现代大学英语 第五册 Lesson 3 教案.docx

1、现代大学英语 第五册 Lesson 3 教案Lesson Three Goods Move. People Move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change.Teaching hours: 6 Teaching requirements: Build the students vocabulary power. Help the students to get the general ideas of the text about globalization and understanding of the various aspects related to glo

2、balization; Cultivating a sense of global awareness; Build the students writing skills by analyzing the rhetorical device of contrast and careful choice of words.Key points of teaching: a more perceptive understanding on globalization by learning the text; writing style analysis of the typical piece

3、 of journalistic writingTeaching contents1. Pre-class work 1.1 Background Information1) Erla Zwingle: former National Geographic editor. I am a freelance journalist and have been writing for many magazines for several decades, on subjects ranging from photography to sports to people, places, and thi

4、ngs. I have traveled from the slums of India and Sao Paulo to private clubs in Saint-Moritz, and met people from geologists studying nuclear waste storage to farmers harvesting their olives for oil. Muslims in Norway, environmental activists in Greece, art restorers in ItalyIm used to meeting people

5、 and I love learning new things. 2) Culture: the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought; the ideas, beliefs and customs that are shared by people in a society; all the arts, beliefs, social institutions etc. c

6、haracteristic of a community or a race. Activity 1: Identify and explain what culture is. What is culture? Discuss. Culture is a way of life shared by a group. It is a learned behavior, passed on by each generation. Culture embraces a peoples lifestyle, values, and beliefs. Ask students to list item

7、s they think are part of culture e.g., music, literature, art, religion, traditions, dress, food, architecture, education, government gather information and write a definition of what culture is. 3) Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the worlds economic order through reduction of

8、such barriers to international trade as tariffs, export fees, and import quotas. It describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through communication, transportation, and trade. The term can also refer to the transnational circulation of ideas, l

9、anguages, or popular culture through acculturation. Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the

10、 environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. Globalization is deeply controversial, however. Proponents of globalization argue that it allows poor countries and their citizens to develop econom

11、ically and raise their standards of living, while opponents of globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free market has benefited multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of local enterprises, local cultures, and common people. Resistance to globaliz

12、ation has therefore taken shape both at a popular and at a governmental level as people and governments try to manage the flow of capital, labor, goods, and ideas that constitute the current wave of globalization. Activity 2: Examine and analyze how technology influences the spatial processes of cul

13、tural convergence and divergence. Have students examine and analyze how communications and transportation technologies contribute to cultural convergence (i.e., how electronic media, computers, and jet aircraft connect distant places in a close network of contact through cross-cultural adaptation).

14、How do they see themselves in this convergence? Students should draw a map and write an essay reflecting their findings. They should address the question: How does the role of technology affect the ways in which culture influences spread and influence the way people live?1.2 Questions for discussion

15、 Whats the authors attitude towards globalization? Do you think globalization equals to Americanization? Whats your reaction to the changed culture? Are you ready for this challenge? 1.3 Synonyms for globalization: mixing, merging, fusion, blending2. Detailed study of the text 2.1 Reading for the ma

16、in idea Globalization is an inevitable historical process. There will be a diversity of cultures coexisting in the world, and these cultures are brought together not only by technology or business but more importantly by common aspiration and shared values. (Globalization will not lead to Americanization but a coexistence of transformed culture made possible by common aspiration and shared values of human beings.)2.2 Language points