Unit4Livingwithtechnology

Extendedreading:Virtualreality

I.TeachingObjectives

Bytheendofthissection,studentswillbeableto

1.understandthekeyconceptsrelatedtovirtualreality(VR),includingitsdefinition,applications,andpotentialfuturedevelopments.

2.learnnewvocabularyandexpressionsrelatedtotechnologyandVR,suchasimmersiveexperience,headset,simulation,andaugmentedreality.

3.enhancetheircriticalthinkingskillsbyevaluatingtheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofVRtechnology.

II.TeachingKeyPoints

Understandingthemainideasandsupportingdetailsofthereadingpassage.

GraspingthenewvocabularyandexpressionsrelatedtoVR.

AnalyzingtheapplicationsandbarriersofVRtechnology.

III.TeachingDifficultPoints

EvaluatingthepotentialimpactofVRonsocietyandindividuallives.

EncouragingstudentstoimaginethedevelopmentofVRinthefuture.

IV.TeachingMethods

Task-basedmethod

Discussion-basedmethod

Cooperativelearning

V.TeachingAids

Textbook

PowerPointpresentationwithimagesandvideosofVRapplications

VI.TeachingProcedures

step1.Lead-in(5minutes)

TbeginswithabriefdiscussionabouttechnologyanditsimpactondailylifeandshowsashortvideoclipofaVRexperienceandaskstudentstoanswerthefollowingquestion:

Whatdoyouthinkthistechnologyiscalled?Haveyoueverexperiencedanythinglikethis?

step2.Pre-reading(10minutes)

VocabularyIntroduction:Introducekeytermssuchasvirtualreality,presence,immersiveenvironment,robotictechnology,and5Gtechnology.

TextReading:Projectthetextontotheboardordistributehandouts.

ReadAloud:Readthedialoguealoudtotheclass,pausingtoexplainanydifficultsentencesorconcepts.

TextAnalysis:DiscussthedialoguebetweenSusanandFrank.Highlightthemainpointsaboutwhatvirtualrealityis,itsapplications,andpotentialfuturedevelopments.

step3.While-reading(15minutes)

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