Unit 4 Education

能力目标

• To practise retrieving specific information by watching video clips of personal experience;

• To practise retrieving specific information and identifying speaker’s opinions by listening to an interview.

• To practise reading for gist and summarizing main ideas in Chinese;

• To practise identifying specific information from a promotional video;

• To practise identifying specific opinions of the writer by reading a journalistic text.

• To practise listening for main ideas and specific information in a mini-lecture; 

• To practise reflecting on the relevant information and forming their own opinions.

• To practise reading for specific information in an information-intensive text;

• To practise identifying similarities and differences in the education systems of three countries, i.e. China, US, and the UK. 

• To practise using information and vocabulary from these texts to construct and present an argument.

语言

• To identify the language that expresses attitudes, persuasion, difficulties, and definitions;

• To explore the use of “where” as a connector;

• To identify, distinguish and practise the use of different sentence connectors;

• To develop their ability to read critically by evaluating statements of opinions, and to listen critically by identifying and evaluating the speaker’s opinions;

• To reflect on language for indicating strict parenting and presenting and defending an argument.

能力拓展

• To produce a promotional video clip for a university by applying what they have learned in this section.

• To transfer the information and language learnt in IB in a discussion.

• To write and talk about education in China, using the language they have learned in the reading and listening materials in this section.

• To reflect on their personal experience in English by drawing upon the views and language they have learned in this section.

• To practise summarizing book chapters and comment critically on the contents through extensive reading.

下面的词汇表，需要同学们自己安排好学习时间掌握，本单元结束后，会以英文释义连线的方式进行随堂测试。

Unit 4 Education

1.What’s your college life like? （从social life 和 study life两方面来说）

2. Is studying abroad a good idea? （从多角度来分析出国留学的优势和劣势）

3. You have been asked to introduce the education system in China to some foreign students. You may give the introduction according to your own educational experience.

4.Views on “education” and “schooling” and how they are different from each other.

5.In China, many parents are strict to their children. Is it a good way? What is your opinion? 

要求：

1）抽签选择其中一个题目进行演讲，题目可以根据自己的演讲内容适当修改，但是不能换题。不可演讲同一个题目。

2）演讲内容要包含题目后面括号里的内容，但不限于那些方面。

3）每个演讲的同学一定要把时间控制在5分钟之内，不可超时。但是尽量要讲的有深度，不可太浅显。同学们可以根据自己的情况，酌情拓展。

4）上学期我们的演讲主要侧重锻炼大家对演讲的基本认识，掌握演讲的基本要求，如PPT制作、演讲内容的结构、演讲时的仪态表情等。在此基础上，本学期的演讲侧重锻炼大家正确合理地运用语言，表达逻辑清晰，所以大家在准备演讲时，要着重注意如何写自己的演讲稿。可以搜集相关英文资料，辅助自己写演讲稿。

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