零起点大学英语基础教程4李桂兰整理教案

Unit 1Unit 1personal Qualitiespersonal Qualities I. Teaching aims and demandsI. Teaching aims and demands 1. Understand the background knowledge 2. Learn about the new words and phrases 3. Grasp the main idea and structure of the text 4. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities II. Teaching importance and difficultiesII. Teaching importance and difficulties 1.Background ination 2.The usage of some new words and phrases 3.Some sentence patterns difficult to understand III. Teaching sIII. Teaching s A combination of traditional teaching s with the communicative approach will be adopted. Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction. More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given to them in their extracurricular study. Use the multimedia device where necessary. IVIV. Teaching procedure. Teaching procedure a. Warming-up Activitiesa. Warming-up Activities 1.Duty Report Have a brainstorming about words to describe personal qualities 2. Ination related to the text 1) Cross-cultural communication The key to effective cross-cultural communication is knowledge. First, it is essential that people understand the potential problems of cross-cultural communication, and make a conscious effort to overcome these problems. Second, it is important to assume that one ’s efforts will not always be successful, and adjust one’s behavior appropriately. For example, one should always assume that there is a significant possibility that cultural differences are causing communication problems, and be willing to be patient and forgiving, rather than hostile and aggressive, if problems develop. One should respond slowly and carefully in cross-cultural exchanges, not jumping to the conclusion that you know what is being thought and said. Active listening can sometimes be used to check this out –by repeating what one thinks he or she heard, one can confirm that one understands the communication accurately. If words are used differently between languages or cultural groups, however, even active listening can overlook misunderstandings. 2) Personal qualities Personal qualities are personal characteristics of an individual. They are what make up one s personality. They help a person get along in a new situation. For example, dependability and patience are qualities that employers would like a good worker to have. Other qualities employers value are: honesty, assertiveness, flexibility, problem solving, friendliness, intelligence, leadership, enthusiasm, and a good sense of humor.Most employers want people who are dependable and who get along with others. Though skills are important, an employer will select new employees based 1 on their personal qualities as well. b. Language pointsb. Language points 1. Personal qualities generally have either positive or negative connotations. 一般来说，一个人的品质包括两个方面：积极的和消极的。 either or 要么…要么 neither nor 既不.也不 2.Our attitudes toward such personal qualities are partly per