Teaching Procedures
Periods 1-2
Reading A
1.
Introduction to Unit field work and lead-in
to Reading A
10 min.
a.
Describe a situation in which current
assessment is involved and assign the field work project by saying, for
example:
Hello, class. In our world, we cannot live
without money. Once we have some money that we don’t want to use up at once, we
have to go to banks. The field work for this unit is to research about the
services provided by all types of banks. As usual, you have about two weeks to
do this project. And there is the in-class presentation, of course.
b.
Ask
students to:
-
search
the library or the Internet for information about banking
management;
-
make a
list of questions and use them to interview people about banking
management;
-
write a
report about your group work and prepare for an in-class
presentation.
c.
Lead in
to Reading A by saying, for example:
As the first step of your field work project,
you may get some basic ideas about banking management by going through
2.
Pre-reading activities
10 min.
Activity 1
Brainstorming
a. Students work with partners and list some
words relevant to “Banking Management”
b.
Invite
some students to give their list and provide the suggested list below if
necessary:
deposit, investment, exchange foreign
currency, interest rate, borrower, credit card, bank account, check, notes,
banker, financial market, security ...
3.
In-reading activities
50 min.
Activity 1 Individual work:
finding out the difficulties
a. Students read the text with attention to
possible language difficulties and special terms.
b. Students raise questions
concerning the difficulties found while reading.
c. Encourage students to join in
the explanation of difficult points.
d. Then ask some more questions
relevant to the paragraphs.
Paragraph one:
- How does e-banking
differ from traditional banking?
Paragraph two:
- What do e-banking
services comprise?
- What does the word “comprise”
mean?
Paragraph three:
- How may financial
organizations expand their customer in a wider geographic area?
Paragraph
four:
- What can customers
do through banks’ Internet Web sites?
- Many
banking organizations are now offering small business applications and corporate
cash management services via the Internet. What do the services generally
include?
Paragraph
six:
- How do transactional Internet banking sites work?
Paragraph
seven:
- In
telephone banking, how do customers check account
balances and transactions and pay bills?
Paragraph
eight:
- Why are more and
more financial institutions eager to adopt e-banking?
- What does the phrase
“the man on the street” mean?
d. Comment on students’
performance.
Activity 2 Pair work:
reviewing the expressions
a. Students work in pairs with one reading out
language points or special terms and the other making a sentence, paraphrasing
or translating.
b. Monitor the work and provide
help if necessary.
Activity 3 Group work:
getting the ideas
a. Students work in groups to
discuss
-
the procedure of depositing and withdrawing money
- the functions of banks
b. Group representatives report about their
work.
c. Invite peer comment and give
feedback.
Possible difficulties in
- …differing
only in that it utilizes a different
delivery channel.
utilize: vt. to make good use of
e.g. It is to be hoped that in her
new job her talents will be better utilized than before.
- Many
institutions are now using the Internet to enhance their service offerings to
existing customers.
enhance: vt. to increase in strength or
amount
e.g. Good secretarial skills
should enhance your chances of getting a job.
enhancement: n.
- While
e-banking services have been oriented toward retail customers, many
banking organizations are now offering small business applications and corporate
cash management services via the Internet.
orient: v. to arrange or direct with a
particular purpose
e.g. an English language course
that is oriented towards the needs of businessmen
an export-oriented company
-
…which
has been pre-loaded with the customer’s account balances, transaction history, and other
information.
transaction: n. (formal) a piece of
business
e.g. The bank charges a fixed rate
for each transaction.
4. Post-reading activities
30 min.
Activity 1 Individual work: reviewing the
ideas
a. Students read the passage
again and point out the main idea of each paragraph.
b. Invite some students to
present their work.
c. Give comments and refer them to exercise I
for the topic sentences of some paragraphs.
Activity 2 Pair work: list the banks in
a.
Students work in pairs to list the names of banks in
b.
Monitor the work and provide help if necessary.
5. Assignment
a.
Students finish exercises III-VII based on what they have learned in
b.
Students preview Reading B.
c. Students spare some time for the field work
project.
