New Progressive College English Book IIIUnit 4 Emerging Adulthood1. Teaching Objectives:Students will be able toA. have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically;B. build up an active vocabulary to talk about growing up and adulthood and know how to usethe key words and expressions in context properly;C. discuss the important aspects of becoming an adult;D. compare American and Chinese views on emerging adulthood;E. talk about changes in expectations of young adults and changes in the degree ofindependence from their parents young adults are able to achieve in today’s world;F. write an essay about their views on emerging adulthood.2. Time Allotment:1st Period: Lead-in Activities (Warm-up activities; Discussion about adulthood)2nd Period: Global Reading (Text: Approaching the theme; Analyzing the text organization) 3rd Period: Detailed Reading (Understanding the text in a deeper level; Analyzing difficult sentence structures)4th Period: Detailed Reading Continued (Learning new words; Summarizing good usage) 5th Period: Comprehending Reading 1 (Skimming the text; Explaining the difficult sentences of the text; Doing sentence translation))6th Period: After Reading (Viewing and listening; Speaking; Assignment)3. Teaching Procedures:3.1 Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activitiesThe teacher leads students to figure out the five stages of life (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age) and tells them a new life stage “emerging adulthood”has been proposed by psychologists to describe the period of time between adolescence and adulthood..Method: PPT, communicative approach.Step 2: Discussion about adulthoodThe teacher has students work in pairs and discuss the questions in Opener about their own criteria for reaching adulthood. The teacher reminds students to refer to the helpful words and expressions given below the pictures.Method: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach.3.2 Global ReadingStep 1. Approaching the themeThe teacher has students know the background information about the term “emerging adulthood”in Culture Notes.Emerging Adulthood: Starting in 1995, psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett interviewed 300 young people aged 18 to 29 in cities around the nation over five years, asking them questions about what they wanted out of life. Working from those interviews and examining broad demographic indicators, Arnett proposed a new period of life-span development he calls “emerging adulthood”.从1995年开始，历时5年，心理学家杰弗里·阿内特在美国许多城市访谈了300位18-29岁的年轻人，就他们想从生活中得到什么进行提问。

基于研究结果，阿内特提出了人生发展的一个新阶段，即“成年形成期”。

Method: PPT; communicative approach.Step.2 Analyzing the text organizationThe teacher tells students that the text can be divided into four parts which have been given in the Text Organization. Then students should summarize the main idea of each part and compare notes with each other.Method: skimming and scanning, communicative approach3.3 Detailed Reading3.3.1 Procedure1) Students are asked to read the passage carefully again and for each paragraph (sometimestwo-three paragraphs), invite students to answer questions related to the details of the text and the difficult sentences.2) Help Students find out the good usage in the text and underlined them.3) Learn new words in details.Purpose: Further understand the text and train scanning ability to learn difficult sentence structures as well as new words and expressions.Method:Reading the text together; Using task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach.Step 1. Questions related to the details of the textPara. 1Q: What is the average age of entering marriage now in the U.S.?A: Today the average age of getting married is 26 for women and 28 for men.Para. 1Q: Why do young Americans change jobs much more frequently than their parents did?A: Because they expect a lot more out of work. They want to find that work is personally fulfilling and is itself an adventure.Para. 2Q: What do the authors refer to by “emerging adulthood”?A: By emerging adulthood, they refer to a new life period which runs typically from age 18 to 25. Paras.3-7Q: What are the five features typical of emerging adulthood?A: Identity explorations, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between and a sense of possibilities. Para.9Q: Why do the authors say the rise of this new life stage is a good thing?A: Because they think that young people can make use of the freedom of emerging adulthood to have experiences, otherwise they couldn’t have no matter when they were younger or older. Para. 10Q: What is the disadvantage of this new life stage according to the authors?A: Some emerging adults feel overwhelmed by the challenges of this life stage.Para. 11Q: What do the authors suggest parents do?A: Be patient with emerging adults.Para. 12Q: What is the benefit of seeing emerging adulthood as a normal stage of life?A: It can help ease our anxiety and may allow us to appreciate their energy, optimism and appetite for life.3.3.2 Language Focus3.3.2.1Difficult sentences:1) …as they search for work that is personally fulfilling, not just a job but an adventure. (Para. 1) Paraphrase the sentence:…as they look for work that can satisfy themselves and be viewed as not only a job, but also an adventure.Translate the sentence:他们寻找的是能使自身满足的工作，是一种带有风险的探索，而不单单是一份工作。