1、,Your College Years,Bob Hartman,Your College Years,Unit 1,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,Unit 1,Warming up,Your College Years,Warming up,Questions/Activities,What is the article mainly about? How much do you know about developmental changes? What does the author say that strikes yo

2、u most? What is an identity crisis? Can you define “identity”? Are there any other key concepts mentioned in the text that you know about or want to know?,Warming up,Questions/Activities,developmental changes: a psychological term which refers to the physiological and behavioral changes throughout t

3、he lifespan identity: the qualities that make sb or sth what they are who you are; what strengths and weaknesses you have; how you perceive yourself as well as how other people perceive you ( self image and the image you present to others) Erickson: The identity is “a subjective sense as well as an

4、observable quality of personal sameness and continuity, paired with some belief in the sameness and continuity of some shared world image.” Identity is highly relational.,Warming up,Questions/Activities,identity crisis: the difficulties, confusions and anxieties that one goes through when he/she is

5、not sure who he/she is and what his/her purpose in life is,Check-on Preview,Give three translations of “意識到”. Offer at least three examples of quotation that you can find in the text. Define the following words: heightened (para. 3); observe (para. 4).,Warming up,Objectives,Understand the key psycho

6、logical concepts. Understand the structure of the essay. Appreciate the formality of the writing style. Learn about some useful writing techniquesquotation, parallelism.,Warming up,Background,Erik Erickson,Sigmund Freud,Unit 1,Your College Years,Sigmund Freud, Sigmund Freud: (1856-1939) Father of ps

7、ychoanalysis, author of The Interpretation of Dreams, famous for his conception of the unconscious, libido, death instinct, the Oedipus/Electra complex, and structural model of human psyche. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (Ed. J. Strachey with Anna Freud, 2

8、4 vols. London: 1953-1964).,Background, Erik Erickson: (1902-1994) Freudian ego-psychologist, “father of psychosocial development” and “the architect of identity.” According to Erickson, the identity crisis is the most important conflict human beings encounter when they go through eight developmenta

9、l stages in life.,Erik Erickson,Background,Background,Erik Erickson,Eight Developmental Stages,Background,Erik Erickson,Eight Developmental Stages,Unit 1,Text Analysis,Your College Years,What does the author mean by developmental changes? Why is it important for college students to be aware of them?

10、 Do you agree with the author that young adults are bound to go through an identity crisis? Is it necessarily a “dangerous” or “negative” incident in our life? Why does the author emphasize the change in the way of dealing with knowledge as an important aspect of our growth?,Text Analysis,Theme,Styl

11、e,Genre: expository essay, e.g. formal, serious, academic, educational 2. Diction: big, complicated, formal words, technical jargon, e.g. personnel, occur, adolescence, adulthood Syntax: long, involved sentences, e.g. paras. 4, 6 (During the course),Text Analysis,Style,4. Techniques: quotation, e.g.

12、 in(source); according to; sb remarks/observes/comments/points out/defines parallelism, e.g. words (para. 2): strengths and weaknesses phrases (para. 2): determined by genetic endowment; shaped by environment; influenced by chance events sentences (para. 1): 3 consecutive questions other techniques?

13、 Para. 3 is developed by _. Para. 4 is developed by _ sth is applied to (運用，應(yīng)用) develop develop an idea(詳細(xì)闡述); develop a new medicine (研制) develop the natural resources; develop the west region (開發(fā)) develop an interest; develop a habit; develop understanding of each other (產(chǎn)生，形成) develop ones busine

14、ss (發(fā)展) develop lung cancer (患病) develop into crisis (產(chǎn)生，出現(xiàn)) develop a film (沖洗),Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Words according to categorization: first, second, ; oneanother; in addition to illustration/example 2. Smooth transition Try to find some examples in the text.,Reinforcement,Writ

15、ing Features,How is the text structured?,1. Overall structure: introduction development (categorization) conclusion 2. Within paragraph: topic sentence example/category summary e.g. paras. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 3. Topic sentence: e.g. paras. 3, 5, 10,Reinforcement,Writing Features,How do we appreciate the structure?,Clarity Logic Coherence (smooth transition of both paragraphs and sentences),Reinforcement,Writing Features,Useful Expressions is very much a part of feel free to stand back