大学英语1Unit2大纲.docx

Unit TwoSaying Thanks or SorrySession 1 Talking Face to Face & Being All EarsTeaching Aims:1・ To introduce how to express thanks and pleasure on receiving a gift or help, how to congratulate and respond to congratulations, and how to express regrets and ask for forgiveness.2. To train the students in listening skills, such as spot dictation, question answering.3. To familiarize students with the pattern of expressing thanks and regrets.Key Points:1. Expressing thanks and pleasure, congratulating and responding to congratulations2. Listening skills such as filling blanks, grasping main ideas・Difflcult Points:1. Sentence patterns used to express thanks and pleasure, congratulate and respond to congratulations.2. Listening skills such as filling blanks, grasping main ideas・Teaching Contents:1 ・ Understanding samples of gift card and congratulation card and their reply.2. Practicing dialogues about expressing thanks and congratulations.3・ Listening to the materials about thank-you letter.Teaching Procedure:Step 1 Introduce gift cards and congratulation cards to lead students to the topic・Step 2 Teach the students how to understand the information on the gift cards and congratulation cards, including the concerning useful words, phrases and sentences.Step 3 Lead the students to read the dialogues and make the dialogues by themselves in order to make the students familiar with the situation of expressing thanks and congratulatio n.Step 4 Play the listening materials to improve students^ understanding of similar situations・ Teaching Hours: 2 PeriodsSession 2 Maintaining a Sharp Eye (1)Teaching Aims:1 • To introduce to the students the various gift culture in different countries-2. To explain the new words and expressions in the passage I: Thank you, Volunteers!3・ To lead the students to do the exercises correctly.Key Points:1・ The introduction of the cultural differences in expressing thanks and apologies.2. The strategy of scanning to locate the specific information.3・ Text-understanding and main idea retelling.Difficult Points:1. Key words and expressions: appreciate, attitude, illustrate, universal, vary, even if, even though ・2. Text-understanding and main idea retelling.Teaching Contents:1 ・ Passage I: Different Attitudes towards Gift -Giving2. Different culture of expressing thanks and apologies.3. Useful expressions conccming describing the culture of giving gifts.Teaching Procedure:Step 1 Introduce the situation of giving thanks and congratulation to lead students to the topic.Step 2 Introduce new words and expressions clearly in order to explain the passage・Step 3 Illustrate the passage and ask the students to retell the main points so as to check whether the students have grasped the contents.Step 4 Ask the students to do the exercises in the textbook to check whether the students have acquired the useful expressions in the passage・Teaching Hours: 2 PeriodsSession 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye (2) & Trying Your HandTeaching Aims:1 ・ To train the students to improve the reading ability.2. To introduce how to write a thank-you note, a gift card and a congratulation letter3・ To review the usage of articles.Key Points:1 ・ The review of the usage of article.2. The way of writing a thank-you note, a gift card and a congratulation letter, and the important steps to follow.3・ Reading ability improvementDifficult Points:1・ The important rules the students should follow in writing a thank-you note, a gift card and a congratulation lelte匚2. The improvement in reading skills such as scanning.Teaching Contents:1. Passage II: How Can You Say "Sorry” and Really Mean It?2・ Grammar Review: the usage of articles・3. Applied Writing: thank-you notes and congratulation cards・Teaching Procedure:Step 1 Explain important new words and expressions in passage II to ensure the students to understand the passage easily.Step 2 Conduct speed reading and check the students answers and introduce the reading skills in order to make the students read effectively.Step 3 Introduce the way of writing thank-you notes and congratulation cards and ask the students to write one in order that the rules can be practiced・Step 4 Review the usage of articles, and then do the exercises to use them skillfully.Teaching Hours: 2 PeriodsSession 4 Doing ExercisesTeaching Aims:1 ・ To check whether the students have grasped the useful words and expressions in this unit・2. To improve the students ability of listening, writing and translation.3・ To organize the students to write a thank-you note and congratulation card・Key Points:1 ・ The explanation of the answers to the questions.2. The improvement of listening, writing and translation ability・3. The training of thank-you notc/congratulation card writing.Difficult Points:1. The improvement of listening, writing and translation ability.2. The training of tha。