内容正文:
Reading for Writing
Unit 5 Language around the World
杨天蕾
2023年11月14日
1. Do you have any problems in learning English?
2. What are your biggest problems with learning English?
Brainstorming
Problems
listening
speaking
reading
writing
3. Do you want to solve them?
Brainstorming
Wang Le, a post starter, he put one question on an online forum for Chinese students who are learning English.
Context
What is an online forum/blog?
An Internet-based place to exchange ideas about one problem
What are included in an online forum/blog?
4
Task 1: Structure
post starter 楼主
original post 原帖
replies to a post 回帖
1. like/thumb up 点赞
2. favourite 收藏
3. comment 评论
What does each of the students write about?
Task 2: Organization
Problem
Advice+Problem
Advice+Problem
Task 3:Reading
Liu Wen’s problem
He has trouble with listening to totally get the main idea.
Jia Xin’s advice
① Listen to English radio programs.
② Repeat what you hear.
③ Record your voice and compare it with the radio host’s.
Jia Xin’s problem
His biggest headache is how to be polite English.
Li Rui’s advice
① Use short requests for close friends.
② Use longer requests for people who are not so close.
③ Use more polite phrases for people senior to you.
Task 3:Reading
Li Rui’s problem
Vocabulary is her biggest problem.
Your advice
Task 3:Reading
How do you express your advice?
Task 4: Expression
① I think you should do... because...
② You’d better do...
③ Why not/ Why don’t you do...?
④ I recommend that you (should) do...
⑤ How about doing...?
Unit 1
① You might try …
② It’s very important to …
③ My advice is …
④ This worked for me.
more expression
Example:
(1)You’d better create your own word bank.
(2)It’s very important to create your own word bank.
What’s the difference about a letter and a blog?
Task 5: Language Feature
Unit 1
Unit 5
A. formal
B. casual
A
B
Name Problem Advice
Liu Wen ① Listen to English radio programs.
② Repeat what you hear.
③ Record your voice and compare it with the radio host’