Learning about Language教学活动设计方案

Unit 2 English around the world 知识探讨

1．1 头脑风暴

1．How many languages can you speak? What are they?

There are many possible answers to this question, such as one, two, three…

Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, Korean…

2．Do you know how many Englishes there are in the world? Why?

Possible answers: two, three… American English, British English, Indian English…

Any answer is possible. Every student should answer the second question according to their knowledge of history.

e. g. ①Englishmen once ruled America and India…

②Many people moved to America long ago.

3．Do you know the differences between American English and British English?

Possible answers: ①They are different in spelling. For example: colour, centre and travelled are spelt color, center and traveled in American English.

②They are different in pronunciation. For example, Americans say dance［d［nt］.

③They use different words. For example: Am. English elevator fall first floor candy check apartment subway

4. Why should you learn English?

Answers are various, e. g. ①English is an international language, spoken in many countries. ②Learn English to love our country! Learn English to make money globally! ③21st century is the century for English and for Chinese to dominate.（21世纪是英文和中文并行于全球的世纪）

1．2 语篇探究

1．Why does China have the largest number of English speakers?

Possible answer: Because China has the largest population in the world and more and more Chinese people speak English today.

2．Is English still changing now? Why?

There may be several reasons. You can use your knowledge to find out possible reasons, e.g. ①More and more people speak English in the world and this can help cultures communicate with each other more often. ②With the development of society, new things appear year by year, which will add to English vocabulary…

3．Why is the number of people learning English in China in creasing rapidly?

There may be several reasons. You can find out possible reasons according to the facts, e. g. ①Because Chinese want to communicate with other countries more often. ②Because Chinese people want to develop their economy rapidly. ③Because Chinese people have developed their Br. English lift autumn ground floor sweet bill flat underground railway ns］and in southern England they say［da: ns］. In America they pronounce not［nat］; in southern England they say

economy rapidly.

1．3 阅读讨论

While you are struggling to improve your English, you might be encouraged by the fact that the Chinese language has also proved popular among young people overseas.

The Third National Chinese Speaking Competition for High School Students was held in South Korea on May 18. The 30 final contestants impressed（给……留下深刻印象）the judges with interesting topics and attractive performances.

Lots of schools and colleges in South Korea and the United States offer Chinese courses every week. Many students also come to China to learn the language. According to the Chinese Ministry of Education, by the end of last year, nearly 30 million people from 85 countries and areas were learning standard Chinese－putong hua.

"I think a good knowledge of Chinese can help me get a good job back in my country as there is a growing number of companies setting up operations（业务）in China. "said a 24-year-old student at Peking University from South Korea.

She added that a certificate（证书）of the Chinese proficiency Test, or Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi（HSK）, is important when seeking a job in a large South Korean company.

China has offered the HSK test throughout the world since 1990. In its first 10 years the number of test takers grew by up to 50 per cent every year. It was almost as popular as the American Educational Testing Service's Test of English as a Foreign Language（TOEFL,英语托福考试）.

The majority of people now taking the test are from South Korea, followed by Japan, the United States, Germany and Italy.

Questions:

1．What does the writer think of Chinese?

答案：He thinks Chinese is popular in many countries.

2．Why does the foreign girl student study Chinese?

答案：Because it is easier for her to get a job in her country.

3．Do you think Chinese is as popular as English in the future? Why?

答案：Yes. Because China plays an important part in the world. It has become a trade partner of many countries. More and more countries will trade with China.

4．What about your Chinese course? Are you interested in it?

答案：There are many answers to this question.