The Second Period

宋德生 05.11

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn the text and train the students’ reading ability.

2. Help the students learn more about education in China and other countries.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Help the students group the main idea of the passage and understand it better.

2. Learn and master the important words and phrases in this period.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to help the students fully understand the passage and improve their reading ability.

Teaching methods:

1. Fast reading to get the general idea of each paragraph.

2. Careful reading and discussion to help the students understand the passage better.

3. Listening and reading to improve the students’ listening ability and pronunciation.

Teaching Aids:

the multimedia and tape-recorder

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Greetings

Greet the whole class.

(Welcome to our class is shown on the screen.)

Step 2 Lead-in and Pre-reading

T: In the last period, we’re talked about some educators and education in China and America. Today, we’ll learn more about education. First, please look at the picture on the screen.

(show the picture on the screen)

T: What does the girl want to do?

S: She wants to go to school.

T: What’s the picture used for?

S: It’s used to encourage people to help poor children who can’t afford to go to school to receive education and help build more schools for them.

T: We know that many children like this girl can’t go to school in China. But do you know why?

You can have a short discussion in pairs and then I’ll ask some of you to report to the class. First, please look at the questions on the screen.(show the following on the screen)

1. Look around our school and think of all the equipment, people and plans that are needed to run a school.

2. What arrangements does the government have to make to provide education for children in China? Discuss the problems or difficulties it may face.

(A few minutes later , ask some students to reporter their answers.)

T: Now , have you finished? Ok ,first, please answer No.1. Who wants to have a try?

S: In order to run a school , we need many things such as buildings, desks, chairs and many kinds of equipment. We also need teachers and workers.

T: Ok. Good . No.2. Who volunteers?

S: Our government has to provide money to build buildings, buy equipment and pay for the teachers and workers. That will need a lot of money. However, in some areas, the government are too poor to run enough schools for all the children to go to school.

T: Very good. Any other problems or difficulties?

S: I think sometimes people have wrong attitude towards education. They don’t want to take their children away from their work on the farm. In some cultures, parents are particularly unwilling to send their daughters to school because the girls are treated unequally. Girls are still looked down upon in some places.

T: Good. Yes, that’s true. As we all know, education is very important to the future of our country. So our country is trying hard to solve these problems.

(Show a picture of a Hope Project School)

T: Now ,please look at the picture. What do you see?

Ss: It’s a school.

T: Yes, it’s a Hope Project School. The Hope Project has helped to build many school buildings in poor areas and many children now can study in bright and safe classrooms. The Hope Project has also helped many poor children return to school with donation from different social circles.

Step 3 Reading and understanding

T: Since education is so important, every country is trying to provide education for all. Today, we’ll read a passage about this subject. Read the passage quickly and finish the exercise on the screen.(Show the following on the screen.)

Give the students enough time to read and finish the exercise. Then ask some students to say their answers and check the answers with the whole class)

Choose the best heading for each paragraph in the text and put A,B C…and G in the blanks.

_______Education for all children worldwide will be difficult to achieve

_______Solving the problem of teaching quality in remote areas

_______Compulsory education for all Chinese children

_______Problems of number and location

_______Encouraging people in rural areas to accept education

_______Meeting the cost

_______Education for All-an international target

Step 4 Discussion

Now ,please read the passage carefully and finish the exercises on the screen. You may have a discussion in groups of four.

(Show the following on the screen.)

1. Each statement below is incorrect. Refer to the passage to find out why. Then rewrite the statement using accurate information.

1) There are 113million children not in school today.

(There were 113 million children not in school in 2000.

2) Children who live on farms do not like to attend school.

(People who live on farms don’t want to send their children to school.)

3) Class sizes are bigger in city schools than in rural schools.

(The number of students at rural schools is lower than in city schools, so the countryside schools often have mixed grade classes.----The passage says that rural school teach multiple grade classes because there aren’t enough students at each level. It does not say that the class sizes are smaller in countryside schools.

4) By 2015 every child in the world will receive nine years of compulsory education.

(It will be very difficult to meet the goal of providing nine years of compulsory education for every child by 2015---Chinese law states that every Chinese child will receive nine years of education. The goal of UNESCO is to provide primary education to all.)

2. According to the passage , which countries use the following methods to help them provide education?

Methods countries

Distance learning Australia, China, the USA

Mixed-grade classes China ,Turks and Caicos Islands

Money from international organizations China ,Lesotho, developing countries in Africa and Asia

Money from local organizations China

Step 5 Listening and reading

Now, please read the first three paragraphs after the tape.

Homework :

Please finish the exercises after class.

1.九年制義務教育__________________ 2.上小學______________________

3.與……..密不可分_________________ 4.承諾________________________

5.與…….相同_____________________ 6.首先,開始____________________

7.起著重要的作用__________________ 8.重視教育____________________

9.輟學____________________________ 10.吸收_______________________

11.混合年級的班級_________________ 12.中國政府___________________

13.教學質量_______________________ 14.住在農村___________________

15.對……懷疑_____________________ 16.遠程教學_________________