选修课程《英语应用文写作》教学设计
Practical English Writing
陈双贤
Teaching aims:
1.Get students interested in practical writing.
2.Introduce this optional / elective course----- Practical English Writing
3.Introduce practical writing skills, get students to get the hang of writing common letters 4.
Teaching important and difficult points:
Teaching important points: Master the form of the letter
Teaching difficult points: How to write a standard common letter. Teaching methods: analysing and practice. Teaching aid: PPT
Teaching procedures:
Step One Warming up Introduce this optional / elective course----- Practical English Writing Q: 1. How do people communicate with others?
Brainstorm: by email/ by cell phone/ by sending text messages / by letter etc. 2. Who can write the form of letter? Writing letter is one of practical English writing So it’s important to learn practical writing. 3. What is practical English writing?
When we speak of practical English writing, we refer to the varieties of English for practical purposes.
common/ personal/ business letters/ email / notice / advertisements etc.
Practical English writing is of great use in our daily life, so it is important to get the hang of the basic skills of this writing. It serves as a “warming up” exercise for further studies and future work.
Step Two Inform students of the contents of this course.
They are common letters; letter of thanks; letter of complaints; letter of suggestion; letter of application; resume; letter of invitation ; letter of proposal ; letter of congratulations;
notice; speech; diary; notes; emails’; asking for causal leave; Meeting Minutes And Schedules; A Guide to Travel & Travel Advertisements Step Three Learn the form of letter. A. the four parts of letter. 1).信头 (heading)
2).称呼 (solution) 3).正文(body)
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4).结束语(complimentary close ) Xinghua High School Beijing,102600 China Step. 12, 2013 President George Hopkings Pace Middle School New York, NY 10038 USA Dear Mr. Hopkings, ———————————————————————————————— Yours sincerely Li Xiuting (President of Xinghua High School) B. writing skills具体写法
1)、信头 heading/ letterhead
Help to identify where letters come from Include name and address of addresser date
写信人的地址和日期,写在右上角。写地址由小到大:门牌号码、街名、城(县)名、省名、国名其顺序是:第一行:门牌和路名,或邮政信箱,楼房名称;第二行:市(县),省,国名;第三行:日期(月,年,日或日,月,年) 2) 收信人的姓名和地址Inside address
这一部分低于写信人地址一至两行,写在左上角. 3) 称呼用语 solution Dear …,
写给机构的信一般用Gentleman,如果知道对方是男士则常用Sir(s),女士则用Madam(s),相互认识的人之间一般用Dear Hiltom,Professor Brown, Miss Li, Dear Comrade Luo等。 4).书信正文 the body of the letter
书信正文就是一篇文章,可运用描述,议论,抒情,说明等各种方法写。怎么写取决于内容。
写回信,常应先提到收到对方的信,并表示谢意。常用的用语:
Thank you for your letter of April 7, 2013— I was glad to receive your letter of April 4.I was most pleased to hear from you. I have just received your letter.
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I am glad to tell you that…
We are pleased to inform you that… I am sorry to tell you that… I learned that…
Sorry to reply to your letter so late.
5)、 结束语:the complimentary close
低于正文以一两行,从信笺的中间或偏右开始书写。第一个词的第一个字母要大写。结束用语后面一般用逗号。 Best wishes / regards 祝好 All my best wishes.
With my best respects and regards.
Wishing you good luck / Success /good health. Good luck to you.
Give my love / regards to …… Remember me to your family. Say hello to everybody.
Looking forward to hearing from you. 6)、签名:signature
写信人应在低于结束用语一或两行签字,即使是打印的,也应该亲笔签名。常用签名: 用于机关或不太熟悉的人:
Yours truly ; Yours faithfully; Yours sincerely 用于熟人之间:
Yours sincerely ;Very sincerely yours; 用于亲属。挚友之间;
Yours lovingly; Yours loving father/mother; yours; Yours ever; 用于对上级或长辈
Yours respectfully / Respectfully yours
Step Four Practice 例1
假定你是杨成,要给你的美国挚友阿尔伯特(Albert)写信,内容如下: 谢谢他最近来信,获悉他们篮球队赢了比赛很高兴并表示祝贺。 你家搬进了新公寓,你有了自己的房间。
上周请了几位外国朋友来新居吃饭。大家谈起他和他的家人,其中一位朋友说认得他的父母。大家都想念他。 A. 解题示范:要点 / 用语:
1.thank …for one’s last letter 2. be glad to know that…
3. congratulations on … 4. move into a new department
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5. have a room of one’s own 6. invite sb. to have dinner 7. talk about / of 8. one of the friends 9.know one’s father 9. miss sb.
B. Let students write by themselves, paying attention to the form of letter. Step Five Share your writing and polish them.
1. Share your writing and point out and correct their mistakes.
2. Share the model writing
Feb. 11, 2013 Dear Albert,
Thank you for your last letter. I was very glad to know that your basketball team won the game. Congratulations and keep it up!
My family has just moved into a new apartment, and now I have a room of my own. Last week we invited some foreign friends to have dinner in our new apartment. During the dinner, we talked about you and your parents. One of the friends said he knew your father. We all wish you could soon have dinner with us again. We all miss you very much. Do write soon and let me know how you are getting on.
Yours sincerely, Yang Cheng Step Six Homework
1. Review the form of letters. 2. Write the letter.
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备课组会议评课记录
首先:上课老师---陈双贤老师谈教学设想
为了满足高中毕业生就业、升学和未来生存发展的需要,同时还要满足国家的经济建设和科技发展对人才培养的需求;为了处理有关涉外事务, 我们开设本课程----应用文写作。
应用文如是人们日常生活和工作中广泛使用的文体。普通信件、感谢信、投诉信、建议信、申请信、履历表、邀请信、倡议信、祝贺信、通知、电子邮件、演讲致辞、日记、便条、请假条、会议纪要及日程安排、旅客指南及旅游广告、商业广告等都是常见的应用文体。
通过本课程的学习,提高学生应用文写作水平,培养学生应用文写作能力;通过本节课的学习,让学生明白学习应用文写作的重要意义和现实作用. 通过本节课的学习使学生懂得规范写各种书信的格式. 其次:备课组教师畅所欲言谈优点
卢晓玲:陈老师精心备课,课堂环节流畅。 郑挥:准备充分,材料丰富。方法归纳很好。探讨这堂课的形式,是活动课。符合选修模式课——学生自主探究的特点。
孙惠清:这样的选修课堂教学,符合深化普通高中课程改革精神。 赵土玲:应用文写作在现实生活和社会上用途广泛、该课程十分实用。 张莉:浙江省深化普通高中课程改革方案中提出“选修课程要贴近生活、贴近社会,反映学科最新的发展趋势。”很符合。
陶显梅:教师自身素养,体现在课堂上是知识性、趣味性的综合体现。板书工整。
麻剑丽: 既有归纳又有当堂巩固练习,扎扎实实抓好课堂这块主阵地,提高选修课堂教学。
胡烨妃:这是一堂很值得我学习的公开课。 第三:备课组教师指出不足为了更加完善
郑挥:介绍书信的格式时,不仅抽一个学生说,而且让每个人都在草稿纸上写出格式,有不完善的地方在大家一起来弥补,这样大家都动动手,免得只顾听。
孙惠清:选修课里还有必修课上课的明显的痕迹和影子。
陶显梅:这节课主要学习普通英语信件的写法,信封的写法由于文化差异,也有不同之处,值得提醒。
麻剑丽:分享学生作品环节时,如果用实物投影仪,更加直观,效果更加好些。
第四、学习应用文写作的必要性
应用文是行政机关、企事业单位、社会团体处理公共事务,以及人民群众
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