The Road to Modern English（At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.16世纪末期大约有5百万到7百万人说英语。
Nearly all of them lived in England.几乎所有这些人都生活在英格兰。
Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.后来，在17世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其它地区，于是，许多别的国家开始说英语了。
Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.）如今说英语的人比以往任何时候都多，他们有的是作为第一语言来说，有的是作为第二语言或外语。
（Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.）以英语作为母语的人，即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同，也可以互相交流。
Look at this example:British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.请看以下例子：英国人贝蒂：“请到我的公寓（flat）里来看看，好吗？美国人艾米：“好的。
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人教版新教材高一英语模块一Unit 2 The Road To Modern English阅读课教案Teaching goalsnguage skills(1).To be able to get the main idea from the text.(2).To be able to use the different learning strategies for different reading purposes. 2.Emotion attitudeTo have the correct emotion and purpose of learning English.3.Learning strategies(1). To be able to solve the promble by analysing .(2). To communicate learning experience with teacher and classmates.4.culture awarenessTo know the world culture by learning English.Teaching important points(1).To be able to get the main idea from the text.(2)To be able to solve the promble by analysing .Teaching difficult pointTo be able to use the different learning strategies for different reading purposes. Teaching methods: analysis, discussionTeaching aids: tape-recorder, computer and some slidesTeaching material: Reading (1)Teaching ProceduresStep 1 GreetingGreet the students as usual.Step 2 Revision and lead-in(show the pictures od a football, an eraser, a flat and a lift on the screen.)T: Wha t’s this? ( Point to the football.)S: It’s a football.T: Yes. An Englishman usually calls it a football. But what do Americans usually call it?S: a soccer.T: What about this one? ( Point to the eraser.)…T: Well, as we know, there is more than one kind of English in the word. They are different from one another in some ways. Why has English changed over time? What will world English be in the future? Do you kown? Well, today, the passage “The Road To Modern English” wil tell us. Now please open your books and turn to page 9.Step 3 Fast reading and comprehending( show the following tips on the screen.)T: Now before we read the pasage and do the exercises in COMPRHENDING, let’s learn some tips. Please look at the screen. For the first time you must scan the text quickly for three minutes. Be sure not to read the text sentence by sentence .Read the key words and key sentences to gain a brief idea about the topic of the text. Then read the questions and find the key words. Go back to the text and find the words or their synonyms. You can find the answers aroud the key words. ( After a while.)T: Have you finished yet? (S: yes.) OK. Now let’s check the answers. Who will give the first answer?S1: A. “ English has the most speakers now.”T: where in the text did you find the key words or its synonyms?S1: In the first paragraph the last sentence. “China may have the largest number of English Speakers.” The sentence ahead shows us that the time is today or now.T: Very good. And what about the next question?( It doesn’t matter whether the students make mistakes. The most important of all is to lead them to find the key words or sentences and get the right answers.)Step 4 Analysis of the structure of the textT: Now read the passage again. Try to find the topic sentnces in five minutes. (After a while.) Paragraph 1T: Can you find a topic sentence in Paragraph 1.Ss: No.T: Can you find the words indicating the times? Read them out.Ss: “ At the end of , in the next century, today.”T: Very good. We can see that as the time went by, the number of people speaking English increased. Now use one sentence to sum up the paragraph. Who would like to try? Well, Lin Hong, Have a try.S2: More and more people start to speak English.T: Right. ( Write the sentence down.) Let’s go on to the next paragraph.Paragraph 2T: which is the key sentence?S3: The first sentence. “Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.”T: Can you see the example in the paragraph?Ss: Yes.T: Is it used to support the first sentence?Ss: No.T: Actually it is used to support the sentence--- However, they may not be able to understand everything. Generally speaking, the sentence beginning with such words--- however, but ---after a statement is what the writer intends to give emphasis on. Thus ,it is often the key sentences. So why can’t they understand each other?Ss: World English are different from each other in some ways.T: Exactly. That’s what the writer intends to illustrate. ( Write it down on the blackboard.) What about the third paragraph?( conclusion) From the four topic sentences we can see they mainly focus on one thing. What’s it? Ss: English.T: Yes, they are about four aspects of the history of English. So we can say that it’s a brief history of English. ( Write it down.)T: why did the writer decide to end the passage with a question? According to the passage, languages change when culturescommunicate with one another. So the writer intended to predict a possible road to modern English, that is, when Chinese culture communicate with Eglish culture, English may chang, too. So as time goes by, Chinese English may become one of the world English. That is what the writer intended to tell us about in this passage. So the writer gave it the title--- The Road To Modern English. When we want to write something, we should follow thetoo.Step 5: DiscussionT: Now let’s discuss the questions in Comprehending Section 2.( Let the students discuss in pairs. Then share their opinions in class.The answers may vary. But it doesn’t matter what their answers may be. Most important of all, encourage them to express what they really think.)Step 6 summing up and homeworkT: Today, we have learned a text about the brief history of English. We have also learn some usefulT: Rview them and practice more after class. And finfish the exercise in the part of Learning About Languange. That’s all for today.。
