大学英语(全新版)第二册unit1

UnitOneWaysofLearningTextALearning,Chinese-style-BackgroundInformation-Pre-readingDiscussions-GlobalReading-DetailedStudy-Post-readingtasksTeachingproceduresEducationintheWestWesternmethodsaregenerallymorestudent-centered,expectingstudentstodiscoverthingsforthemselvesratherthanrelyingontheirteacherstotellthem.BackgroundInformationEducationintheUnitedStateswasgreatlyinfluencedbyJohnDewey--anAmericanphilosopherandeducator.Dewey'sphilosophyofeducation,instrumentalism,focusedonlearning-by-doingratherthanrotelearninganddogmaticinstruction.BackgroundInformationStandingontheshouldersofgiantsAwell-knownphrase,frequentlyemployedbyinventorstoexpressmodestyabouttheirachievements.Thesuggestionisthatwhiletheyhavebeenabletoseefurtherthanthosewhocamebeforethem,itisnotbecausetheythemselvesareintellectualgiants.Ratheritisbecausetheyhavebeenabletobuildupontheaccumulateddiscoveriesoftheirgreatpredecessors.BackgroundInformation1.Howmanypartsshouldthispassagebedividedinto?Why?2.What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsChineselearningstyle?GlobalreadingtaskSkimParas1--5&dopairworktoanswerthefollowingquestionsDetailedReadingTasksDetailedReadingQuestions1.Whereandwhendidtheincidenttakeplace?2.Whoarethemaincharactersinthisincident?3.WhatweretheauthorandhiswifedoinginNanjing?4.WhatistheattitudeoftheauthorandhiswifetowardBenjamin’seffortsininsertingthekeyintotheslot?5.Whatistheattitudeofthehotelstafftowardit?6.Whatdidtheauthorlearnfromthisincident?DetailedReadingQuestionsAnessayisusu.madeupofthreeparts:AbeginningThebodypartAconclusionHowcananauthorintroduceatopic?Waystointroduceatopic:1.Statingthetopicdirectly2.Posingaquestion3.Quotingfromothers4.Tellingastory(experience,anecdote)WhichwayisadoptedbyHowardGardner?TimetotestEachotherSkimParas6--10&discussthefollowingquestionsDetailedReadingTasksDetailedReadingQuestions1)Whatdoestheauthormeanbysayingthisincidentwaskeyinmorethanonesense?2)HowdoAmericansandChinesedifferintheirattitudestocreativity?3)Whatsuggestionismadeaboutseekingabetterwayforfosteringskillsandcreativity?PleasescanthefirstsentenceofbothPara6andPara7,anddecidewhatmethodofcomparisonandcontrastisusedhere?one-side-at-a-timemethodTimetotestEachothertheChinesetheWesternshowachildhowtodosomething,orteachbyholdinghishandteachachildtorelyonhimselfforsolutionstoproblemsthecontrastbetweenChineseandWesternwaystolearntofulfillataskScanPara11--Para13&thenanswerthefollowingquestionsDetailedReadingTasksDetailedReadingQuestions1.CanyoufindwordslikeChineseandWesternerorAmericanortheWest”ineachparagraph?2.Whatmethodofcomparisonandcontrastisusedhere?thecontrastbetweentheChineseandtheWesternattitudestowardcreativityandbasicskillsTheWesternersputmoreemphasisonfosteringcreativityinyoungchildren,thinkingthatskillscanbepickeduplater.TheChinesegiveprioritytodevelopingskillsatmearlyage,believingthatcreativitycanbepromotedovertime.Waystointroduceatopic:1.Arestatementofthemainpointspreviouslymentioned;2.Aproposedsolution;3.Aquotationfromsomebookorperson;4.Apredictionoffuturedevelopments;5.Asuggestionforfurtherstudy;Whichwayisusedinthisessay?Shouldwedevelopchildren’screativityfirstortraintheminbasicskillsfirst?POST-READINGDISCUSSION