人教版高中英语必修1《Unit2Englisharoundtheworld》教案

人教版高中英语必修1《Unit2Englisharoundtheworld》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, command, request, recognize

Expressions

because of, come 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 & commands 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 let’s 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 there’re 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 computer 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.

2.Pre-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 don’t speak the same kind of English.

Paragraph 3: English changes and develops when cultures

meet and communicate 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 complete the chart below.

Time English is influenced by…

AD 450-1150 German

1150-1500 French

In the 1600’s 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

at the end of…, make voyages, speak English as…, in the next

century, change over time, communicate with…, be based on…,

at present, become less like…, rule England, enrich the English