Teaching Goals

Teaching Goals
Upon completion of this unit, you are expected to have:
Moral Goals
² Learned to appreciate how books help to enrich or even change one’s life;
Skill Goals
² Develop critical thinking abilities in the Chinese context via Forum in the Cloud.
² tried writing an descriptive essay about an important scene of campus life: the
classroom before the final exams. following the tips given in Writing Strategy;
Language Goals
² built up an active vocabulary around the theme of love of reading and the
public library systems, and learned to use it in discussing the two related topics;
² achieved a thorough understanding of Text A contextually and linguistically
课程导学
主题引入: 阅读是获取知识、拓宽视野、丰富心灵的重要途径。本单元将帮助学习者体会阅读的乐趣和价值,并思考如何培养和保持良好的阅读习惯。
1. 视频以 “我开始阅读的契机” 为切入点,呈现不同人开启阅读之旅的有趣故事与缘由。
2. 文本 A《Growing Up in the Library》 描绘在图书馆成长过程中阅读带来的滋养,文本 B《One Writer's Beginnings》 分享作家写作生涯开端与阅读的紧密联系,带领学习者领略阅读对个人成长及写作启发的独特魅力。
学习指南
Part I: PRE-READING TASK (预读任务):
活动: See (看)
学习目标: 通过观察与阅读相关的图片,引发对阅读主题的思考。
Part II: READING TASK (阅读任务):
Video: When I started reading (当我开始阅读时),
Text A: Growing Up in the Library (在图书馆长大),
Text B: One Writer's Beginnings (一个作家的开端)
学习目标: 通过观看视频和阅读关于热爱阅读的故事,了解阅读的益处和途径,提高阅读理解能力。
Part IV: COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE PRACTICE (综合语言实践):
Viewing & Comprehension Practice: The China disabled people's performing art troupe / Olympics (中国残疾人艺术团 / 奥运会)
活动: 可能观看与艺术或体育相关的视频,进行理解练习。
学习目标: 提高视听理解能力,并可能结合这些主题思考克服障碍或阅读对这些领域的影响。
Speaking Practice: Group discussion (小组讨论)
活动: 就热爱阅读或相关主题进行小组讨论。
学习目标: 提高口语表达和交流能力。
Writing Practice: She has always wanted to fly / Tips for writing an interesting story (她一直想飞 / 写作有趣故事的技巧)
活动: 可能进行故事写作练习,学习如何构思和描写有趣的故事。
学习目标: 提高写作叙事能力和创意写作能力。
Writing Strategy: Tips for writing an interesting story (写作有趣故事的技巧)
学习目标: 掌握创作引人入胜的故事的技巧。