Module4LanguagesoftheWorldPartOne:TeachingDesign第一部分教学设计Task:PrepareatalkaboutyourmothertongueSkillsbuilding1:EnglishRhetoricalMethods(英语修辞法)inthisunit1.BalancedSentence(排比句):Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability.Readnottocontradictandconfute;nortobelieveandtakeforgranted;nortofindtalkanddiscourse;buttoweighandconsider.Doseitmakethepassagesoundlikeawell–reasonedargument,orlikeasetofinstructionsoradvice?2.Antithesis(对照法)Craftymencondemnstudies,simplemenadmirethem,andwisemenusethem.Tospendtoomuchtimeinstudiesissloth;tousethemtoomuchforornamentisaffectation;tomakejudgmentwhollybytheirrulesisthehumorofascholar.3.Allusion(引喻,典故)IspeakSpanishtoGod,Italiantowomen,Frenchtomen,andGermantomyhorse.Skillsbuilding2:Howtodecidetheoutline?Beforewritingacompositionaboutyourmothertongue,youcanfirstdecidetheoutlineofit.Thatis,fromwhataspectscanyoudescribeyourmothertongue.Maybeyoucanintroducethefollowingaspectsofyourmothertongue.1.IsitalanguagemostdifferentfromEnglish?2.Isiteasytospell?3.Isiteasytowrite?4.Isitdifficulttolearn?5.Isitinteresting?6.Doesithavecomplicatedgrammar?Apossibleversiontothetask:Hello,dearfriends.Now,Iwillintroducemymothertonguetoyou.MymothertongueisChinese.MaybeitisoneofthemostdifferentlanguagesfromEnglish.ComparedwithEnglish,thepronunciationismucheasier.Butitis用心爱心专心116号编辑commonthatmanycharactershavethesamepronunciation,soyoumustbeabletotellonefromanotheraccordingtotherelatedcontents.ChinesecharactersaremoredifficulttowritethanEnglishandsomemayhaveverycomplicatedstructures.OnethingIwanttoemphasizeisthatitsgrammarislargelythesamewiththatofEnglish.ThatwillmakeitalittleeasierforyoutostudyChinese.Anyway.Chineseisaninterestinglanguage.Ifyouhavegraspedit,youcanuseittoexpressanythingyouwanttovividly.用心爱心专心116号编辑