1、FOREIGH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY,Contents,Warming-up activities,Text study,Language application,Summary,Warming-up activities,Lead-in,Pre-reading activities,Cultural background,Discuss the following questions.,What are the key factors that help people lea

2、rn English as a foreign language? Do you have any problem in English learning? Do you think grammar is important in English learning?,Tips,Tips,Tips,1. What are the key factors that help people learn English as a foreign language?,Good course, excellent syllabus based on some principles; Highly deve

3、loped methodologies, teaching four primary skills of language acquisition; Put the four skills into a discourse; Analyze three different kinds of interactions.,2. Do you have any problem in English learning?, I always feel it difficult to Its not easy for me to understand what others say; remember s

4、o many words; learn the grammar; read quickly; speak in public,3. Do you think grammar is important in English learning?,Yes. The basic building blocks of a language; essential for effective communication; put the words in the right order; help to convey correct, meaningful message.,3. Do you think

5、grammar is important in English learning?,No. as long as one can understand what other is saying; dynamic and no language is fixed; speak their native language without having studied its grammar.,What is Communicative Language Teaching?,A type of teaching method; Develop the communicative ability as

6、 well as the knowledge of grammar; Learning by doing; Make classroom situation of real foreign language environment.,2. What are the features of Communicative Language Teaching?,Communicative competence is the goal; An integration of grammatical and functional teaching; Accuracy is secondary to conv

7、eying a message; Focus on communicative and contextual factors in language use; Learner-centered and experience-based.,3. What is the role of teacher in Communicative Language Teaching?,A facilitator of students learning; A manager of classroom activities; An advisor of students questions; A co-comm

8、unicator in the communicative activity.,Main idea but if you teach him how to fish, hell eat for a lifetime.,How do you understand the following quotes: “授人以魚，不如授之以漁”and “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”?,How do yo

9、u understand the following quotes: “授人以魚，不如授之以漁”and “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”?,Both quotes illustrate the essential qualities of an excellent teacher.,According to William Arthur Ward, an American famous wr

10、iter and scholar, the best teacher should make students think, suggest rather than dogmatize (獨(dú)斷), and inspire students to bring out their potentials.,Language application,Writing devices,Oral reproduction,Paragraph translation,Introduction: Simile is a figure of speech that compares two different t

11、hings and the comparison is indicated by the word as or like. Examples: Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a well-conditioned car. A poem,to be continued,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,to be continued,My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose 我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰

12、 -Robert Burns 羅伯特彭斯,O, my Loves like a red, red rose 啊，我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰 Thats newly sprung in June. 六月里迎風(fēng)初開 O, my Loves like the melodie. 啊，我的愛人像支甜甜的曲子 Thats sweetly played in tune. 奏得合拍又和諧,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,to be continued,My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose 我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰 -Robert Bur

13、ns 羅伯特彭斯,As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 我的好姑娘，多么美麗的人兒 So deep in love am I; 請(qǐng)看我，多么深摯的愛情 And I will love thee still, my dear, 親愛的，我永遠(yuǎn)愛你 Till all the seas gone dry. 縱使大海干涸水流盡,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,to be continued,My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose 我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰 -Robert Burns 羅伯特彭斯,T

14、ill all the seas gang dry, my dear, 縱使大海干涸水流盡 And the rocks melt with the sun; 太陽將巖石燒作灰塵 I will love thee still, my dear, 親愛的，我永遠(yuǎn)愛你 While the sands of life shall run. 只要我一息猶存,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose 我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰 -Robert Burns 羅伯特彭斯,And fare thee well

15、, my only love 珍重吧，我唯一的愛人 And fare thee well, a while! 珍重吧，讓我們暫時(shí)別離 And I will come again, my love, 但我定要回來 Though it were ten thousand mile. 哪怕千里萬里！,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,a. 生活像一具大秋千(swing)，總在開心和憂愁間搖擺(dangle)。 Life is like a big swing, dangling between the depths of happiness an

16、d sadness.,to be continued,Practice,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,b. 生活沒有目標(biāo)猶如航行沒有指南針(compass)。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.,to be continued,Practice,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,c. 婚姻就像一座城堡(beleaguered fortress)，外面的人想進(jìn)去，里面的人想出來。 Marriage is li

17、ke a beleaguered fortress: those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out.,Practice,Writing devices,Figurative language: simile,An essay normally has three main parts: Introduction, body and conclusion.,How to write a college essay:,Introduction: The introduction part is usua

18、lly one short paragraph that introduces the topic to be discussed and the thesis statement. A thesis statement can be an opinion, an attitude or a stand about the topic.,to be continued,How to write a college essay:,Body: The body is the main part of an essay. It may contain several short paragraphs

19、 that use the development methods of examples, narrative, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, classification, argumentation, etc.,to be continued,How to write a college essay：,Conclusion: The conclusion wraps up the discussion of a certain topic. It can briefly summarize the main points discu

20、ssed and can also restate the thesis statement by using different words and structures. At the end of the conclusion, the writers final thoughts on the topic may be added such as a predication, a suggestion, or a warning.,How to write a college essay：,Read the sample essay and see how it develops.,T

21、opic: Grammar English learning Introduction: Thesis statement: Now I think it is really fun to learn English grammar.,to be continued,Body: Example 1: Adding a comma could show an entire difference in meaning. Example 2: A grammar mistake could make a world of difference in meaning.,to be continued,

22、Conclusion: English grammar is truly a mysterious world of art.,to be continued,Sample: During my middle school years, I was very allergic to English grammar. However, the two incidents I experienced later changed my view about learning English. Now I think it is really fun to learn English grammar.

23、,to be continued,Sample: It occurred while I was absorbed in the mysterious world of the iPhone. My English teacher wrote two sentences on the blackboard: 1) The king would wear no clothes which make him appear differently from others; 2) The king would wear no clothes, which makes him appear differ

24、ently from others. Glancing at the two sentences, I thought the teacher must have made a mistake because these two sentences were the same. Suddenly, the class burst into a loud laughter. Only then did I realize that adding a comma could show a big difference in meaning.,to be continued,Sample: Afte

25、rward, something interesting happened to me again. At the beginning of my English class one day, the teacher returned our homework assignment. To my surprise, my teacher had crossed out -ly in the sentence “I studied English hardly.” “Isnt hardly an adverb?” I asked myself. Later, of course, I figur

26、ed out what was wrong: an over-generalization! I was assuming every adjective added with -ly still maintains the meaning of that adjective. Not till then did I find out that hardly actually means “almost not”, so what I wrote made a world of difference from what I wanted to say.,to be continued,Samp

27、le: In conclusion, what I experienced enables me to understand English grammar is truly a mysterious world of art. How fun it is to learn English grammar!,Writing practice,Directions: Write an essay of no less than 150 words on one of the following topics. One topic has an outline you can follow.,To

28、pic: Grammar, a headache to me Introduction: Thesis statement: English Grammar is a big headache to me. Body: Example: The difference between used to and be used to Conclusion: Im allergic to learning English grammar.,More topics: Learning English through imitation / repetition Learning English with

29、 / without grammar,Suppose you are expected to share your experience of English learning with your classmates.,Make a speech on the following topic.,You can follow the outline given below.,Part I. My general feeling about learning English 1. Difficult and frustrating; 2. Rewarding and well worth the

30、 effort,To be continued,You can follow the outline given below.,Part II. The difficulties and how I overcome them Listening and speaking Writing Grammar and vocabulary Part III. Benefits from English learning New sights into another culture New ways of seeing things Communication with people from di

31、fferent nations,To be continued,You may adopt the following expressions.,be/feel obliged to do sth. be absorbed in be allergic to sth. full of earnest anticipation bear the bulk of the criticism not make any sense language deficit,To be continued,You may adopt the following expressions.,get lost bec

32、ome attracted to out of curiosity learn from scratch with a long sigh swell with pride,Translate a paragraph based on a summary of the text by using the expressions from the text.,Paragraph translation,盡管很多學(xué)生反感英語，經(jīng)常對(duì)英語學(xué)習(xí)感到迷茫，他們?nèi)匀挥X得必須學(xué)好英語。那么老師如何使學(xué)生的英語學(xué)習(xí)之旅變得愉快呢？有效、準(zhǔn)確且有益的溝通技能取決于語法和詞匯。,to be allergic to

33、,to get lost,to feel obliged to do,To be continued,Paragraph translation,因此，對(duì)于那些缺乏語言功底，需要從頭學(xué)起的學(xué)生來說，教授語言的基本框架，準(zhǔn)確的語法和恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~匯是非常有道理的。學(xué)好語法和掌握大量的詞匯就好比拿著路線圖在車況良好的車?yán)锺{駛。,language deficit,to learn from scratch,to make sense,well-conditioned,To be continued,Paragraph translation,我們要常常查看路線圖（核對(duì)語法）和調(diào)整汽車的引擎（調(diào)節(jié)詞匯）。具備了這兩大有利條件，學(xué)生就會(huì)逐漸喜歡上英語，他們的英語學(xué)習(xí)之旅也會(huì)變得得心應(yīng)手。,to tune up,to have excel