进教室先板书标题 **“Welcome, Xie Lei!” **
Business Student Building Bridges
P1: Class begins. Good morning class. please be seated. Hello everyone. Before class, I will ask you a question. Do you want to study abroad? Why ? Can you give me your reason ?
P2: To tell the truth, I didn't have a chance to study abroad. Luckily, my friend Sherry went to the university of York to study. Now, here, let’s watch a video about Sherry to learn about her overseas learning experience.
P3: Time is up. What problems did she meet?
From the video, we know she is an outstanding exchange student. Now, boys and girls, today we are going to read a passage about another exchange student.
P4-5: Before you read, look at the title and the picture below.
Here are two questions. Who is Xie Lei?
(A student majoring in business.)
Where can you read the passages?
We can read the passage ++in a school newspaper ++. Boys and girls. Let’s look at the title. What is the meaning of build bridges and how does she build them ? (对不对？)In order to explore the real meaning of buiding bridges, Let’s read the passage to find the answer.
P6-7 This time I will give you three minutes to read a passage and find out the structure. Ok, time is up. Who would like to have a try? This group one by one. What is the main idea of paragraph one? When you answer my question, please use complete sentences. For example, the main idea of para1 is about leaving China for London.
Now, boys and girls, how many parts can we divide the passage into? Actually, the passage can be divided into three parts. Part one is about the reasons why Xie Lei studied abroad. Part two is about challenges Xie Lei met and how she handled them. Part three is about the writer’s wishes for Xie Lei.
P8: From the main idea, we know Xie Lei studied in the UK alone, so she might meet some challenges. What challenges did she meet and what did she do to deal with these challenges? (How did she deal with ?)
Please discuss in a group of four. Three minutes for you. Okay, time is up. In her daily life. What are the challenges? Who would like to be a first one? The girl, please? And how did she deal with the challenges? Apart from the challenges in her daily life, how about other challenges in academic life?
OK, boys and girls. From the analysis, we know she faced many challenges. Actually, we can also call these challenges culture shock. Do you know what is culture shock? (板书culture shock)No, maybe it is difficult to explain. Please look at your learning sheet. Let's read the definition together. (Culture shock: shock refers to feelings of uncertainty, confusion, or anxiety that people may experience when moving to a new country or experiencing new culture or surroundings. This cultural adjustment is normal and is the result of being in an unfamiliar environment.)
On the way to overcome the culture shock, how did her feelings change? Please read the passage and circle the words that show Xie Lei’s feelings and figure out the reasons. One minute for you. Any volunteers? Thank you. Sit down, please. Now how about the second one? This group? One by one, please? Ok. So we can see XL’s feelings changed a lot when studying abroad. Now please draw a curved line on a diagram to show the changes.
P9: Look at your learning sheet. I will give you two minutes.
Time is up. Who like to have a try? At first, she felt excited and nervous because she left China for the first time. (学生回答)
P10: This is the changes of her feelings. Let's come to the beginning part of this class. What is the meaning of building bridges?( She is building a bridge between British and Chinese culture. ) How does she build bridges? (To bridge cultures, Xie Lei not only needs to adapt to the British culture but also share the Chinese culture.
P11: Here, how does she spread Chinese culture? Please read the passage again and find out the answer. Two minutes for u.
Firstly, she told people how to cook Chinese food. Secondly, she gave a presentation on traditional Chinese art. Then she got involved in social activities. At last, she shared Chinese culture with them.
P13: Boys and girls, from the above actions she took, we know she really is a cultural messager. Can you find out the supporting ideas?
we can find the answer from Para7 on the second line from the bottom.
P14: Now, boys and girls from the passage we know that as a Chinese student, XL is a cultural massager. Actually in China, there are many students or people serving cultural messagers who are devoted to spreading Chinese culture. Especially our country also put forward some policies to spread Chinese culture.
P15-16: Do you know what are they? Confucius institute? Very good. Actually. Uh, now let's take a look at this picture. What is it? Uh, one belt, one road. Very good. It was proposed by president xi. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the belt and road initiative. This policy not only helps to spread Chinese culture, but also enhances the connectivity, relation, cooperation and global economy.
Besides this year, president Xi wrote a letter to China-central Asia students saying that he urged students to be cultural messages to promote friendship between China- central Asian countries(直接改为among countries), carry forward the silk spirit, and tell Chinese stories and Asian stories.++ As a result, we can build a bridge of cooperation in order to construct a close community with a shared future++.
P17: Based on the passage and the above information, Let's do an interesting activity—a role paly. Let’s make an interview. Pay attention. you guys need to prepare for interview in pairs. One acts as a reporter to prepare the following questions to ask XL. The other acts as XL to answer the questions. Focus on the following questions. Got it?
Now three minutes for you. please discuss with your partners. OK, Who would like to have a try? This group? Wonderful, you did a good job. ( sb a big hand)Let's clap for them.
P18：OK, boys and girls, Let’s draw a conclusion. In your interviews, we know there are many Chinese traditional Chinese art, including paper cutting calligraphy, shadow puppet and Peking Opera , etc.
P19: As future constructors of the belt and road project, we can do the following things to bridge cultures. such as, open your mind, master English and use it to tell Chinese stories, build cultural confidence, have a good knowledge of our own culture, understand the differences and try to fit in and respect the cultural differences.
P20: Boys and girls. Today's homework is the following. Suppose you are Xie Lei, choose one of the following to finish:
P21：So much for this class. Thank you for your cooperation. GOODBYE class.
这几天都很多事情，今天才把讲课稿写完！有时候我在想，这种把课堂话语全部记住的意义在哪里？希望以后再无公开课。
