新视野大学英语-A-love-of-language.pptxVIP

New vision College English Reading and Writing 4 Demo Class Unit 7 A love of language Teaching Objectives To learn some new words and phrases about Chinese. To use skimming and scanning skill to understand the main idea and the important details of each paragraph. To study the writing method: how to write a composition from specific details to general statement. To be concerned with the love of language. Teaching Arrangement Step I Lead-in Step II Structure analysis Step III Reading comprehension Step IV Assignment Step I Lead-in 人 从 众 仙 休 茶 信 Question What is the beauty of Chinese? Step II Structure analysis Match the facts with the correct numbers. (a) no more than 20 (b) 40 (c) over 500 (d) 1.3 billion Answer: 1(c) 2 (b) 3 (d) 4 (a) Now work in pairs and discuss which fact you find most surprising, and why. With China’s increased role in the world, people outside China are showing a new interest in learning Chinese and more and more courses are on offer in schools, colleges and from private language institutes. As Chinese is typologically a very different sort of language to the main European languages, learners have a number of problems which they are not used to from learning other languages closer to home. Background information Step III Reading Exploring A love of language After Canada and Mexico, China is the US’ biggest trading partner. UK exports to China are expected to multiply by four times by the end of the decade, and its government wants every school, college and university to be twinned with an equivalent institution in China. With the importance of English as an international language set to decline over the next 40 years, it’s not surprising that this fall is matched by a rise of interest in learning Chinese. Why to learn Chinese? Culture attraction WTO Chinese culture is one of the great wonders of the world. Its philosophy, art, food and literature show bo