湖南省师范大学附属中学高中英语 Unit2 English Around the World period1 新人教版必修1教案

Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldperiod1Period1:Asamplelessonplanforreading(THEROADTOMODERNENGLISH)AimsTotalkaboutvarietiesofEnglishToreadaboutthehistoryofEnglishlanguageProceduresI.Warmingup1.Warmingupbyansweringaquestionnaire1).TellthestudentstheyaregoingtoansweraquestionnaireaboutwhytheyarelearningEnglish.2).Writethewords:Reasonsforlearningaforeignlanguageonthecenteroftheboard:3).Askthestudentstosuggestasmanyreasonsastheycanthinkof,forexample,forwork,asahobby,tolearnaboutotherpeople,totravel,toreadliteratureintheoriginal,toreadresearchpapers,tomeetforeigners,tosurftheInternet,topassexams,etc.Writetheirsuggestionsontheboardastheymakethem.4).Dividetheclassintopairs.5).Giveouteachstudentonequestionnairepaper.6).Explainthetask.Thestudentsmustquestioneachotherabouttheirlanguagelearningneeds(ormotivations).Tellthemthatyouaregoingtotakeinthequestionnairesattheend,andthatyou’dlikethemtomakeclearnotes.Itworksbetterifthetwopartnersswaptasks(questionsandanswers)aftereachsectionofthequestionnaire.Iftheywaittilltheendtoswap,onestudentmayuseupallthetimeavailable.5\n7).Whenthetaskisfinished,askacoupleofstudentstosummarizetheirpartners’answers.(Thismaydevelopintoaclassdiscussionaboutlanguageneeds).8).ThestudentswritefivesentencesontheirfeelingaboutlearningEnglish.9).Collectthequestionnaires.NeedsAnalysisQuestionnaireInterviewer_______________Interviewee_______________Presentuse:situationsandskillsReading(faxes,letters&reports)Listening&speaking(telephoning,meetings,negotiations,publicspeaking,socializing)Writing(faxes,letters&reports)Futureuse:expectations&ambitions2.FurtherapplyingTogetthestudentsthinkingaboutthetopicofthereadingpassage.1).HaveastudentlistontheboardalltheEnglish-speakingcountriesintheworldthattheycanthinkof.2).Givethestudentshintsabouttheplacestheyhaven’tmentioned.3).ProvidethestudentswithanopportunitytothinkaboutthereasonsforthespreadofEnglisharoundtheworld.★EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheOlympicGamesandtheUnitedNations.★Englishdominatesinternationalwebsitesandprovidesnearlyallofthenewcomputerterminology.★TourismandtradefromWesternEuropeandNorthAmericahascontributedtothespreadofEnglish.5\n★SatelliteTV,radioprogramslikeJoyFM,CDsand,ofcourse,HollywoodfilmsallbroadcastEnglishintoChina.Also,anumberofChinesefilmsincludeEnglishsubtitles.II.Reading1.SkimmingReadquicklytogetthemainideaofthetext.Letthestudentsfindoutkeysentenceofeachparagraphoraskthemtosummarizethemainpointforeachparagraphintheirownwords.Paragraph1:ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworldParagraph2:Nativespeakercanunderstandeachotherbuttheymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Paragraph3:Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.Paragraph4:EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.2.ScanningReadtolocateparticularinformationandcompletethecomprehendingExerciseOne.3.FollowingupWorkingroups.Discussthetwoquestionsandthenasktwogroupstoreporttheiranswerstotheclass.1).DoyouthinkitmatterswhatkindofEnglishyoulearn?Why?Possibleanswer:Idon’tthinkso.Herearethereasons:★Nativespeakersfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavenodifficultyinunderstandingeachotherdespitethefactthattheyspeakabitdifferently.★ItisnecessaryforustolearnthenarrowdifferencebetweendifferentkindsofEnglishifwehopetocommunicatefluentlywithnativespeakersofEnglishfromallovertheworld.5\n★DifferentkindsofEnglishhavethesamelanguagecore.Ifyouhavegotagoodcommandofonekind,youwillalmosthavenodifficultyunderstandinganotherkindofEnglish.(Anypersuasiveandsupportingreasonthestudentsgivecanbeaccepted.)1)WhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?Possibleanswer:ThereasonswhypeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish:★Witheconomyglobalization,Englishhasbecomethebestbridgetoservethepurposeofpeopleallovertheworldcommunicatingwithoneanother.★However,likeallmajorlanguagesintheworld,Englishisalwayschanging.Inordertoadjusttonativespeakersfromdifferentpartsoftheworld,itisamustforpeopleallovertheworldtolearnEnglish,whetherinEnglishspeakingcountriesorinnon-Englishspeakingcountries.★Also,peoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldspeakEnglishwithvariousaccentanddialects,andpeoplehavetolearnaboutthedifferencebetweendifferentkindsofEnglishinordertoavoidmisunderstandingwhilecommunicating.(Allpersuasivereasonscanbeaccepted.)4.Languagefocus:1)evenif=eventhough:inspiteofthefact;nomatterwhether:Helikestohelpusevenifheisverybusy.2)communicatewith:exchangeinformationorconversationwithotherpeople:Helearnttousebodylanguagetocommunicatewithdeafcustomers.3)actually=infact:usedwhenyouareaddingnewinformationtowhatyouhavejustsaid:We’veknownforyears.Actually,sincewewerebabies.4)bebasedon…:5)makeuseof:usesth.available6)Onlytimewilltell:tosaythatsomethingcanonlybeknowninthefuture:WillChina’snationalfootballteamenterforthenextfinalsoftheWorldCup?Onlytimewilltell.5\nLanguageChunksfromUnit2Englisharoundtheworldbedifferentfrom,payarole(part)in,becauseof,either…or…,in/onateam,thenumberof/anumberof,thaneverbefore,evenif,compupto,overtime,communicatewith,bebasedon,makeuseof,haveone’sownidentity,suchas,Onlytimecantell,nativespeaker,aswellas,solveaproblem,believeitornot,nosucha…,allovertheworld,atthetop(bottom)of,penfriends,tothisday,sumup,Pardon?,begyourpardon,goabroad,beusedfor,moreofa…,encouragesb.todosth.,workon,feellikesth.,fromtimetotime,English-speakingcountries,fromone…toanother,dobusiness,ontheair,wouldlikesb.todo,makenotes,fightagainst,keep…asecret,eventhough,savetime(money),aformof…5