新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)讀寫教程(第二版)第一冊(cè)課文原文

1、Unit1LearningaFeignLanguageLearningafeignlanguagewasoneofthemostdifficultyetmostrewardingexperiencesofmylife.Althoughattimeslearningalanguagewasfrustratingitwaswellwththeefft.Myexperiencewithafeignlanguagebeganinjunidles

2、choolwhenItookmyfirstEnglishclass.Ihadakindpatientteacherwhooftenpraisedallofthestudents.BecauseofthispositivemethodIeagerlyansweredallthequestionsIcouldneverwryingmuchaboutmakingmistakes.Iwasatthetopofmyclassftwoyears.W

3、henIwenttosenidleschoolIwaseagertocontinuestudyingEnglishhowevermyexperienceinsenischoolwasverydifferentfrombefe.Whilemyfmerteacherhadbeenpatientwithallthestudentsmynewteacherquicklypunishedthosewhogaveincrectanswers.Whe

4、neverweansweredincrectlyshepointedalongstickatusshakingitupdownshouted“No!No!No!“Itdidnttakemelongtolosemyeagernesstoanswerquestions.NotonlydidIlosemyjoyinansweringquestionsbutalsoItotallylostmydesiretosayanythingatallin

5、English.Howeverthatstatedidntlastlong.WhenIwenttocollegeIlearnedthatallstudentswererequiredtotakeanEnglishcourse.UnlikemysenidleschoolteachermycollegeEnglishteacherswerepatientkindnoneofthemcarriedlongpointedsticks!Howev

6、erthesituationwasfarfromperfect.AsourclasseswereverylargeIwasonlyabletoansweracoupleofquestionsineachclassperiod.AlsoafterafewweeksofclassesInoticedthereweremanystudentswhospokemuchbetterthanIdid.Ibegantofeelintiated.Soo

7、nceagainalthoughfdifferentreasonsIwasafraidtospeak.ItseemedmyEnglishwasgoingtostayatthesamelevelfever.ThatwasthesituationuntilacoupleofyearslaterwhenIwasofferedanopptunitytostudyEnglishthroughanonlinecourse.Thecommunicat

8、ionmediumwasacomputerphonelinemodem.Isoongotaccesstothenecessaryequipmentlearnedthetechnologyfromafriendparticipatedinthevirtualclassroom5to7daysaweek.Onlinelearningisnoteasierthanregularclassroomstudyitrequiresmuchtimec

9、ommitmentdisciplinetokeepupwiththeflowofthecourse.Iwkedhardtomeettheminimumstardssetbythecoursetocompleteassignmentsontime.Ipracticedallthetime.IcarriedalittledictionarywithmeeverywhereIwentaswellasanotebookinwhichIliste

10、danynewwdsIheard.Imademanysometimesembarrassingmistakes.OnceinawhileIcriedwithfrustrationsometimesIfeltlikegivingup.ButIdidntfeelintiatedbystudentswhospokefasterthanIdidbecauseItookallthetimeIneededtothinkoutmyideaswrote

11、areplybefepostingitonthescreen.ThenonedayIrealizedIcouldunderstjustabouteverythingIcameacrossmostimptantlyIcould“say“anythingIwantedtoinEnglish.AlthoughIstillmademanymistakeswascontinuallylearningIhadfinallyreapedthebene

12、fitsofallthathardwk.LearningafeignlanguagehasbeenamosttryingexperiencefmebutonethatIwouldnttradefanything.Notonlydidlearninganotherlanguageteachmethevalueofhardwkbutitalsogavemeinsightsintoanotherculturemymindwasopenedto

13、newwaysofseeingthings.ThemostwonderfulresultofhavinglearnedafeignlanguagewasthatIcouldcommunicatewithmanymepeoplethanbefe.Talkingwithpeopleisoneofmyfaviteactivitiessobeingabletospeakanewlanguageletsmemeetnewpeoplepartici

14、pateinconversationsfmnewunfgettablefriendships.NowthatIspeakafeignlanguageinsteadofstaringintospacewhenEnglishisbeingspokenIcanparticipatemakefriends.Iamabletoreachouttoothersbridgethegapbetweenmylanguageculturetheirs.學(xué)習(xí)

15、外語(yǔ)是我一生中最艱苦也是最有意義的經(jīng)歷之一。雖然時(shí)常遭遇挫折，但卻非常有價(jià)值。我學(xué)外語(yǔ)的經(jīng)歷始于初中的第一堂英語(yǔ)課。老師很慈祥耐心，時(shí)常表?yè)P(yáng)學(xué)生。由于這種積極的教學(xué)somethingiswrong.Ifonepersondoesnotunderstsomethingpossiblyseveralothershavethesameproblem.Ifanotherstudentisabletohelpsheheprobablywill.W

16、hileexplainingsomethingtoothersstudentsreinfcetheirownknowledgeaboutthesubject.4.Taketheprogramseriously.Onlinelearningisnoteasierthanstudyinregularclassrooms.Infactmanystudentssayitrequiresmuchmetimeefft.Requirementsfon

17、linecoursesarenotlessthanthoseofanyqualityprogram.Successfulstudentshoweverseeonlinelearningasaconvenientwaytoreceivetheireducation—notaneasierway.Manyonlinestudentssitatcomputersfhoursatatimeduringeveningsonweekendsinde

18、rtocompletetheirassignments.Whenotherpeoplearefinishedhavingfunismostlikelythetimewhenonlinestudentsdotheircoursewk.Onlinestudentsneedtocommit4to15hoursaweekfeachcourse.5.Acceptcriticalthinkingdecisionmakingaspartofonlin

19、elearning.Onlinecoursesrequirestudentstomakedecisionsbasedonfactsaswellasexperience.Itisabsolutelynecessaryfstudentstoassimilateinfmationmaketherightdecisionsbasedoncriticalthinking.Inapositiveonlineenvironmentstudentsfe

20、elvaluedbytheinstructbytheirclassmatesbytheirownwk.6.Beabletothinkideasthroughbefereplying.Providingmeaningfulqualityinputintothevirtualclassroomisanessentialpartofonlinelearning.Timeisgiventoallowfcarefuldevelopmentofan

21、swers.Testingchallengingofideasisencouraged.Manytimesonlinestudentswillnotalwaysberighttheyjustneedtobepreparedtoacceptachallenge.7.Keepupwiththeprogressofthecourse.Onlinelearningisnmallysequentialrequirescommitmentonthe

22、studentspart.Keepingupwiththefacetofaceclasscompletingallwkontimeisvital.Oncestudentsgetbehinditisalmostimpossibletocatchup.Studentsneedtowanttobethereneedtowanttheexperience.Theinstructmayhavetocommunicatewithstudentspe

23、rsonallytoofferhelpremindthemoftheneedtokeepup.Justasmanyexcellentinstructsmaynotbeeffectiveonlinefacilitatsnotallstudentshavethenecessaryqualitiestoperfmwellonline.Peoplewhohavethequalitiesdiscussedaboveusuallymakeverys

24、uccessfulonlinestudents.Ifyouhavethesequalitieslearningonlinemaybeoneofthebestdiscoveriesyouwillevermake.雖然常規(guī)的學(xué)校依然存在，但虛擬課堂在今天的教學(xué)領(lǐng)域中起著重要的作用。隨著學(xué)生就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)的迅速增多，越來(lái)越多不同年齡層的人開(kāi)始意識(shí)到這種在家就學(xué)的網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)方式。然而，網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)生需要具備一些特別的素質(zhì)才能取得成功。以下是網(wǎng)上學(xué)生要取得成功

25、必備的一些理想素質(zhì)。1.與人分享生活、工作及學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，這些是網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)的一部分。許多人發(fā)現(xiàn)網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)需要他們運(yùn)用各自的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，同時(shí)又為他們提供了相互交流的場(chǎng)所。這一交流場(chǎng)所消除了一些學(xué)生自我表達(dá)的視覺(jué)障礙。此外，學(xué)生在答題之前有時(shí)間進(jìn)行思考，這就使得網(wǎng)上環(huán)境開(kāi)放而友好。2.能通過(guò)書寫進(jìn)行交流。虛擬課堂的交流幾乎都是書面形式。因而很重要的一點(diǎn)是學(xué)生要具有書面表達(dá)能力。有些學(xué)生書面表達(dá)能力差，有待提高，可以在網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)之前提高或?qū)⑵渥鳛榫W(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)的一

26、部分。這常常需要他們加倍努力。不管是單獨(dú)學(xué)習(xí)還是小組學(xué)習(xí)，學(xué)生們就學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容交流觀點(diǎn)和見(jiàn)解，并展開(kāi)討論，同時(shí)了解其他同學(xué)的意見(jiàn)。這樣，學(xué)生可以從同齡人那里得到啟發(fā)，既跟老師學(xué)，又互相學(xué)習(xí)。3.說(shuō)出你的困難。記住，虛擬課堂里老師看不見(jiàn)學(xué)生。這就意味學(xué)生必須直接明了地表達(dá)自己的看法和要求。如果碰到技術(shù)方面的問(wèn)題，或在理解課程中遇到困難，必須大膽說(shuō)出來(lái)，否則任何人都無(wú)從知曉問(wèn)題所在。如果某人不理解某個(gè)問(wèn)題，或許別人也有同樣的問(wèn)題。如果有哪個(gè)學(xué)生