Learning about Language教学设计(教案)

Unit 2 English around the World Using language

开封二十五中

彭京京

Teaching Aim: let the Ss know that there are a lot of different dialects in the same language. Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up

T: In China, different areas have their different dialects. Can you tell me some of them? T: And people in different cities speak different dialects. Can people from different cities recognize each other’s dialects?

_________________________________________________________ T: How to solve this problem? Is there standard Chinese in China? What is it?

(Give more hints to help the students.) T: English is another kind of language.

What you said is British English while what I said is American English. Are British English and American English the same?

No, there are some differences between British English and American English. Then what are the differences? Do you know? Now I’ll tell you. British English and American English are different in pronunciation, in spelling and in words and expressions. English has its own identity. Even in the same country, people in different areas speak a little different dialects. Is there standard English? Today, we’re going to learn a passage about standard English and dialects.

Step 2 Skimming

T: Read the passage quickly and find out the topic sentence for each paragraph. Para.1: _________________________________________________________

Para.2: _________________________________________________________

Para.3: _________________________________________________________

Step 3 Scanning

T: Read the text again to locate particular information. 1. Do you know what standard English is from the text? _________________________________________________________ But believe it or not, in fact there is no standard English. believe it or not

信不信由你

e.g Believe it or not, John cheated in the exams.

Believe it or not, the examination tomorrow is cancelled. 2. What is a dialect? _________________________________________________________ 3. Why does American English have so many dialects? _________________________________________________________ Play a part/ a role (in) 在……中担任角色；

在……中起作用

e.g He will play the part of the doctor in my latest film. Step 4 Post-reading T: From the passage, we know the US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Then do you think people from different areas can understand each other? Why? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Step 5 Summary T: Language is rich and changing. As a learner, we should know about it as much as possible, keep up with its development and enjoy its beauty. Step 6 Homework

Read the passage fluently after class.