Learning about Language优质课教案整理

Unit 3 Australia Learning about Language

Teaching materials: Warming up and reading Teaching aims:

To train students’ reading skill. 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

Words: native

actually

fluent

Expressions: more than

be different from

because of

come up

communicate with

be based on

at present

make use of

such as

the munber of

Structures:

…over time

.the latter….. Teaching important knots: The understanding and comprehension of the passage. Teaching difficulties；

（1）How to get to master the useful words and expressions. （

2）How to improve students’ ability to read an article. Teaching aids: cassette recorder，some pieces of slide Teaching procedures:

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Preparation for the class Step 1 Greetings T：Good morning，boys and girls! S：Good morning，teacher! Step 2 lead in T:

Good morning, class. We have been learning English for several years. Do you think English is the most diffcult among the subjects? Ss: Yes/ No T: We know, English is very important in the world. It is widely used and spoken in the 第

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world. 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?

Ss: Because It is…

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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. T: Since English is widely used in the world,many countries learn English. We call it “English around the world”. So today we’re going to learn :unit2. Please turn to page 9 Ⅱ

Warming up. T: Now I will ask you one qestion:What is our monther tongue? Ss: Chinese T: Very good. Besides Chinese , what language are we learning? Ss: English.

T:Yes..English is spoken as foreign language in China. But do you know how many English-speaking countries there are in the world? Now let’s make a list of them on the blackboard. English Mother tongue Countries the United Kingdom Explanation The people in these countries are native the United States of speakers of English. In total, for more America Canada Australia

South Africa Ireland New Zealand than 375 million people English is their mother tongue. 第

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Second language India Pakistan Nigeria the Philippines

Foreign language China Germany France etc. These people speak the language of their own country at home but the language of the government, schools, newspapers, and TV is English. The number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million.

T: There are many counties that speak English as as their native language, Is the English they speak the same? Ss: Yes / no T: Though we speak English, but there are some differences. There are a dialogue which can show the difference between the American English and british English. T：（a slide：Nancy：Oh，there you are.Now then，did you have a good flight？

Joe：Sure，we flew all the way direct from Seattle to London. Nancy：You must be very tired.Did you sleep at all on the plane？

Joe：No，not really.I’m very tired.Could I use your bathroom？

Nancy：Why，of course.You don’t need to ask，just make yourself at home.Let me give you a clean towel. Joe：A towel？

Nancy：Yes.Here you are.The bathroom is upstairs.It’s the second door on the left. （After a while）

Nancy：Have you found it？

Joe：Well，eh，yes，I mean no.I mean，I found the bathroom，but I didn’t find what I was looking for!）

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？

Sb：It is the toilet. T：And why？

Sc：Perhaps when Joe says “bathroom”，he means a place，where there is a toilet.But in Nancy’s eyes，it is a place where people can only have a bath. T：You are right.Do you know why there’s a misunderstanding between them？

Sd：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？

Se：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 another examples:

Eg: -What do you want to do after class? 第

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-Let’s go to the pictures. -Ok. But how shall we go to the movies

-why not go by underground? -Er, But the subway station is far away?

T: From the dialogue, we can see the difference between the American English and British English. Such as Pronunciation, Spelling,

Meaning, Usage Am.English：

lift.

in a team；eraser；petrol; autumn; theatre; realise

British English :

elevator；on a team；rubber；gas; fall; theater; realize our pronunciation”. 第

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