Unit 3 The art of communication

I  Content

Get prepared for this unit

---Learning objectives

---Main ideas of the two texts

Warm-up

Enjoy learning through practice and action

II   Feedback about your tasks

 

III  Introduction of unit 3

Learning objectives

- talk about interpersonal communication using new vocabulary 

- explain the problems technology has caused to conversation

- clarify the significance and ways of listening effectively

- write on the problem of communication and give brief suggestions 

Main idea of the two texts

iExplore 1

Introduces a teacher using technology to encourage the students to strike a balance between digital literacy and interpersonal conversation.

iExplore 2

teaches you another important skill--listening to others when in communication.

IV  Warm up

Viewing and speaking

Task 1

Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the video clip.  (U校园）.

Task 2  (U校园）

1. Do you think the fear of speaking in front of people can be “managed”? Give your reasons.

2. Do you have difficulty speaking in public? If you do, what can you do to cope with it?

 

V Enjoy learning through practice and action

Watch a video clip about communication, and then answer the questions.

1 What’s the speaker’s advice to students of Yale according to the video clip?

2 What can we do about campus conversation?

 

 

VI 预习单词和课文（音频）

My students don't know how to have a conversation

我的学生不知该如何对话

   课后反复听第1、4、9、10自然段，试回答以下问题：

  （1）Students’ reliance on screens for communication is detracting – and distracting – from their engagement in real-time talk. (Para. 4)

        What does the author mean by using “detracting” and “distracting”?

（2） As Turkle writes, “We are tempted to think that our little‘sips’ of online connection add up to a big gulp of real conversation. But they don’t.” (Para. 9)

     What does Turkle mean here? Why cannot little “sips” of online connection add up to a big gulp of real conversation?

（3）An ironic benefit of technology is that we can use digital devices to capture and teach the art of conversation. (Para. 10)

   Why is that an ironic benefit? Can you give more examples of using technology to teach the art of conversation?

 

VII A quiz on Unit 2 (15 分钟答题时间）