Unit2BridgingCulturesPeriod1ReadingandThinkingAnalysisoftheteachingmaterialThethemeofthispartistoreadaboutXieLei'sexperienceonanexchangeprogramme.Bytellingtheexperiencesofthedifficultiesandchallengessheencounteredandhowshefinallyadaptedtothenewsurroundings,thetextreflectstherealexperienceandlifemostexchangestudentsfirstarrivedinforeigncountries,aswellastheirroleandfunctionsinculturalinteractions.AnalysisoftheStudentsThestudentsarefromseniortwo,whohavelearnedthecharacteristicsofapieceofnews.Asforthetopicaboutcrossculturalmunicationandbeingaculturalmessenger,thestudentsarerelativelyinterestedinparticipatinginanexchangeprogramme.LearningObjectivesAfterthissection,studentsareexpectedto:1.predictthecontentaccordingtothetitleandanalyzethegenreaswellasstructureofapassage.2.learnaboutXieLei’sexperienceoflearningabroadinBritain.3.discussthespecialidentityofoverseasstudentsandtheirfunctionincrossculturemunication.4.learnhowtohandlethechallengestheywouldmeetincrossculturemunication.KeyanddifficultpointsKeypoints：Summarizethetwocluesofthetextanduseittounderstandthe

informationorganization.Difficultpoints：1.Leadstudentstoexplorethereasonsbehindtheeventsandsortouttheemotionalandlogicallines.2.

Encouragestudentstoanalysethestructuresofthepassage.3.Encourage

studentstothinkdeeplyabouttherolethatforeignstudentsplayinculturalmunicationandvoicetheiropinionsonthesignificanceofactingasculturalmessengers.TeachingMethods1.Fastreading(Skimming)，detailedreading.2.Scanningtogetthedetailedinformation.3.Taskorientedteachingmethod.4.Cooperativelearningmethod5.Carefulreadingtogetsomedetailedinformationinthepassage.TeachingProcedures教學(xué)目標(biāo)教學(xué)活動設(shè)計意圖ActivateinterestActivity1:Leadin.1.EnjoyavideoaboutthelifeofexchangestudentsQ:Whatchallengesarementionedinthisvideo?Ss:language/newcountry/newpeople…2.AnadmissionletterfromHarvarduniversityAimingtoactivatethebackgroundknowledgeofstudentsandcreatearealsituation,whichishelpfultoenhancelearninginterestActivatethepreviousknowledgeActivity2：BrainstormingStudentsneedtothinkaboutwhatitmightbelikeiftheystudyinHarvardUniversity.Q:YouhavebeenastudentinHarvardUniversity,pleasethinkaboutwhatproblemsyoumayfaceandhowwouldyoufeel.Brainstormingisdesignedwiththeintentionofmakingstudentssharetheirideaswhileexperiencingthechangesdifferentculturesbringinrealsituation,meanwhile,activatingthepreviousknowledgeandlayingthefoundationforthefollowinglearningactivities.PredictthecontentofthepassageActivity3:Predictingthecontentlogically.

Studentsareinvitedtoreadthetitletogetherandthenpredictwhatmightbewrittenaboutinthepassageaccordingtothetitleandthepicturebesideit.

Q:Whatwillbetalkedaboutaccordingtothetitleandthepicture?1.WhoisXieLei?2.Whereisshe?3.Whycanabusinessstudentbuildbridges?4.Whatdoes“buildbridges”meaninthepassage?Aimedatcultivatingstudents’abilityofprocessingtitlesandpicturestopredictthecontentofthepassagelogicallySkimmingActivity4:Skimmingthepassageforthekeys.1.Skimthearticleandchoosethebestanswer.2.Readthewholetextquicklyandthenmatchsentences.TocultivateSs’skimmingskillsandhavethemorganizetherelativeinformationaboutXieLeiandbuildingbridges,whichprovidesfoundationforthefollowingreadingactivitiesScanningActivity5:CarefulreadingforwhatXieLeihasdoneasaculturalmessenger.

StudentscarefullyreadthewholepassageandfindoutallthatXieLeihasdonesofarasaculturalmessenger.

Readpara1,2andfinishthenamecardofXieLei.ReadPara.36andfillinthetable.XieLei’sChallengesandsolutions!Studentsaredividedintogroups,fourasone,todrawagraphtoshowthechangeofherfeelingfromthebeginninguntilnow.CirclethewordsthatshowXieLei’sfeelingsandfindoutthereasons.Aimingtotrainstudents’abilityofscanningandpositioningthedetailedinformationquickly,meanwhile,deeplyunderstandingtherelativecontentofXieLeispreadingChineseculture,andhowsheapproached,studiedandadaptedtotheBritishculture.Studentsarealsorequestedtoreorganizetheirwordsandrephrasethearticleinformationinpletesentences,whichishelpfultoimprovetheiroralexpressionability.CriticalthinkingActivity6:Readingforthinking.

ToexplorehowXieleibuildbridges.readthearticleagainandthenfillinblanks.Afterthat,theyneedtodiscussthefollowingtopicingroupsandthenchooseagroupleadertovoicetheirgroupopinion:

1.HowhasXieLeihelpedtobuildbridgesbetweenChinaandtheUK?2.WhatcanyoudotospreadourChineseculture?AccordingtothecultivationrequirementsofEnglishsubjectcorepetencies,attentionshouldbepaidtothetrainingofstudents'thinkingqualityanddebatingabilityinclass,includingdevelopingstudents'abilitiesofanalysis,reasoning,judgment,rationalexpression,andmultidimensionalthinkinginEnglish,soastoenhancethelogic,criticalityandcreativityoftheirthinking.Thispartistostimulatestudents'deepthinking,thuspromotingthemtoobserveandunderstandtheworldfromacrossculturalperspectiveandimprovingtheirabilitytoanalyzeandsolveproblems.MigrationandInnovationAssignment1.WriteasummaryaboutXieLei’sexperience.2.Thin