福州大学：《现代大学英语精读》课程授课教案（一年级上）Unit 4 Struggling with Taking Dictation

Unit Four Struggling with Taking Dictation Teaching objectives To prompt students to make sentences with the modal auxiliaries, To acquaint the students with useful expressions in describing the experience of taking dictation To make students understand the sources of energy Tosupply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions(8class hours)are needed for this unit. 1st session Ask3students to do duty reports 2.Language Structures Do substitution practice according to the pattern of the examples by making full use of given cues. 3.Dialogue I Pre-readingq While-reading Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogue. 1.What are A's problems in taking dictation? 2.How doesA feel whe king ictation? According to B.what should A do to improve dictation skills Language points in the dialogue. be sick of.Relax.relax.This is not the end of the world.Take it easy,get on my nerves, come on,end up,hold in my memory,have trouble understanding,make sense of, take adv ntage of,on my way to focus my attention on,on the contrary,come to Post-reading Assignments: Review Structure and Dialogue Retell dialogue I. Getting the spelling of new words right Write a passage using at least5 expressions from the text 2 session 1.Continuation of the study of Dialogue: Focus on Word Study. 2.Study of Reading】 Pre-reading questio Can you name some of the sources of energy that have been found? While-reading Ask students to explain the organization of the text and the main idea

1 Unit Four Struggling with Taking Dictation Teaching objectives:  To prompt students to make sentences with the modal auxiliaries;  To acquaint the students with useful expressions in describing the experience of taking dictation;  To make students understand the sources of energy;  To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. 1 st session 1. Duty report Ask 3 students to do duty reports 2. Language Structures: Do substitution practice according to the pattern of the examples by making full use of given cues. 3. Dialogue I Pre-reading questions: What are your common problems in taking dictation in English? While-reading Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogue. 1. What are A’s problems in taking dictation? 2. How does A feel when taking dictation? 3. According to B, what should A do to improve dictation skills? Language points in the dialogue. be sick of, Relax, relax. This is not the end of the world. Take it easy, get on my nerves, come on, end up, hold in my memory, have trouble understanding, make sense of, take advantage of, on my way to, an average dictation taker, in my opinion, isolated words, focus my attention on, on the contrary, come to Post-reading Assignments: Review Structure and Dialogue. Retell dialogue I. Getting the spelling of new words right. Write a passage using at least 5 expressions from the text. 2 nd session 1. Continuation of the study of Dialogue: Focus on Word Study. 2. Study of Reading I Pre-reading question Can you name some of the sources of energy that have been found? While -reading Ask students to explain the organization of the text and the main idea

Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogu 1.How important is energy to us?In what way does solar energy help us? 2.Where does most of energy on earth come from? 3.How can water energy be used? 4.What can the power of winds do? 5.How are coal and oil used? 6.Why are people tryingto find new sources of energy? Language points convert to,to operate machines,solar energy,over many centuries,in addition, be used up.suggest doing 3.Study of Reading IⅡ How has the helped man throughout history? What happens to resources on land today?How about the resources under the sea How will fishing farming help man? What is technology enabling man to do at present? 4.Post-reading Assignments Review Reading 1&II. Retel Reading Getting the spelling of new words right. Write a passage using at least 5 expressions from the text. Prepare the post-reading topics for discussion and writing 1.Duty report Ask 3 students to do duty reports 2.Continuation of the study Reading I: Focus on Word Study 1.Post-reading topic discussion Discuss the topics assigned in the previous session in pairsor roupsthen the representatives do a presentation 4.Post-reading assignments Student's Book:p.45-Guided writing.Workbook:pp.32-40. 1.Workbook:Student's Book:p.45-Guided writing.Workbook:pp.32-40. 2.Quiz 3.Assignments: Complete the supplementary ding Preview the next unit

2 Ask students some content-related questions to check how well they understand the specific details in the dialogue. 1. How important is energy to us? In what way does solar energy help us? 2. Where does most of energy on earth come from? 3. How can water energy be used? 4. What can the power of winds do? 5. How are coal and oil used? 6. Why are people trying to find new sources of energy? Language points convert to, to operate machines, solar energy, over many centuries, in addition, be used up, suggest doing 3. Study of Reading II How has the sea helped man throughout history? What happens to resources on land today? How about the resources under the sea? How will fishing farming help man? What is technology enabling man to do at present? 4. Post-reading Assignments Review Reading I & II. Retell Reading I. Getting the spelling of new words right. Write a passage using at least 5 expressions from the text. Prepare the post-reading topics for discussion and writing 3 rd session 1. Duty report Ask 3 students to do duty reports 2. Continuation of the study Reading I : Focus on Word Study 1. Post-reading topic discussion Discuss the topics assigned in the previous session in pairs or groups, then the representatives do a presentation 4. Post-reading assignments Student’s Book: p.45-Guided writing, Workbook: pp.32 - 40. 4 th session 1.Workbook: Student’s Book: p.45-Guided writing, Workbook: pp.32 - 40. 2. Quiz 3.Assignments: Complete the supplementary written exercise Do supplementary reading. Preview the next unit