Unit 2 English around the world教学设计

The Teaching PlanTeaching Material: Book 1 Unit 2 English around the worldTeaching Content:Get the knowledge of English language and its development and different kinds of English.Teaching Aims:1.Knowledge aimTo get students to master the words and phrases and get a view of the road to modern English.2. Ability aimTo train student’ reading skill.3. Emotion aimTo let students know more about English and inspire students to study English hard. Teaching Important Points:Find the main idea of each paragraph with the students’ own words.Teaching Difficult Points:Skim the text to find the general idea and scan the text to locate specific information quickly.Teaching Methods:1. Discussion method --- by discussing some questions about English, students get to know something about English.2. Skimming method --- by skimming, students can find the general idea of the text.3. Task-based method --- by doing some tasks, students can have a better understanding of the text.Teaching aids: multi-media computer, the blackboardTeaching Time: 45 minutesTeaching procedure:Step 1 Warming up (5 minutes)（Warm the students up by asking them to greet each other in their dialects. At the same time, lead the students to think about the topic of this unit--- “language”. ）T: Good morning, everyone.S: Good morning, Miss Zhou.T: Ok, there is a special beginning for today’s lesson. How will you greet each other when you meet a good friend?S1: Hi, how are you today? …S2: What a day! I’m so unlucky today…S3: …T: Great! But today I need you to greet each other in your dialect and in Chinese way, for example, 李华，你给吃过早点了？李华：吃了，老师你呢？T：我也吃了。

Understand?Ss: Yes.T: Well, let’s do a role-play. Make a short dialogue with your partner just like what I did with Li Hua.Pair One:S4：你要克哪点？S5：我要克食堂，我还没吃饭，饿死了。

S4：么，赶紧克了。

S5：好，要得。

S4：…S5：…Pair Two:S6: 哟，几天不见，你变瘦掉了嘛！你减肥了给？S7：没有嘛，瘦掉了？我都还没发现呢！S6：真哩瘦掉了，你看我胖死了，你跟我讲讲你最近吃些哪样瘦下来哩？S7：…Pair Three:S8：你这个星期给看“快乐大本营”了？太搞笑了！S9：哎，你说什么，我没有听懂，你可不可以说普通话？S8：我说你这个星期有没有看“快乐大本营”？太搞笑了！S9：…More pairs…T：Oh, thank you! Good job！But have you found that you will have some difficulties in understanding each other using dialects?Ss: Yes.T: Then what will you do?Ss: Say Pu Tonghua.T: Yeah, you’re so clever. Pu Tonghua is the standard language in our country. So you can understand each other saying Pu Tonghua. Well, no matter which form, dialects or Pu Tonghua you use, you can communicate with others. And both dialects and Pu Tonghua are languages. Just as the same, English has different forms. Do you know how many countries use English as their official language? What are they?Ss: England, America, Australia, Canada…T: Y es, you’re right. England, America, Australia, Canada… What el se?Ss: …T: New Zealand, India, South Africa and Ireland. Y ou know, at the very beginning, English was spoken only in England. But now so many countries use English as their official language. Do you want to know why?Ss: Yes.T: Ok, let’s move on to the text learning.Step 2 Pre-reading. (6 minutes)Ask the students to discuss some questions about “English” in pairs.1. Why do so many people speak English?2. What has helped to spread English around the world?3. Do you think it is important for Chinese to learn English? Why?T: Before we read the passage, let’s discuss the three questions on the screen.Four minutes later, the students’ possible answers:1.English is popular. / It can help people to find jobs. / English is taught in schools. /Because of the influence of the economic globalization. / We need contact with the developed Western world to build our countries.2.The globalization. / English go to others to travel, visit or do business. / Becausethe countries which use English as their official language are powerful and rich. 3.Yes, I can get high score in the college-entrance examination. / Yes, I cancommunicate with foreigners fluently. / No, I won’t choose English as my major in the future and I won’t use in my future job. So it is not importan t.（Teacher gives comments on each student’s answer which conform to the student’s personality.）T: Y ou did a very good job! Now as we know something about “English”. Let’s learn more about the text.Step 3 While-reading (20 minutes)1.Skimming-------Read quickly to get the main idea of each paragraph.T: First, read the passage quickly by yourself and find out the key sentence of each paragraph, then summarize the main point for each paragraph in your own words. Y ou will get five minutes.Five minutes later, the students’ possible answers:Paragraph 1: The spread of the English language in the world. / The development of English.Paragraph 2: Native speaker can understand each other but they may not be able to understand everything. / Different kinds of English.Paragraph 3: All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. / Changes of English.Paragraph 4: English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia. / English is spoken in Asia and Africa.(The teacher guides the students to find the answer and check the answer.)T: Now you have got the general idea of the passage. Then let’s move to the detail learning.2.Scanning-------Read to locate particular information.T: Now read the passage again carefully and finish the T or F part. You have three minutes to finish this part.Exercise: Read the passage and decide the following statements are true or false.1. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa. F2. French ruled England from 1150. T3. Native English speakers can’t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. F4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. T5. America has the largest number of English speakers. FT: Time is up. Let’s check it. (Ask individuals to give their answers one by one and ask why it is false.)S10: The first one is false, from the second sentence in the last paragraph; we could know that from 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in India, not in South Africa.S11: The third one is false.T: Where did you find the correct answer?S11: The first sentence of the second paragraph.…3.Intensive reading --- For the third paragraph, students find out theinformation to fill in the table of the development of English.T: The third paragraph tells us that English has changed over time, let’s see how it changed. Read the third paragraph carefully and fill the blanks on the screen.4. Language focus:1) even if=even though: in spite of the fact; no matter whether: He likes to help us even if he is very busy.2) communicate with: exchange information or conversation with other people: He learnt to use body language to communicate with deaf customers.3) actually=in fact: used when you are adding new information to what you have just said: We’ve known for years. Actually, since we were babies.4) be based on…: His novel is based on a true story.5) make use of:use sth. available We could make better use of our resourses.6) Only time will tell: to say that something can only be known in the future: Will China’s national football team enter for the next finals of the World Cup? Only time will tell.Step 4: Post-reading (9 minutes)Report:Work in groups. Discuss the two questions and then ask two groups to report their answers to the class.T: I’m glad that you understand the text so well. So it’s time for us to move to an activity------report. Listen to me carefully, four or five of you a group and choose one topic on the screen to discuss. T he first topic is “Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn? Why?” And the second is “Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?”(The questions are on the screen.) Y ou have four minutes to prepare for the report. Let’s begin!1) Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn? Why?Possible answer:I don’t think so. Here are the reasons:●Native speakers from different parts of the world have no difficulty in understandingeach other despite the fact that they speak a bit differently.●It is necessary for us to learn the narrow difference between different kinds ofEnglish if we hope to communicate fluently with native speakers of English from all over the world.●Different kinds of English have the same language core. If you have got a goodcommand of one kind, you will almost have no difficulty understanding another kind of English.(Any persuasive and supporting reason the students give can be accepted.)2) Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?Possible answers:The reasons why people all over the world want to learn English:●With economy globalization, English has become the best bridge to serve thepurpose of people all over the world communicating with one another.●However, like all major languages in the world, English is always changing. In orderto adjust to native speakers from different parts of the world, it is a must for people all over the world to learn English, whether in English speaking countries or in non-English speaking countries.●Also, people from different parts of the world speak English with various accent anddialects, and people have to learn about the difference between different kinds of English in order to avoid misunderstanding while communicating.(All persuasive and reasonable answers can be accepted.)Step 5 Homework------ Composition (1 minutes)Think about the question carefully and write a composition of about 100 words. ---Do you think Chinese will become the most popular language in the world instead of English in the future? Why?Step 6 Teaching introspection。