Teaching Plan for Unit 9, Book Two Section A (4 periods): Stop Brain Drain Teaching Objectives This unit is intended to help us get a broader perspective on"Brain Drain. After leaning it, Ss should be able to 1 Understand how the author looks at "Brain drain" 2) And how to cope with this challenging problem 3) Understand the writing method of making contrast in an argumentative essay 4) Write an argumentative essay by using the method of making contrast 5) Use the following important words and expressions drain immigrant namely thumb parallel pledge scope commercial mushroom shift abandon software thumbs up in the meantime in favor of foot the bill hold water Teaching procedures: 1. General Statement(20minutes) Many challenging problems have arisen in the developing countries, such as in India, China, etc In section A, we're going to read an article about"Brain Drain, how the author looks at this problem and what happens when he and other highly trained people leave the developing world to work in the West The problems caused by it may b 1)educational systems have been affected by the widespread international migration of professionals and skilled workers 2)domestic educational systems have to meet the needs of other societies while failing to meet their own de 3)many persons choose schools and subjects in order to enhance their potential for migration Therefore, it should be emphasized in the developing counties the importance of educating student in social thoughts and that every nation is striving to relate education more closely to personal and social needs 2. Pre-reading Activities(20minutes) Compound Dictation: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear A Bill that there will be a lot of (D)to foreign students with (2)in science and engineering who went to work in the U.S. has already been handed to (3 But this (4)would benefit not (5)but American industry. Now, a lot of (6)educated at the expense of Indian taxpayer are aiming to go abroad, and even they (7 in the U.S. economy. So India government (8)to tempt foreign graduates to come back for the (9)of the country. But few foreign graduates come home. At last the author (10)2-9 1 Teaching Plan for Unit 9, Book Two Section A (4 periods):Stop Brain Drain Teaching Objectives: This unit is intended to help us get a broader perspective on “Brain Drain”. After leaning it, SS should be able to 1）Understand how the author looks at “Brain Drain” 2）And how to cope with this challenging problem 3）Understand the writing method of making contrast in an argumentative essay 4）Write an argumentative essay by using the method of making contrast 5）Use the following important words and expressions drain immigrant namely thumb parallel pledge scope commercial mushroom shift abandon software thumbs up in the meantime in favor of foot the bill hold water call for Teaching Procedures: 1. General Statement (20minutes) Many challenging problems have arisen in the developing countries, such as in India, China, etc. In section A, we’re going to read an article about “Brain Drain”, how the author looks at this problem and what happens when he and other highly trained people leave the developing world to work in the West. The problems caused by it may be: 1) educational systems have been affected by the widespread international migration of professionals and skilled workers. 2) domestic educational systems have to meet the needs of other societies while failing to meet their own domestic employment needs. 3) many persons choose schools and subjects in order to enhance their potential for migration. Therefore, it should be emphasized in the developing counties the importance of educating students in social thoughts and that every nation is striving to relate education more closely to personal and social needs. 2. Pre-reading Activities (20minutes) Compound Dictation: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. A Bill that there will be a lot of (1) to foreign students with (2) in science and engineering who went to work in the U.S. has already been handed to (3) . But this (4) would benefit not (5) but American industry. Now, a lot of (6) educated at the expense of Indian taxpayer are aiming to go abroad, and even they (7) in the U.S. economy. So India government (8) to tempt foreign graduates to come back for the (9) of the country. But few foreign graduates come home. At last the author (10)