1、Period 1Module 5British and American EnglishIntroduction Reading and SpeakingIntroduction-1.Reading(3m)Read the quotations and tell whether you agree or disagree.A We have really everything in commonwith America nowadays,except of course,language.-Oscar Wilde,19th century writerBB With a century Bri
2、tish and With a century British and American English speakers American English speakers will not be able to understand will not be able to understand each other.each other.-Henry Sweet,19-Henry Sweet,19thth century century linguistlinguistC America and England are two countries divided bya common la
3、nguage.-George Bernard Shaw,20thcentury writerDD It doesnt It doesnt make much of a make much of a differencedifference whether a whether a teacher speaks British or teacher speaks British or American English.American English.-Dave-Dave SperlingSperling,founder of,founder of Daves ESL CafeDaves ESL
4、CafeIntroduction-2.Discussion(5m)Read the quotations and answer the questions1.What is the topic of the quotations?2.Which is the most optimistic?3.Which is the most pessimistic?4.Which(if any)do you think are funny?5 Which is good news for students of English?6.Can you guess which quotations are fr
5、om British people?KeysKeys1.1.The difference The difference between between British and British and American American EnglishEnglish2.2.DD3.3.BB4.4.(open)(open)5.5.DD6.6.Henry SweetHenry SweetIntroduction-3.Imagination(2m)Write down your expectations What do you expect British and American English t
6、o be like?Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the British and American English?zxxkIntroduction-4.Reading(5m)Read the e-mails and decide which writer is AmericanWhich is American and which is British?(point out the reason)Key to the answers The second writer is American.some of the reasons we kn
7、ow are:zx。xkBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealisedrealizewrite to mewrite meReading and Speaking-1.Warming-up(5m)Check the following statements.1People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.2People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xian.3Chi
8、nese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.4American English is very different from British English.5People from Britain cant understand people from America.Discuss and the answers are open.Discuss and the answers are open.Reading and Speaking-2.Skimming(5m)Read the passage and fin
9、d the differences between British English and American English.Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.1.1.VocabularyVocabulary2.2.GrammarGrammar3.3.SpellingSpelling4.4.pronunciationpronunciationReading and Spea
10、king-3.Scanning(10m)Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences.The first two paragraphs:the differences in vocabularyBritish EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueue upFrench friesWordBEAEpie
11、ces of hot fried potatochipsFrench friesvery thin and are sold in packetscrispschipsRead the third paragraph The third paragraph:the differences in grammarBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?My friend just arrived.in the team/at the weekendwrite me soon!Do you have?My friend has just arrived
12、on the team/weekendWrite to me soon!Read the 4th paragraph The 4th paragraph:the differences in spelling and pronunciationBritish EnglishAmerican Englishspellingpronunciationcentre,colourprogrammecenter,color programReading and Speaking-4.Practice 1.There are _ differences between American and Briti
13、sh varieties of English.A.no B.a few C.lots of2.Americans _ understand what the British are saying.A.Sometimes B.usually C.never3.There are _ differences between British and American grammar.A.no B.many C.not manyBBCpractising4.American spelling is _ British spelling.A.the same as B.simpler than C.h
14、arder than5.For a Londoner,an American accent may be easier to understand than _.A.a Chinese accent B.some British accents C.a CNN newsreader6.Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other.A.harder B.easier C.impossibleBBBNotes:1.There are hundreds
15、 of different words which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic,or which are used with a different meaning.2.The other two areas in which the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.3.The accent,which is most similar to British English,can be heard on the East Coast of the US.4.
16、A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.5.at the flick of a switch6.But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English,7.This international dimension suggests that in the future,there are going to be
17、many“Englishes”,not just two main varieties.Reading and Speaking-5.Discussion(5m)Discuss the following questions.1.How many main varieties of Chinese are there?2.In what ways are they different?3.Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other?4.What will happen to Chinese in the future?Homework Task of the lesson Try to collect more words or expressions which are different in British English and American English in the 4 ways.(vocabulary,grammar,spelling and pronunciation)Find some information about the Chinese that people in different regions of China speak.
