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1、Teaching Plan for Unit 1Course：College EnglishInstructorModuleUnit 1 A Time-Conscious Americans B Culture ShockTime180mTeaching AidsMulti-mediaTeaching Objectives1. To help the students have a good understanding of the passages in this unit；2. To help the students grasp the usages of some important
2、words, phrases and expressions in the unit；3. To enable the students to analyze the structure of Text A and summarize paragraph meaning of Text B4. To introduce the basic reading skills of this unit: Reading for the Main Idea in a Paragraph5. To help the students master how to develop a paragraph a
3、general statement supported by specific details.Chief Points & Difficult Points1. Get the main idea of the passage.2. Master some useful expressions & sentence structure in the passage.3. Understand the structure of the text.PrerequisitesBefore coming for class, students should 1. identify some impo
4、rtant words for the topic.2. scan the text for main ideas.3. visit library to research about information concerning the unit.Teaching MethodsThe mixture of listening, speaking, reading, practicing and writingReference BooksTeachers Book of New Horizon College English Longman Dictionary of Contempora
5、ry English (English-Chinese) Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese DictionaryLongman Dictionary of American EnglishTeaching ContentsTime Allotment 0BSection A I. Warm-up Activity1. Topic Discussion i. Students Discussionii. Teachers Summary2. Questions on the Topic and the PassageII. Background I
6、nformationIII. Text Structure AnalysisIV. Structured WritingV. Detailed Study of the Text i. Words and Phrases Studyii. Language Points VI. Text Summary1. Students Presentation2. Teachers SummaryVIIAfter-text A ExercisesSection BI. Reading SkillII. Warm-up Activity 1. Topic Discussion2. Questions on
7、 the Topic and the PassageIII. Text Structure AnalysisIV. Text Study 1. Paragraph Meaning2. Words and Phrases Study3. Language Points4. Summary or Main Idea of the Passagei. Students Presentationii. Teachers SummaryV. New Words Dictation VI. After-text B ExercisesVIISupplementary exercises15m5m10m 5
8、m50m5m30m5m10m5m20m5m15mAssignments1. Hand in the exercise of TRANSLATION.2. Finish the other after-text A & B exercises after class.3. Supplementary Exercisesi. English-Chinese Translation （5 sentences）ii. Chinese-English Translation （10 sentences）4. Preview Unit 2Unit 1 Section A Time-Conscious Am
9、ericans I. Warm-up Activity1 Topic DiscussioniStudents Discussion1) What precious resources do Americans value? Time and labour.2) What is considered to be a waste of time in the US? Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers.3) How do Americans save time? Doing things quickly, avoiding s
10、hort exchanges, inventing time-saving devicesii. Teachers SummaryAmericans are particularly concerned about time. They clearly realize that life is short and consider time a precious resource. Visitors may find that Americans are always in a rush and under great pressure in daily life. They dont usu
11、ally exchange smiles or brief conversations because they resent wasting time. Americans generally assess and inquire about others professionally rather than socially, so they start talking business directly without opening exchanges. In order to save time, Americans use quite a few labor-saving devi
12、ces like telephones, faxes, or emails. Electronic communication is becoming more and more popular, while most personal visiting, which though pleasant, takes longer, is saved for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings. In the US, unlike in some other countries, quickly solving a problem o
13、r fulfilling a job successfully is a sign of skillfulness or being competent. 2. Questions on the Topic and the Passage1) What attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring? The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is falling behind.2) How is
14、 time treated in America? And why? Time is treated as if it were something almost real. People budget it, save it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it. They do this because time is a precious resource.3) What is likely to be a foreigners first impression of the US? And
15、 how does the writer describe city people?Everyone is in a rush- often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping.4) What is the writers advice if you “miss smiles, brief conversations, small exchanges with strangers”? And why? Dont take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “was
