《Unit2 English around the world》教案
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《Unit2 English around the world》教案
The First Period
●三维目标
1.Knowledge：Master the words and phrases and get a view of the road to modern English.
2.Ability：Train students’ reading skill.
3.Emotion：Let students know more about English and inspire students to study English hard.
●教学重点The understanding and comprehension of the passage.
●教学难点（1）How to get to master the useful words and expressions.
（2）How to improve students’ ability to read an article.
●教具准备cassette recorder，some pieces of slide
●教学过程
Step 1 Greetings
Step 2 Warming up
T：English is a widely used language.Do you know in which countries English is spok their native language？
The US，the UK，Australia，Canada...
T：（a slide：Nancy：Oh，there you are.Now then，did you have a good flight？
Here is a short dialogue.Read it and discuss with your partner：What is it that Joe can’t find in the
bathroom？Why can’t he find it？And why？
T：You are right.Do you know why there’s a misunderstanding between them？ Because they speak different kinds of English.
T：Great.There’s more than one kind of English in the world.In some important ways they’re different.They’re called world English.Can you guess what they include？
Canadian，British，American，Australian and Indian English.
T：Right.So you know even two native speakers of English may still not speak the same kind of English.Look at
the examples on P9.Now try to guess which of the following words are British English and which are
American English.
Am.English：mom；on a team；rubber；gas
Br.English：mum；in a team；eraser；petrol
Step 3 New Words
T：From today on，we’ll learn something about English around the world.First of all，let’s get familiar with the
new words.Yesterday I asked you to read the new words and look up the meaning of them.Now let’s
have a game in which one of you tells us the meaning or the explanation of the words and the others
guess which word it is.Let’s go!
Step 4 Pre-reading
T：Just now，we’ve known that there’re many kinds of English in the world.Then why are there so many
kinds？Anyway，we’ll find out the cause today.Now read the title of the passage “the road to modern
English”.What do you think it will tell us？
Step 5 Skimming
T：Now let’s find out whether your answer is right.So please read the passage fast in silence and find out - 2 - the main idea of each paragraph.
Suggested answer：
Para.1：Brief introduction of the change in English.
Para.2：An example of different kinds of English.
Para.3：The development of English.
Para.4：English spoken in some other countries.
Step 6 Scanning
T：You’ve mastered the structure of the passage.Now please read para.1 and 2 loud in detail.
T：（several minutes later） Have you finished？Here’re some statements of which some are right while
some not.Read them and then tell whether they are true or false.If false，please find out the mistake and
correct it.
（slides：1.Most of the English speakers in the 16th century lived in England.
2.More and more people use English as their first or 2nd language.
3.The US has the largest number of English speakers.
4.Native English speakers can understand everything because they speak the same kind of English.） T：You did a very good job.Now please read para.3 after the tape.And then fill in the form on the screen.
The Road To Modern English
The cause： Cultures communicate with one another
Time Things that happened
Between AD 450
and 1150 Based on German
1150 to 1500 Less like German； more like French→why？→because Frenchmen ruled England then
In the 1600’s Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary.
A big change in English，giving its own identity→why？→caused by “American
Dictionary of the English language” written by Noah Webster
Later British people brought English to Australia
T：We know culture communication brings about changes in English.Can you think of any effect that
Chinese has on English？
T：Great!With more closely communication of culture，English is changing more frequently.
T：As we all know，English is spoken as the native language mostly in western countries.Then what about
English in some other parts of the world？After reading the last paragraph，would you please say
something about the present situation of English in your own words？
Step 7 Discussion
T：So far，we’ve known that English is becoming more and more important in China.It has been an
important subject for Chinese students.But someone say that Chinese is a much more elegant
language.So it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary for us to master a foreign
language.Do you agree with this opinion and why？
Suggested answer：
I don’t agree with it.With the cultural communication becoming more and more frequent，the chance to
