RIDDLE( 谜 )What is like a bridge That brings together you and me ?What is like an entrance From which we can enter another world ?What is like a train Which can take us to a bright future ?RIDDLELanuage How do we learn our mother tongue?By communicating with the people around us.Pre-reading Differences between English and Chinese?Learning English: older,in school/classwith the help of teachers, textbooks…learn more efficiently…Learning Chinese:learn from parentsall the time… What is your difficultyin learning English? Difficulties in learning English:listeningspeakingreadingwriting Learning a foreign language: Twice as hard (page66)Unit8 Reading True or false ( )1. Learning a foreign language is only a process of collecting information through communication, which is memorizing words, phrases and structures. F ( )2. One thing that language experts agree on is that learning a language is just like learning to solve problems. It is not until the age of twelve that people can master the basics. Listen..\听力\U08Reading.MP3 FThe first sentence of para.1Para.2Para.2 ( )3. The time we spend learning a foreign language is longer than the time we spend learning our mother tongue.F ( )4. One who is interested in language, science and the world may learn a foreign language better than others. ( )5. Being confident and relaxed is important for language learning.TTLine 9 of para.3Line of 3-4 of para.4Line of 3-4 of para.4Para.5Para.5 Skim the text: Tell the main idea of the each paragraphMain ideaPara. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6A questionLife is a successful schoolLearning a foreign language and mother tongue is differentthe basic characteristics of successful learners.Successful learners’ way to learn W...