重庆大学版（必修）英语4一年级《Theme C Art and Literature The Magic of Art Unit 5 Art and Culture Further Reading 》

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get the meaning of some key words in the text(fancy, knot, string, pattern, symbol).

introduce some aspects of chinese fancy knots(symbolism, functions, history, features, skills and materials).

Teaching Focus & Difficulties:

Employ skimming and scanning to find out six aspects of Chinese fancy knots and some specific information;

Cultivate students’ teamwork spirit and enhance their cooperative learning ability;

Guide students to appreciate the beauty of Chinese fancy knots.

Teaching Methods: task-based language teaching, discussion method, communicative language teaching, cooperative learning

Teaching?Aids:?multi-media teaching equipment; blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Pre-reading:

Lead-in(guessing: guide students to guess what will be learnt based on

some detailed descriptions )

Prediction(ask students to predict what will be discussed in the text)

Step 2 While-reading:

Fast Reading(individual work)

Task 1 Ask students to skim the text and choose the best answer to each of the

following questions.(Tip: read the questions first and circle/underline the key words if necessary)

Careful reading(individual work)

Task 2 Ask students to read the text again and fill in the blanks.

Step 3 Post-reading

Task 3. Interviewing (Pair work) ask students to do role-play(Imagine that you are a reporter from America and very interested in Chinese fancy knots. Ask your partner as many questions as possible about Chinese fancy knots and then make a dialogue.)

How did Chinese fancy knots come into being?

What are Chinese fancy knots made of?

What do Chinese fancy knots symbolize?

What are Chinese fancy knots are used for?