Unit 1 Text A An IMPRESSIVE English lesson,Unit 1 Language in mission,Teaching objectives,To master the essay writing skill,Teaching Procedure,1. Lead-in,What are the four basic skills of learning English?,1. Lead-in:,Listening,Reading,Speaking,Writing,Which one is the BIG trouble for you?,1. Lead-in:,Listening,Reading,Speaking,Writing,1. Lead-in: Cultural notes,What is your goal in English learning?,1. Lead-in: Cultural notes,The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) measures the language proficiency of people who want to study or work where English is used as a language of communication. It uses a nine-band scale to clearly identify levels of proficiency, from non-user (band score 1) through to expert (band score 9).,1. Lead-in: Cultural notes,The Test of English as a Foreign Language(TOEFL) TOEFL iBT(Internet Based Test）measures your ability to use and understand English at the university level. And it evaluates how well you combine your reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills to perform academic tasks.,1. Lead-in: Cultural notes,Test of English for International Communication(TOEIC) 每年在150个国家有超过500多万人次参加托业考试，10000多家国际化的公司或机构承认并使用TOEIC成绩。因为TOEIC考试能对人们使用英语进行交流的能力做出公正客观的测量，所以它成为当今世界上顶级的职业英语能力测评。,1. Lead-in:,What will you do in face of CET?,1. Do you have any problem in English learning?, I always feel it difficult to Its not easy for me to understand what others say; remember so many words; learn the grammar; read quickly; speak in public,1. Lead-in: Discussion,2. Do you think grammar is important in English learning?,Yes. The basic building blocks of a language; essential for effective communication; put the words in the right order; help to convey correct, meaningful message.,1. Lead-in: Discussion,2. Do you think grammar is important in English learning?,No. as long as one can understand what other is saying; dynamic and no language is fixed; speak their native language without having studied its grammar.,1. Lead-in: Discussion,internalization,2. Structure analysis The author was shocked by his students _ to describe properly her trip to Europe; Students should _ for these knowledge deficits.,Part I (Paras. 1- _),5,the background of the story,grammar,inability,not be blamed,2. Structure analysis 2) The king would wear no clothes, which makes him appear differently from others. Glancing at the two sentences, I thought the teacher must have made a mistake because these two sentences were the same. Suddenly, the class burst into a loud laughter. Only then did I realize that adding a comma could show a big difference in meaning.,to be continued,3. Writing skills: Essay writing,Sample: Afterward, something interesting happened to me again. At the beginning of my English class one day, the teacher returned our homework assignment. To my surprise, my teacher had crossed out -ly in the sentence “I studied English hardly.” “Isnt hardly an adverb?” I asked myself. Later, of course, I figured out what was wrong: an over-generalization! I was assuming every adjective added with -ly still maintains the meaning of that adjective. Not till then did I find out that hardly actually means “almost not”, so what I wrote made a world of difference from what I wanted to say.,to be continued,3. Writing skills: Essay writing,Sample: In conclusion, what I experienced enables me to understand English grammar is truly a mysterious world of art. How fun it is to learn English grammar!,3. Writing skills: Essay writing,4. Summary,4. Summary,2,1,Structure analysis & Text comprehension,Anaysis of the writing skills,Three main parts of an essay: Introdution Body Conclusion,Structure analysisIntroduction Body Conclusion Text comprehension,5. Assignment,5. Assignment 1,Directions: Write an essay of no less than 150 words on one of the following topics. One topic has an outline you can follow.,5. Assignment 1,5. Assignment 2,More topics: Learning English through imitation / repetition Learning English with / without grammar,