Unit2UnderstandingeachotherExtendedreading

張麗輝

株洲市第二中學張麗輝華中師范大學外國語學院全日制碩士研究生中學生英語能力大賽優秀指導教師株洲市在線優課大賽一等獎湖南省論文二等獎Howtoshowyourattitudeandgivereasonslogically?Step1:ReviewthereadingpassageStep2:BrainstormsomewordsdescribingattitudeStep3:FindoutthelogicinsideStep4:Showyourattitudeandreasons1ReviewthereadingpassageStep

Two.Somecountriesopposeadoptingwordsfromothercultures,whilesomecommunitiesarepositiveaboutborrowedwords.

1.Howmanyattitudescanyouseetowardsborrowedwords?2.Howcanyouknowthat?Becausewecanseesomewordslikeoppose,pessimisticandwelcome.2BrainstormsomewordsdescribingattitudeStep

favourableunfavourableexpectedunclearsupportiveindifferentuncertainpessimisticdoubtfulpromisingintolerableneutraloptimisticobject/againstWordsdescribingattitude1.Positiveattitudes:2.Negativeattitudes:3.Others:......controversial...3FindoutthelogicinsideStep

①...somelanguagecommunitiesopposeadoptingwordsfromothercultures.(aclearattitude)Therearecountiesthatmakeinterventionstokeeptheirnativelanguagepureinordertodefendtheiridentity.(furtherexplanation)TheFrenchspeciallyhaveanofficialorganizationthatcreatesnewwords,inordertoavoidborrowedwords.(example1)Somelanguageshaveanextremelysmallnumberofspeakers,suchastheNativeAmericanNavajolanguage,usedonlybythemembersofthetribe.Underthiscircumstance,itbecomesamatterofsurvivalforthenativelanguagetorejectoutsideinfluences.(example2)Readthearticleagainandfindoutthelogicinsidetheexpressions.3Step

②...therearealsoothercommunitiesthatreadilywelcomeborrowedwords.(aclearattitude)English,especially,isbasedonamixofLatin,GreekandGermaniclanguages.(anexample)TheEnglish-speakingcommunitydoesnothesitateaboutabsorbingforeignwordsintoitsdailyvocabulary.Infact,therehaveneverbeenanyformalacademicrestrictionsonnewborrowedwords.(furtherexplanation)Borrowingwordsallowsthelanguagetocontinuetodevelop,enablingthecommunitytohaveamoreefficientlanguagewhichmakesitpossibleforthemtosharetheirexperienceswithnew-foundease.Itisalsothroughthosewordsthatnovelideasarespreadanddifferentbeliefsareexchangedmoreconvenientlyandquickly.(benefits)Readthearticleagainandfindoutthelogicinsidetheexpressions.Findoutthelogicinside3Step

·aclearattitude·furtherexplanation(ifneededorapplicable)·somesupportingexamplesaswellassupplementaryinformationorarguments(ifneededorapplicable,e.g.benefitsorharms/advantagesordisadvantages/judgments/viewpointsetc.)LogicinwritingFindoutthelogicinside4ShowyourattitudeandreasonsStep

Doyouthinkitisimportanttolearnandcontinueusinglocaldialectsintoday’sincreasinglyconnectedsociety?Whyorwhynot?Giveyourreasons.4ShowyourattitudeandreasonsStep

Sample1Yes,Ibelievethatmorethaneveritisessentialtouseandretainlocaldialectsintoday’stechnologicalage.(aclearattitude)Dialectscanbethoughtofasanintangibleheritageinacountrybecauseitconnectspeoplewiththeirhistory.(furtherexplanation)Chineseoperahasevolvedfromfolksongs,dances,talking,anddistinctivemusicbasedondialectsfrommanydifferentdynasties.(anexample)Ifdialectsdieout,itwouldbeagreatlossespeciallyforfuturegenerations,soIthinkdialectsneedtobeconservedandtreasured.(result&viewpoint)4ShowyourattitudeandreasonsStep

Sample2No,Idonotthinkitisimportanttolearnandcontinueusinglocaldialects.(aclearattitude)Wearelivinginanincreasinglyconnectedsocietywhereusinganeasy-to-understandwayofspeakinghelpspeoplecommunicatemoreeffectivelyandefficiently.(furtherexplanation)Asdialectsoftenhavestrangepronunciationsandsentencestructures,thenumberofpeopleusingthemisoftensmallerthanthegeneralpopulation.(reason1)Furthermore,theyoungergenerationslearnastandardizedlanguageandtendnottousedialectswhencommunicatingwithinoroutsidetheircommunities.(reason2)SoIthinkthereisnoreasontopro