内容正文:
Write a blog about English study
Unit 5 Reading for Writing
Do you have some problems in English learning?
What is your biggest challenge?
Who do you ask for help?
Lead-in
Wang Le posted a thread on an online forum.
What is an online forum/blog?
An online forum is an Internet-based place where people exchange ideas and opinions about one problem.
Reading
Someone posted a thread (发帖) on an online forum.
What is an online forum/blog?
An online forum is an Internet-based place where people exchange ideas and opinions about one problem.
What are included in an online forum/blog?
2
2
1
search
homepage
comments
likes/ thumb-up
collect
Activity 1
Do you know these symbols?
page
登录
注册
Pre-writing
Activity 2:Read the text and answer following questions.
Some problems and advice on English learning.
Wang Le.
Liu Wen, Jia Xin and Li Rui.
2. Who starts this text and who responds to it?
3. What is the text mainly about?
What’s the type of the text? And what’s the language feature of the text?
A blog.
informal
simple
casual
1.Who starts this blog?
2.Who respond to it?
3. What is the blog mainly about?
Some problems and advice in English learning.
Wang Le.
Liu Wen, Jia Xin and Li Rui.
Reading for information
Blog
comment
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Fill in the table.
Name Problem Advice
Liu Wen Jia Xin's advice
Jia Xin Li Rui's advice
Li Rui Your advice
trouble with listening to native English speakers
how to be
polite in
English
remembering
new
vocabulary
listen to English radio programmes, repeat what you hear, record your voice and compare your pronounciation with the radio host's
Use short requests for close friends.
Use longer requests people not so close. Use more polite phrases for people senior to you.
Create your own word bank: carry a small notebook with you everywhere, and add new words when you learn them, learn word chunks instead of single word, learn word formation, sort out your vocabulary based on topics.
How to give advice
Results, reasons and examples will make your advice more persuasive
Read the blogs of Liu Wen, Jia Xin and Li Rui and find the problems they face.
Liu Wen
Jia Xin
Li Rui
trouble with _______ native English speakers
how to be _____ in English
remembering new________
Can you find supporting details of
these problems?
listening to
polite
vocabulary
Find the supporting details.
Liu Wen
trouble with listening to native English speakers
· can catch only a few words;
· can never quite get the main idea
Jia Xin
how to be polite in English
· It's easier to just say “Open the window!”, but in English that can sound really terrible.
· have to think about who I'm talking to and then
decide whether to say …
Li Rui
remembering new vocabulary
· there are just SO MANY new words;
· can't keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head
Supporting details are usually examples or facts that are used to describe or explain the topic sentence.
They can make your description or explanation more vivid and convincing.
Can you find the advice for them from the blogs?
Liu Wen
trouble with listening to native English speakers
Jia Xin's advice: listen to English radio programmes, repeat what you hear, record your voice and compare it to the radio host's
Jia Xin
how to be polite in English
Li Rui's advice: use short requests for close friends, use longer requests for people who are not so close, use more polite phrases for people senior to you
Li Rui
remembering new vocabulary
Your advice: Create your own word bank: carry a small notebook with you everywhere, and add new words when you learn them, learn word chunks instead of single word, learn word formation
Problem I don’t now how to...
... is a big difficulty for me.
... is my biggest problem/challenge.
I cannot...
i have no idea hwo/what...
My biggest problem/headache/challenge is...
i (also) have trouble with
i have difficulty in
Advice You might ...
My advice is...
It’s very important to...
This worked for me.
It is a good idea for you to...
useful expressions
Step 1 Think of a problem you have in learning English.
Step 2 Describe the prolems with details.
Step 3 Write some ideas on how to solve the problem.
Step 4 Connect the problem and advice together by using those sentence structures.
Example: I have trouble with phrasal verbs
Example: There are so many of them and it seem impossible to work out the measings just from the word.
Example: 1. use flashcards
2. make sentences that are true to life
Writing--how to write a blog
possible version:
I have trouble with phrasal verbs. There are so many of them an it seems impossible to work out the meanings just from the words.And some of the verbs have different meanings. For example, "put off" can mean postpone, discourage (someone from doing something), and make someone dislike (something). I try to use phrasal verbs sometimes, but I usually use the wrong one!
My classmates had some suggestions for me. One is to use flash cards on which I write down the phrasal verb and a sentence with it.In this way, I can study them when I have time. Another suggestion is to use the phrasal verb in a sentence that is true for me so that it's easier to remember.
I'm trying them now. I hope they will work for me.
Dear XX,
I’m terribly sorry to hear that you’re having trouble in... . Maybe/ Perhaps the following advice is helpful to you.
Firstly, it is highly recommended that you should..., which helps you ...(建议一+好处). Secondly/Besides, you are supposed to .... Only in this way can you ...(建议二+好处). Last but not least, you’d better ...so that you can...(建议三+好处).
I’d appreciate it if you could take my advice into consideration/ account. (I sincerely hope you could take my advice into account. ) Best wishes to you.
Yours,
XXX
模板一
Dear Liu Wen,
I’m terribly sorry to hear that you’re having trouble in your English listening. Maybe/ Perhaps the following advice is helpful to you.
Firstly, it is highly recommended that you should listen to English radio prorammes, which helps you get used to how fast native speakers talk. Secondly/Besides, you are supposed to repeat what you hear. Only in this way can you help yourself to experience the feeling of the language.Last but not least, you’d better record your voice so that you can listen to yourself and compare your pronunciation with the radio host’s.
I’d appreciate it if you could take my advice into consideration/account. Best wishes to you.
Yours,
Jia Xin
Dear Liu Wen,
I’m terribly sorry to hear that you’re having trouble in your English listening. Maybe/ Perhaps the following advice is helpful to you.
Firstly, it is highly recommended that you should listen to English radio prorammes, which helps you get used to how fast native speakers talk. Secondly/Besides, you are supposed to repeat what you hear. Only in this way can you help yourself to experience the feeling of the language.Last but not least, you’d better record your voice so that you can listen to yourself and compare your pronunciation with the radio host’s.
I’d appreciate it if you could take my advice into consideration/account. Best wishes to you.
Yours,
Jia Xin
writing:
假定你是李华,进入高中已有三个月了,你在学习英语的过程中遇到一些问题,想得到老师的帮助,并想给班级的英语王老师提一些建议,以帮助自己学好英语。请你结合自己的实际情况给英语老师写一封求助信,内容包括:1. 学习英语时遇到的困难(如生词多,记忆难)2. 向老师提建议(介绍学习方法)
Exchange drafts and correct for each other.
General content Did you give a clear description of the problem?
Is the advice clearly explained?
Does each sentence relate to the main idea?
Basic writing skills Do you use pronouns to refer to things or people correctly?
Do you use correct spelling, punctuation(标点符号), and capitalization(大写)?
Are there any grammar mistakes(语法错误)?
Comment others’ letter according to the checklist:
Sample Writing
Dear Ms Wang,
My name is Li Hua. I’m writing to ask for some help.
I have some trouble in learning English. First of all, I find our texts full of new words that are quite difficult for me to remember. Besides, the texts are too long for me to recite. What’s more, grammar is also a big challenge for me to learn.
Faced with so many difficulties, I have to ask you to do me a favor. It would be a good idea to introduce to us some good ways to learn new words so that we can learn them by heart more easily. In the meanwhile, I beg you to expain the text much more slowly,which can make the average students follow you smoothly. In addition, could you recommend some rules and good ways to learn grammar? I’m sure that I can make great progress in my English study with your help.
Yours,
Li Hua
Homework
Polish your writing.
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