1、Part 1 Sample Teaching PlansGoals Talk about learning strategies Practise talking about attitudes and motivation Practise giving advice Read about learning a foreign language Review the Subjunctive Mood (2) Fill in an application form Period 2 Lets read!(LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGAUGE: TWICE AS HARD?）G
2、oals Read about learning a foreign language ProceduresStep 1: Pre-reading Good morning, class! Today we are going to read an article entitled LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: TWICE AS HARD? Before we read the article, lets have a discussion about the difficulties we face when learning English and the wa
3、ys by which we may learn it well.Ju Linfen: I find so many of us complaining about how difficult it is to learn English in China. But I think it is not so difficult if we focus our attention onto reading and read aloud only. By reading we get the vocabulary, the grammar and the culture. By reading a
4、loud we learn the pronunciation, intonation, the way to speak. Zhao Yannan: I feel that we can learn English well if we just relax and look for ways to enjoy it. But it is important to establish some independence from our native language and culture.Ma Lin: I agree with Wang Xiaohui that all we need
5、 is the right attitude and an efficient method. We all have unpleasant memories of being forced to do boring exercises in the past. But we all enjoyed reading, listening and talking in English now.Step 2: Reading to the tape.Reading aloud teaches us about English in a way that silent or independent
6、reading never can. Reading aloud to the recording or the tape helps us develop and improve literacy skills - reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Listening and reading to other readers stimulates our growth and understanding of vocabulary and language patterns.So lets go on to listen to the re
7、cording of the text and read aloud to it at the same time. Step 3: Reading and underlining.Next we are going to read aloud the text once again and underline all the expressions at the same time.Useful expressions from LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGAUGE: TWICE AS HARD?learn a language, memorize words, learn
8、 ones mother tongue, receive formal instruction, give lessons to, acquire ones mother tongue, communicate with, make sense of, distinguishfrom, be equipped with,adjust oneself to, solve problems, be born with, a general ability, a language-specific part of the brain, regardless of, use a language, m
9、aster the basics, by the age of five, be difficult from, take place, be true to, think of, spending, consider the situation, in other words, an awful lot of hours, make great progress, get a lot of help, in the process, learn about study methods, share a few characteristics, havein common, have an i
10、nterest in ing, have a willingness to, take chances, take confidence in, use different ways of learning, plan ones studies, deal with, gain confidence, enjoy learning, evaluate ones learning, with greater control, with a sense of achievement, acquirefaster, putto better use, as a consequence, do bet
11、ter in, take risks, placein new situations, experiment with, make mistakes, contribute to, learnfor everyday use, find ways to, take patience to, adopt study habits, develop study skills, be twice as as, in factStep 4: Understanding difficult points.To break down difficulties in comprehension of the
12、 text, put your questions to your partner or to me. But first, what are your difficulties? Why can you break them down yourselves? Step 5: Transferring information.Look for and use the information from the text to answer the following questions:1. How are we able to learn our mother tongue Chinese?2. How is learning English different from learning our mother tongue Chinese?3. Why are some people better at learning English?4. What do successful English learners do?5. What are peoples purposes of learning English in China?
