思考留学生可能遇到的挑战以及应当提前作好那些准备。深入理解及思考留学生在文化传播中的角色以及中外文化环境和教学模式的差异。
Lesson 1 Reading and thinking:
Read about Xie Lei’s experience on an exchange program
BRIDGING CULTURES
Is bridge a noun or a verb here?
What does “bridging” mean here?
Introduction of Unit 2
Where do you think the girl on the left is from?
Where do you think she is studying now? In China or in a foreign country?
How do you think her life differs from that in her home country?
Introduction of Unit 2
What do you think “see the moon shine on the other side of the world” means?
Introduction of Unit 2
I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
After the reading class, you will be able to:
1. get to know Xie Lei’s experience in the UK;
2. trace the changes of Xie Lei’s feelings;
3.deepen your understanding of studying abroad, including potential challenges brought by different cultures.
Learning Objectives
Part One – Warm up
an exchange program
Chinese students in Germany
German students in China
Part One – Warm up
Who is Xie Lei?
Where is the passage from?
Who said “Welcome, Xie Lei”?
Read the title and the picture.
Part Two – Reading
2. Where is the passage from?
From a (college/ school) newspaper, usually in the section of “Features (特写)”.
Part Two – Reading
3. Who said “Welcome, Xie Lei”?
The editors/journalists/reporters of the newspaper.
Part Two – Reading
Skim and match main idea for each paragraph.
para.1
para.2
para.3
para.4
para.5
para.6
para.7
para.8
Her adaptation to life abroad
Her reason for taking the exchange programme
Xie Lei’s destination and feelings
Her life in the host family
The academic challenge she met
Xie’s current situations in UK
The requ