Unit7Studyingabroad:whatyouneedtoknowSectionOneStep1.WordstotheteacherAseducationisbecomingincreasinglyglobalized,studentsnowhavemoreoptionsandchoices,includinggoingabroadasexchangeorinternationalstudents.ThisisperhapshappeninginmanypartsofChina.Thisunitisintendedforstudentstothinkabouttheireducationinabroadercontext.Itleadsstudentstothinkaboutthepositiveandnegativesideofbeinganexchangeorinternationalstudent.Inparticular,studentsshouldbeencouragedtodiscusstheissuesfromaninternational,inter-educational,andinter-culturalperspective.Step2.Reading1.Beforereadingthetext,itisimportantfortheteachertoactivatethestudents'backgroundknowledgeofthetopic.TheKWL(Ogle,1989)strategy/wouldworkwellwiththisunit.2.TheKWLactivityshouldbedoneinclasswithbooksclosed.Dividetheclassintogroups.Handoutalargesheetofpapertoeachgroup.Dividealargepieceofpaperinto3parts.InthefirstsectionwriteKNOW(WhatweKnow),thesecondsectionwriteWANT(WhatweWanttoKnow)andinthelastsectionwriteLEARNED(WhatweLearned).3.TelltheclasstheyneedtowritetheadvantagesofstudyingabroadinNorthAmerica.Perhapstheyknowsomeonewhostudiedabroadorhavereadsomethingaboutit.Whenallthegroupshavecompletedthiscolumn,askonepersontoreportfromeachgroup.4.Nowaskthestudentstofocusonthesecondcolumn:Whatwewanttoknow.5.Thestudentsneedtobrainstormideasaboutwhatinformationtheywouldliketoknowaboutstudyingabroad.Askeachgrouptoreporttotheclasstheirideas.6.Usingthesamegroupsasinthepreviousactivity,eachgroupmustreadthetexttogetherandchoose7unfamiliarwordsthatthegroupwantstolearn.Foreachwordthestudentsmustanswerthefollowingquestions(Riddell,2001):Wheredidyoufindtheword?(Providesentence)Whatdoyouthinkthewordmeansincontext?Whydoyouthinktheclassshouldlearnthisword?7.Afterreadingthetext,haveeachgroupreporttheirlistofwordstotheclass.Theteacherrecordsallofthewordsontheblackboard.Withthewholeclasschoosetenwordstoformtheclasslist.Displaythesewordsintheclassroom.Refertothewordsasoftenaspossibleduringtheunit,askingstudentstoexplainthewordorusethewordinasentence.用心爱心专心SectionTwoStep1:Buildyourskills1.BuildyourcomprehensionThissectioncanbe'assignedforhomeworkorasanin-classactivity.Answers:(1)Fillinthechart.WorkwiththeSstofillinthechartbybrainstormingorgoingbacktthefirstreadingoftheunit.ThingstoconsiderbeforemakingthedecisionPlanning;why(studyabroad);what(togainfromstudyingabroad);accommodation,etc.ChallengesinaforeigncountryCultureshock,food,customs,inter-personalrelationships,etc.ThingstodotoovercomethedifficultiesStayintouchwithfamilyandfriendsbackhome,keepadiary,getplentyofexercise,etc.2.Accordingtothetext,cultureshockoccurswhenstudentsbecomemoreawareofthedifferencesbetweenthehostcountryandtheirhome.Theybecomehomesickandtheinitialexcitementturnstofrustrationastheystruggletoadjusttotheirnewenvironment.3.(personalopinion)4.(personalquestion)Step2.Buildyourvocabulary1.Beforeopeningthebookandmatchingthedefinitions,writethe5phrasesontheboard:beawareof,dealwith,takeforgranted,relyon,wearoff.2.Dividetheclassintogroupsandaskeachgrouptolocatethe5phrasesinthecontextofthestory.Withtheclassdiscusswhatthewordsmeaninthecontextofthestory.Askforpasttenseofeachphrase.Openthebookanddotheactivityinthetext.beawareofrealizesomethingbecauseonehearsit,seesit,smellsit,orfeelsitdealwithdowhatisnecessarytoachievetheresultone用心爱心专心wantsinaparticularsituationorinthefaceofaproblemtakeforg...
