人教版高中英语必修1《Unit 2 English around the world》教案

人教版高中英语必修1《Unit 2 English around the world》教案

人教版高中英语必修1《Unit 2 English around the world》教案【一】

教学准备

教学目标

Words

base, mand, request, recognize

Expressions

because of, e up, at present, make use of, such as, play a part (in)

Patterns

because of that, English began to b spoken in many other countries.

Actually all languages change and develop

The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.

教学重难点

■ To help students get to know about English development

■ To help students better understand learning English

■ To help students understand and use some important words and

expressions

■ To help students identify examples of Indirect Speech (II): request

mands in the text

教学工具

课件

教学过程

⑴Warming up by listing

Good morning, class. We have been learning English for several years.

But how many English-speaking countries are there in the world? Now lets

make a list of them on the blackboard.

English Countries Explanation Mother tongue the United Kingdom

the United States of America

Canada

Australia

South Africa

Ireland

New Zealand The people in these countries are native speakers of

English. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother

tongue.

Second language India

Pakistan

Nigeria

the Philippines These people speak the language of their own country

at home but the language of the government, schools, newspapers, and TV

is English.

Foreign language China

Germany

France

etc. The number of people who learn English as a foreign language is

more than 750 million.

⑵Warming up by answering questions about English

Good morning, class. Today we shall start learning Unit 2 English

around the world. But how much do you know about English?

●What is Standard English?

Standard English is the form of English that most people in Britain

use, and that is not limited to one area or group of people.

●What is a dialect?

A dialect is a variety of a language spoken only in one area, in which

words, or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language.

●Do we have standard Chinese? What is it?

In China therere so many dialects that the government encourages the

whole nation to speak Putonghua, which is regarded as standard Chinese.

⑶Warming up by giving reasons

Unit 2 English around the world is what we are going to learn today.

We are all learning English now because English is so popular in the world.

But do you know why it is so? How many reasons could you giving for the

spread of English around the world?

* English is one of the official languages of the Olympic Games and

the United Nations.

* English dominates international websites and provides nearly all of

the new puter terminology.

* Tourism and trade from Western Europe and North America has

contributed to the spread of English.

* Satellite TV, radio programs like Joy FM, CDs and, of course,

Hollywood films all broadcast English into China. Also, a number of

Chinese films include English subtitles.

-reading

We are learning English here. But why are we learning it? Could you

suggest to the class as many reasons as you can think of, why people in

the world learn English?

for work, as a hobby, to learn about other people, to travel, to read

literature in the original, to read research papers, to meet foreigners,

to surf the Internet, to pass exams, etc.

Go on with your reasons. I shall write your suggestions on the board

as you make them.

3. Skimming the text for general ideas

Now we go to page 9 to skim the text for the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: The spread of the English language in the world

Paragraph 2: Native speaker can understand each other even if they dont

speak the same kind of English.

Paragraph 3: English changes and develops when cultures meet and

municate with each other.

Paragraph 4: By the 19th century English is settled.

Paragraph 5: English is spoken as a foreign language or second language

in South Asia.

4. Reading and filling

Read the text to plete the chart below.

Time English is influenced by

AD 450-1150 German

1150-1500 French

In the 1600s Shakespeare, who make use of a wider vocabulary than ever

before

By the 19th century Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster

Now Languages in South Asia, in Singapore, in Malaysia, in Africa and

in China

5. Reading and copying

Next we shall go over the text once more. This time try find and copy

all the useful expressions down in your notebook.

Useful expressions