subayunderground leftleft-handside

eepgoingstraightgostraighton toblocstostreets rightright-handside

Preparetheirrole-playinpairs:BesurethatoneplaysaspeaerofBritishEnglishandtheotheraspeaerofAericanEnglish.Asstudentstoselectactualstreetsandlocationintheirhoetonforgivingdirections.

Perforance:Astopairstoperfortheirdialogueinclass. Sapleversion:

S1:Excusee,sir.ButIcan’tfindthedrugstore? S2:Pardon?

S1:IsaidIcouldn’tfindthecheist’sshop.

S2:ell,goroundthecorneronyourright-handside,straightonandcrosstheflyover.youillfinditahead. S1:Thanyouveryuch. S3:hatdidhesay?

S1:Hetoldustogoroundthecornerontheright,gostraightonandthencrosstheoverpass.Thedrugstoreillbeahead. Self-assessentcriteria:

Didyoucooperateellithyourpartnerhilepracticing? canyouasfordirectionsandgivedirectionsclearly?

canyouexpressyourideasfluently?Ifnot,hat

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syourainproble?

DidyougonaturallybeteenAericanEnglishandBritishEnglishhiletalingtoeachother. V.riting aingaposter

FirstasthestudentstoaeeducatedguessesabouthoEnglishcanhelpsoeaspectofchineselife,inparticularitseconoy. Then,inpairsstudentsorontheirposter.

Finally,asseveralpairstopresenttheirposterinclassforassessent. ASapleposter

cHINA’SFUTURELIESITHLEARNINGENGLISH ReasonsforlearningEnglish:

orldtradeisdoneinEnglish;

InternationalorganizationuseEnglish;

eneedcontactiththedevelopedesternorldtobuildourcountry;

ThedevelopedorldusesEnglishinitsdealings. hythechineselanguageillnotdo? Veryfepeopleintheestspeachinese; chineseisadifficultlanguagetolearn;

ostbusinessendonothavetietolearnnelanguageseverytietheyenteraneinternationalaret.

SocHINA’SFUTURELIESITHLEARNINGENGLISH 2.ritingAssessent

canyougivepersuasivereasonsforthetopiconyourposter? canyouverbalizeyourideasfluently?

canyouputyouronEnglishlearningexperiencesintoabroaderperspective?

canyouorganizeyourideasinalogicalay?

Haveyouadeabrainstoringapbeforeyousetouttodesignyourposter?Doyouthinithelpsyourriting?

hatindofistaeshaveyouadeinyourriting?hatcanyoudotoavoidsuchistaes? FurtherApplying

Theteacherayalsoguidethestudentstodotherithingtasintheorbooonpage53.youaytaethefolloingsteps:

Step1:StudentsdividedintogroupsoffoursharetheironlearningexperiencesandideasaboutEnglishlearning. Step2:Studentsaealistasfollos: yprobles

Ideasforiproveent hyIlieEnglish yfuture ithEnglish

Step3:aenotesabouttheparagraphsfortheriting.

Step4:Theteacherhelpsdevelopideasinapositiveandencouragingay.