选修七Unit5TravellingabroadReading

1、Unit5 Travelling AbroadPeriod 1 Reading教案I. Teaching aims:1. To raise the students interest in studying life in a foreign country.2. Develop the students speaking and reading ability 3. Help the students to summarize the benefits and difficulties of living in a foreign countryII. Teaching procedure:

2、Step1. pre-readingDo you want to go abroad for a further study?Give many famous universities pictures in the worldOxford University; Cambridge University; Princeton University; Harvard University; Yale University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Step 2. Discussion:What are the advantages and d

3、isadvantages of studying in a foreign country? Advantages Disadvantages 1. help us to be independent 2. easy to learn a foreign language3.easy to learn advanced knowledge and technology4. learn about different customs and views5. have new experience 1. have communication difficulties2. cost a l

4、ot of money3. it would be tiring to live abroad4. may feel alone5. its not easy to take good careStep 3:Skimming1. Xie Leis purpose of going to London is_. A. for a travelling B. for seeing her friends C. for a business qualification D. for finding a new job2. _ have helped Xie Lei most since she ca

5、me to England. A. Her classmates B. Her friends C. Her host family and tutors D. Her familyStep4: Scanning3The difficulties Xie Lei met in London.7The newspaper will follow Xie Leis progress in later editions.2 Introduction to Xie Lei and her study.4 The advantages of living with a host family.6 Xie

6、 Lei feels much more at home in England now and is living an active life.1 Xie Lei , a Chinese girl , is studying in a foreign country . 5 Xie Lei is getting to the Western Universitys way of learning.Step5.Careful reading.1) Why is Xie Lei doing a preparation course first?Because studying in Englan

7、d is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English.2) Why did Xie Lei feel like a child when she first arrived in England? Because she had to learn almost everything again like using a telephone, paying on a bus, finding her way around a stra

8、nge city; understanding English as spoken in real life; 3) Why did she get the mark of E in her first essay ?She summarized other peoples opinion instead of expressing her own one 4) Why has Xie Lei decided to join a few clubs?Because she thinks its important to have a balance between study and a so

9、cial life, and she wants to make new friends.Step6. Read the text again and fill in the diagram below:Benefits: 1. Her preparation course is to help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university.2. She thinks living with a host family can give students the opportunity to learn mor

10、e about everyday life and customs in their new country.3. She thinks having a tutor is to encourage you to express your own ideas with reasons. Difficulties: 1.at the university-Studying here is quite different from studying in China and she needs some preparation first, either here or in China.2. O

11、f a new life -She has to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all her concentration in the beginning.Step8. Discussion:1. What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is? Discuss with your partners and find evidence in the article to support your opinion. Excellent; diligent; brave; st

12、rong-minded; firm determined; progressing; hard-working I think Xie Lei is an excellent diligent girl, she can face difficulties bravely and she has firm determination, she studies well and has already made progress. Evidence: 1 “ Its not just study thats difficult. You have to get used to a whole new way of life.” 2 “ When I miss my family, its a great comfort to have a substitute family t