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选择性必修二 Unit 2 Bridging Cultures
Period 1 Reading and Thinking
Read about Xie Lei’s experience on an exchange programme
Teaching objectives:
In this class, you will be able to:
1. Summarize the main idea of each paragraph and analyze the structure of the passage.
2. Learn about Xie Lei’s experience on an exchange programme in London and trace the changes of Xie Lei’s feelings.
3. Figure out how Xie Lei helped to build bridges between China and the UK.
4. Have a better understanding of the roles we should play in bridging cultures.
Teaching key & difficult points:
1. Learn about Xie Lei’s experience on an exchange programme in London and trace the changes of Xie Lei’s feelings.
2. Figure out how Xie Lei helped to build bridges between China and the UK.
3. Have a better understanding of the roles we should play in bridging cultures.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in:
If you participate in this exchange programme:
Q1:What challenges will you face?
Q2:How will you feel?
Step 2 Prediction
①What's the main idea of the article?
A. The author offers a guide to studying abroad.
B. It is not easy to get accustomed to a new environment.
C. Xie Lei manages to adapts to a new life in the UK and acts as a cultural messenger, who builds a bridge between China and the UK.
D. Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, tends to share her tough experience in London.
②Where do you think the text is from?
A. A science magazine B. A school newspaper
C. A travel journal D. An advertisement brochure
Step 3 Fast reading
Match the main idea of each paragraph and divide the article into three parts.
Para1 A.Her ambition to set up a business in China.
Para2 B.Academic requirements in the new school.
Para3 C.Best wishes from the newspaper.
Para4 D.Her participation in social activities
Para5 E.Leaving China for London
Para6 F.Her participation in class
Para7 G.The benefits of living with a host family
Para8 H.Her difficulties in getting used to a new way of life
Step 4 Careful reading
① Careful reading——Para1-2
Name: ___________________
Age:_____________________
Nationality:_______________
Destination:_______________
Initial feeling:______________
Major:____________________
Reason for choosing exchange programme: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
② Careful reading——Para3-4
Challenges
What Xie Lei did
Daily life
(Para.3-4)
adaptation to a whole new life
learnt to_____________________________________;
learnt to_____________________________________;
asked for ____________________________________
loneliness
lived with ________________________
③ Careful reading——Para5-6
Challenges
What Xie Lei did
Academic
requirements
(Para. 5-6)
writing an ________________
got help from ________________ ;
________________a lot to prepare
participating in ___________ and giving _______________
gave presentation on _____________________________
④ Careful reading——Xie Lei’s feelings
Underline the words that show Xie Lei’s feelings.
What is Culture Shock?
⑤ Careful reading——Xie Lei’s identity
What did Xie Lei do as a cultural messenger?
1 in the host family:________________________________________________
2 in class:__________________________________________________________
3 in social activities:_________________________________________________
Step 5 Creative thinking
Q1:What kind of girl is Xie Lei ?
Q2:Which factors help Xie Lei go from cultural anxiety to cultural confidence?
Factors:Competence—Characteristic—Culture
Competence What Xie Lei did to face challenge?
Characteristic What kind of girl is Xie Lei ?
Culture What did Xie Lei do as a cultural messenger?
Step 6 Further thinking
If you want to be a cultural messenger, what should you do?
Step 7 Sublimation:
· We will improve our ability to engage in international communication so as to tell China’s stories well, make the voice of China heard, and present a true, multi-dimensional(多维), and panoramic(全面的) view of China to the world.
· I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Step 8 Homework:
Compulsory: Individual work
Suppose you were Xie Lei, write a letter to your friend to share your experience in the UK as an exchange student.
Optional: Group work
Design a plan for a foreign exchange delegation to experience Chinese culture.
Blackboard design
Unit 2 Bridging Cultures
Period 1 Reading and Thinking
Xie Lei information/feeling/identity
Competence
Characteristic
Culture UK China
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