高级英语写作教案示范

高级英语写作教案示范

Part Two Basic Skill’s Training

基本技能训练

I.Teaching Materials

See Part Two

II.Teaching Aims

1.Teach the students how to use the most useful words appropriately.

2.Help the students make correct judgement about their own language mistakes and

teach them to find out the correct ways to avoid the inappropriate, unidiomatic expressions.

III.Teaching Time: 4 periods

IV.Teaching Focuses

1.Unique ways of making correct judgement in choosing proper words to express

oneself in writing.

2.General rules of correcting wordiness and omission in language.

V.Teaching Procedures

1.Step One—Ask the students how many levels are there in language according to

them?

2.Step Two—Give out some exercises concerning with the false usage of language

and make corrections in class.

3.Step Three—Analysis and brief summary of each type of basic language training.

4.Step Four—Assignment

VI.Detailed study of step one: a discussion on the formality of the words in different situations.

VII.Detailed study of step two.

Section One Choice of words措辞

The choice of words from one’s vocabulary can affect his writing style. Let’s look at two groups of words and compare them:

Pretentious Wording(fml.) Common Wording(standard)

in regards to concerning, about

utilize use

elucidate explain

prior to before

because of the fact because

of the opinion believe

ascertain find out

commence begin

When selecting words to use in an essay it is important to remember the four levels of diction:

1)Formal—Highly educated audience: ceremonial, scholarly or technical purpose.

2)Standard—Educated audience: college papers, mass publications, business communications, and many other writing purposes.

3)Informal—General audience: spoken rather than written situations, personal letters, conversational and entertaining purposes.

4)Slang—Specific audience: used to enhance the writing through dialogue essential to the character, such as in novels; or to build connections between members of a specific group or generation. Exercises:

1. In each sentence below, choose the more precise of the two words in brackets and fill in the blank with your choice:

1).A judge must be ______ in the cases he tries. (uninterested, disinterested)

A few listeners were _____ and dozed off.

2). Y our niece impressed me as sweet and _____. (childish, childlike)

Though she has grown up, her behavior is often _____.

3). The President spoken on the radio to the ____. (land, nation)

4).Why were you so ____ about your achievements? (humble, modest)

5).She has become very _____ since marrying him. (respectable, respectful)

People are serious and _____ at religious services.

Keys:disinterested, uninterested, childlike, childish, nation, modest, respectable, respectful

Section Two Confusion of words用词混淆

1. There are only three pairs of words in English which seemed to be as the antonyms, yet they are not. Pick them out:

a. flammable/inflammable

b. hinge/unhinge

c. valuable/invaluable

d. integrate/disintegrate