Objectives
?Get a general idea about
American Dream, immigrants and the Great Depression ?Understand the main idea and structure of Text A
?Learn to describe a person by his/her and supporting detailscharacteristic features ?Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text
Teaching Methods ?Situational and discourse teaching ?Task-based teaching ?Group research and discussion
Teaching Procedures
Before class, students are assigned to think about their own dreams. ?Pre-reading activities:
1) warm-up questions: What’s your dream?
2) group discussion: How can we realize our dreams?
3) group discussion: What is the American Dream in your opinion? 3) presentation of background information
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Teaching Procedures (cont.)
While-reading tasks: 1) global reading: time
expressions and the function of time expressions; text organization
2) detailed reading: content questions; language study
3) text analysis: writing strategy---how to describe a person
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商务英语精读 (剑桥商务英语)学生实训作品 7
