Teaching Plan

Of A New English Course

Statement

The plan series, based on the English teaching book A New English Course by Li Guanyi (李观仪) and Mei Deming (梅德明), are edited and reorganized by English Dept.of Longdong Normal University for the teachers’ reference. The English Department of Longdong University is the only copyright holder. Any illegal unloading of the plan will be accused with accordance to relevant laws.

Book I

Unit 1

Time Allotment

Section One Duty Report, Language Structures & Dialogues (100 minutes)

Section Two Duty Report, Readings (100 minutes)

Section Three Duty Report, Exercises (100 minutes)

Main Tasks:

I. Grammar

1. The simple past and the present perfect contrasted

2. The past progressive

3. The past perfect

II. Communicative skills

1. Asking for/giving information about somebody‘s (first, second, last, etc.) visit to a certain place;

2. Asking for and giving information about what was going on in two different classes at the same time in the past;

3. Asking for and giving information about what was going on at a certain time in the past;

4. Giving information about actions completed before a certain time in the past/before another action in the past;

5. Introducing yourself and responding to an introduction when you are introduced.

III. Useful words and expressions

IV. Note-writing: Note of introduction

V. Use of transitions

Detailed Teaching Points and Suggested Teaching Procedures：

Section One Language Structures & Dialogues

I. Grammar review

1. Simple past and present perfect tense

Verbs in sentences beginning with ―This is the first/second… time are in the present perfect form. For example,

This is the first time I‘ve been in Xi‘an.

This is the second time I‘ve seen this movie.

2. Past progressive tense

Past progressive is a combination of the progressive aspect with the past tense. The use of the past progressive has much in common with that of the present progressive, only the time reference being pushed back to the past, often overtly expressed by a time –when/while adverbial. For example,

Susan was washing her hair while her mother was cooking.

Dick was changing a flat tire while his father was mowing the lawn.

3. Past perfect tense