New Progressive College English Book III UNIT 1 Working Holiday AbroadUnit 1 Working Holiday Abroad1. Teaching Objectives:Students will be able toA. discuss the relevant topicsB. understand the text with skimming and scanningC. learn languages, e.g. words, phrases, difficult structuresD. think further2. Time Allotment:1st Period: Lead-in Activities (Warm-up activities; Discussion about working holiday abroad )2nd Period: Global-reading Activities (Text: Approaching the theme; analyzing the text organization)3rd Period: Detailed reading Activities (Understanding the Text in a deeper level, analyzing difficult sentence structures)4th Period: Detailed reading Activities (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 Activities (Viewing and Listening; Speaking; Assignment)3. Teaching Procedures:3.1 Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activitiesIntroduce the topic to the class: Working Holiday Abroad, and ask students the question: “What a working holiday is ?”Ask the students to watch twice a video clip of a talk about a working holiday in OpenerAsk the students to understand the main points by filling blanks of the summary given inOpenerHelp the students to sum up the main points of the talk about a working holiday:♦ A working holiday is when you spend a significant amount of time in another country and have the working rights to back it up. You are able to pick up a job or two (or 6) andbreak that arrangement up by traveling or moving on to a new location in the country.♦With a working holiday visa, you can work as you go♦ A working holiday could end up being a life-changing experience.♦ A working holiday can do wonders for really introducing you to a new culture.Method:Method: PPT; communicative approach.Step 2: Discussion about joys and challenges of taking working holidays overseasHave students work in pair talking about joys and challenges of taking working holidaysoverseas and invites some students to report to the class.Method: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach.3.2 Global readingStep 1. Approaching the themeThe teacher asks students questions: How would you like to take a working holiday abroad ? Do you think it would suit you or take too far away from the world in which you feel comfortable ? Do you want to experience joys and challenges of taking working holiday? The students’ answers may vary. Then the teacher tells students that they will learn a text about a person’s real experience of taking working holiday abroad, and they will know what it is really like to take working holiday abroad.Method: PPT; communicative approach.Step.2 Analyzing the text organizationThe teacher tells students that the text can be divided into six 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 difficult sentences and understanding of each paragraph.2) Help Ss 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 sentencestructures 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 difficult sentences and understanding of each paragraph. Para.2Q: What happened to the author before she left for Canada ?A: She lost her grandmother, her job and had two car crashes in five months.Para.4Q:What did the author and her co-workers do after work ?A: They met up for dinner, ladies night and sightseeing excursions. The author taught her co-workers an Australian word of the day and they helped her understand the Canadian use of “eh” at the end of sentences.Para.7Q: What did they do while at work ?A: They listened to 90s music, drank their daily Starbucks and served their friendly regulars. Para.8Q: What does the author mean by saying “ it didn’t feel like my job ?A: She loved her job so much that she didn’t feel she was working.Para.11Q: Where did she travel ?A: She did a massive circle, starting from Vancouver, going all the way to the East Coast, then across Southern USA and finally up the West Coast.Para.12Q: How did she feel on her trip across Canada and the United States ?A: he was proud of herself for constantly stepping out of her comfort zone and embracing the unknown.Para.14Q: What is her obsession ?A: She is obsessed with browsing craft and design blogs and watching the Lifestyle channel. Para.15Q: In what sense has Vancouver helped the author become a better person?A: Vancouver has helped her to grow personally, have fun professionally and gain confidence.3.3.2 Language Focus3.3.2.1 Difficult sentences:1) Prior to leaving, I was not in a good place. (Para. 2)Before leaving Australia, I had gone through a very difficult period and was low in spirits.出发前，我的境况不好。