Teaching Plan

Content

Object ives

Methodologies

C lassroom teaching

1

2

3

Unit 6 Literacy and

Technology

Text 2 Will Digital Reading

Erode

Our Ability to Understand

the World?

Content

WARM-UP

Target students：

Objectives

2.Motivate students'

critical thinking and

interest on the topic.

WARM-UP

Difficulties

Methodologies

Communicative

approach

Situational

teaching

approach

P O A

WARM-UP

Teaching aids

video clip & aritical online Production-oriented approach

Classroom

Teaching 3

4

Previous reading

quill pen fountain

pen computer

type

writer pencil brush

the fundamental changes to writing style

杀 lù

jiǎo róu 造作

(膺/赝) 品

饮 (鸩/鸠) 止渴

美 (轮/仑) 美奂

趋之若 (鹜/骛)

杀(戮)

(矫揉)造作

(膺/赝) 品

饮 (鸩/鸠) 止渴

美 (轮/仑) 美奂

趋之若 (鹜/骛)

Why?

1 2

3 Do you still buy any

paperbacks for daily

reading?

Do you often bring a

book with you in the

bag when going out?

What do you often do

to solve the problems

when........?

Vocabs

N

Novels

What do you often do to solve

the problems when........?

In the past

Nowadays

1

What is the impact of digital

technology on reading? 2

Digital technology

evolution

Paperbacks eBooks

Children Youth

The old

Group

discussion

2 3 1

Merits

Discussion

2 3 1

（fast information acceptance and processing/ produce output results quickly） Drawbacks

a. Paperbacks are obsolete['ɒbsəliːt]!

Digitalization can help us better synthesize information!

b. Digitalization will ruin our ability to understand the

world!

Is Google making us stupid？

Nicholas G. Carr

Content Reading mode Abundance Efficiency Deep reading

Maryanne Wolf

Thinking Memory

Nervus

centralis

Proust and the Squid

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

CONTENT

LANGUAGE

TIPS

1.What is the threat posed by digital reading?

2.How does traditional reading differ from

digital reading?

3.How can we apply the digital technology to

our advantage?

1. How to describe impact and attitude?

2. How to refute /defend a view?

UNIT 6 LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY

Text 2 Will Digital Reading Erode Our Ability to Understand the World?

source of information scope of information

reader's understanding path of understanding

authority

THANKS