授课题目：Unit 8 The art of parenting
授课时间：第_____周
授课类型：理论课
授课时数：____课时
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教学目的：
After finishing this unit, students will be able to:
1. Grasp main idea of the text (retelling of topic paragraph);
2. Appreciate various techniques employed by the writer to make comparison and contrast;
3. Master key language points and grammatical structures in the text (Develop an argumentative essay, coherence achieved by different expression of a fixed meaning).
教学重点和难点：
1.Text Analysis (How to develop an argumentative essay);
2.Cultural Notes (contrast on parenting between East and West);
3.Language Study (how to make comparison and contrast);
4.Translation Exercis (to explain points when doing translation exercis: no grammatical mistakes, conciness,authenticity).
Difficult points（难点）:
Translation criteria – to make students understand basic translation criteria through related exercis
教学方法和手段：
Various kinds of teaching methods are ud:
1. Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowledge in class;
2. Ca study. Provide ca study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the ca;
3. Bilingual and full English teaching;
4. 中医丰胸Learner-centered approach; situational & communicative method;
5. 华谊音乐Project-bad approach
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教学内容和过程：
Section A Reflections of a Chine mother in the west
Step One Warming-up Activities 下一站风景30 minutes
Q1: Is your mother a Tiger Mother? What would your parents do if you failed to meet their expectations?
Yes.
Assume strength rather than fragility;
Be strict with me;
Not permit me to do …;
Physically punish me.
Q2: Have you ever hated your parents when they forced you to do something you disliked but which later proved to be worthy of your efforts?
Yes.
Force me to learn the Chine calligraphy;
Physically punished me becau of my lack of lf-discipline;
Be all for my good;
Better appreciate traditional culture;
Foster patience and persistence;
Be forever grateful for their guidance.
Q3:Which teaching method is better, Chine parenting or western parenting?
Chine patenting:
obedience and discipline;
focus on children’s IQ development;
perfect grades;
land a satisfactory job.
Western parenting:
freedom; a happy childhood;
more encouragement;
a relaxed environment;
mental health.
Cultural background
1. What is the most popular grading system in the United States?
Discrete evaluation in the form of letter grades;
Follow a five-point system, using the letters A, B, C, D and F;
A indicating excellent, C indicating average and F indicating failing.
2. What is the core of Confucianism?
Humanism, the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor especially including lf-cultivation and lf-cr
eation.
3. What can children do in the sleep-away camps?
Sleep under the stars with friends;
Learn to shoot a bow and arrow;
Spend entire days in their swimming suits, etc.
There are all kinds of camps, and all offer opportunities for kids to engage in new skills while also immersing themlves in familiar pursuits.
Step Two Text Study 80 minutes
I.Interactive reading of the text
Main ideas of the parts
This text is an argumentative essay. Western parents are ________________ Chine
parents’ success of raising kids. (Para.1)
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baffled about
What do Westerners think of Chine parents’ way of raising kids? (Para. 2)
provocative, unimaginable and even illegal
Differences between Chine mothers and Western parents to an obe child (Para. 2):
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Western parents
Part I — (Paras. 1- __)数学公式小学
Chine parents rai successful kids, but they u some methods which are ________________________ to Westerners.
unacceptable (or different)
Part II — (Paras. 3-10)
It contains three ctions and explains in detail what the three ideological differences are.
Why do Western parents want to protect their children from criticism? (Para. 3)
Children are tender and not strong;
Parents should protect their children’s lf-esteem and protect children against the feeling of failure.
The child comes home with a B (Paras. 4-5)
Western parents
Chine parents
a screaming, hair-tearing explosion
prai the child
express disapproval
get practice tests
worry about their child
u every tool to get her child’s grade up to an A
Why do Chine parents demand perfect grades? (Para. 6)
Becau they take it for granted that their child can get them, and grades are a more important measure of success than “lf-esteem”.
the cond ideological difference (Paras.7-8)
