In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement and economic （经济上的） success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little stress is put on academic instruction. In one study, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese listed "to give children a good start academically" as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In comparison, over half the Americans chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group.

In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese chose group experience as one of their top three reasons while 62 percent of the more individually oriented Americans chose it. A stress on the importance of the group continues into Japanese primary school education.

Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

Wuhan Railroad Bridge Vocational School offers a one-year training course for college students for the 4s places, there are often more the 100 ______（26）（申请人）. “College graduates who have b______（27）experience and unique qualities such as creativity and leadership are always popular among employees.” said Zhang Zhiguo, director of the school's admission and employment offices.  Studying at a vocational school also g______（28）college graduates a second chance to plan their career paths.   

After graduating ______（29）Shang dong Normal University, Guan fang, worked as a sports teacher at a vocational school. Seeing many of his students expecting a more promising career than him, Guan thought of ______（30）（改变）. He quitted his job and rolled in Qingdao vocational school to study electric automatization. The training was ______（31）than he expected. For a year, he worked in factories, participating in real protests. But it ______（32）off. After graduating, he landed a job at CSR Sifang Co. Ltd. as a technician and his salary quadrupled. 

“Promising as it is, it’s not a path that many people, ______（33）the students families, can understand” , said Guan. 

Guan’s parents didn’t support his i______（34）of quitting his job and studying at a vocational school. But Guan went ahead with ______（35）anyway.

“It’s not a shame for a collage graduate to be a skilled worker. Who says we have to works as a white collars”, said Guan.

请阅读所给的教学案例，完成第44题和第45题

【教学材料】

Let's learn

-What are you going to do?

-I'm going to buy an English book in the bookstore.

-When are you going

-This afternoon

Let's play

-Can I help you?

-Yes. Do you have comic books?

-Yes! Here they are

（Words: postcard, magazine, dictionary, newspaper）

【教学案例】

一、教学目标

知识目标：

② 认读单词: postcard，magazine，dictionary，comic book，newspaper

②掌握句型: What are you going to do?  / When are you going？

能力目标：

学会使用新单词和句型，提高英语听说能力。

情感目标：

通过学习，培养学生的合作意识和交流意识。

二、教学过程

Step 1 Lead-in

Listen and sing the song“ What are you going to do?”

Step 2 Presentation

1）Learn new words

......

2）Learn new sentences

①T: When you talk to a friend, and want to know what he wants to do, you can use this sentence "What are you going to do?"（The teacher writes the sentence on the blackboard.）

T: If someone asks you“When are you going?”You should answer...

Ss: This afternoon...

②Play the video twice and ask students to read the dialogue following the tape.

③Students work in pairs to use the nouns in Let's learn to make dialogues

（设计意图:通过对话学习新句型，学生能够了解句型如何使用，并提高听力水平。通过置換单词来练习句子，学生能更快熟悉单词及句型。）

Step 3 Practice

.......

Step 4 Production

Divide students into six groups, and ask them to make a new dialogue with new words and sentences. And then invite two groups to come to the front to perform their dialogues.

（设计意图:通过练习，学生能够逐渐熟练运用所学单词及向型，对本节课所学内容做一个整体的巩固与复习。）

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