1、课时分配课时板块结合范例Period 1Introduction+Reading and SpeakingPeriod 2 Vocabulary+Grammar+FunctionPeriod 3Vocabulary and Listening+Everyday EnglishPeriod 4Speaking and Writing Cultural Corner11Period 1Module 5British and American EnglishIntroduction Reading and Speaking22Introduction-1.Reading(3m)Read the qu
2、otations and tell whether you agree or disagree.A We have really everything in common with America nowadays,except of course,language.-Oscar Wilde,19th century writerBB With a century British and With a century British and American English speakers American English speakers will not be able to under
3、stand will not be able to understand each other.each other.-Henry Sweet,19-Henry Sweet,19thth century century linguistlinguist33C America and England are two countries divided by a common language.-George Bernard Shaw,20th century writerDD It doesnt It doesnt make much of a make much of a difference
4、difference 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 Cafe44Introduction-2.Discussion(5m)Read the quotations and answer the questions1.What is the topic of the 1.W
5、hat is the topic of the quotations?quotations?2.Which is the most optimistic?2.Which is the most optimistic?3.Which is the most pessimistic?3.Which is the most pessimistic?4.Which(if any)do you think 4.Which(if any)do you think are funny?are funny?5 Which is good news for 5 Which is good news for st
6、udents of English?students of English?6.Can you guess which 6.Can you guess which quotations are from British quotations are from British people?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.DD
7、6.6.Henry SweetHenry Sweet55Introduction-3.Imagination(2m)Write down your expectations What do you expect British and American English to be like?Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the British and American English?66Introduction-4.Reading(5m)Read the e-mails and decide which writer is AmericanW
8、hich is American and which is British?(point out the reason)77Key to the answers The second writer is American.some of the reasons we know are:British EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican EnglishMumMumMomMomprogrammeprogrammeprogramprogramtheatretheatretheatertheaterrealisedrealisedrealize
9、realizewrite to mewrite to mewrite mewrite me88Reading and Speaking-1.Warming-up(5m)Check the following statements.1 People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.2 People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xian.3 Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.4
10、American English is very different from British English.5 People from Britain cant understand people from America.Discuss and the answers are open.Discuss and the answers are open.99Reading and Speaking-2.Skimming(5m)Read the passage and find the differences between British English and American Engl
11、ish.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.pronunciationpronunciation1010Reading and Speaking-3.Scanning(10m)Read again paragraph by paragraph a
12、nd make notes of the differences.The first two paragraphs:the differences in vocabularyBritish EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican Englishcarscarsfreewayfreewaygasgasundergroundundergroundtaxitaxitorchtorchstand in linestand in linechipschipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightque
13、ue upFrench fries1111WordBEAEpieces of hot fried potatochipsFrench friesvery thin and are sold in packetscrispschips1212Read the third paragraph The third paragraph:the differences in grammarBritish EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got?Have you got?My friend just arrive
14、d.My friend just arrived.in the team/at the in the team/at the weekendweekendwrite me soon!write me soon!Do you have?My friend has just arrivedon the team/weekendWrite to me soon!1313Read the 4th paragraph The 4th paragraph:the differences in spelling and pronunciationBritish British EnglishEnglishA
15、merican EnglishAmerican Englishspellingspellingpronunciatiopronunciationncentre,colourprogrammecenter,color program1414Reading and Speaking-4.Practice(5m)Read the passage and complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.1.There are _ differences between There are _ differences between Am
16、erican and British varieties of English.American and British varieties of English.A.no B.a few C.lots of A.no B.a few C.lots of2.Americans _ understand what the British Americans _ understand what the British are saying.are saying.A.Sometimes B.usually C.never A.Sometimes B.usually C.never3.There ar
17、e _ differences between British There are _ differences between British and American grammar.and American grammar.A.no B.many C.not many A.no B.many C.not manyBBC15154.4.American spelling is _ British spelling.American spelling is _ British spelling.A.the same as B.simpler than C.harder than A.the s
18、ame as B.simpler than C.harder than5.For a Londoner,an American accent may be easier to For a Londoner,an American accent may be easier to understand than _.understand than _.A.a Chinese accent B.some British accents A.a Chinese accent B.some British accents C.a CNN newsreader C.a CNN newsreader6.Te
19、levision and the Internet have made it _ for the Television and the Internet have made it _ for the British and Americans to understand each other.British and Americans to understand each other.A.harder B.easier C.impossible A.harder B.easier C.impossibleBBB1616Notes:1.There are hundreds of differen
20、t words There are hundreds of different words which are not which are not used on the other side of the Atlantic,or which are used on the other side of the Atlantic,or which are used with a different meaning.used with a different meaning.2.The other two areas The other two areas in which the two var
21、ieties differin which the two varieties differare spelling and pronunciation.are spelling and pronunciation.3.The accent,which The accent,which is most similar tois most similar to British English,can British English,can be heard on the East Coast of the US.be heard on the East Coast of the US.4.A L
22、ondoner A Londoner has more difficulty understandinghas more difficulty understanding a a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.Yorker.17175.at the flick of a switch6.But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing i
23、nto British English,7.This international dimension suggeststhat in the future,there are going to be many“Englishes”,not just two main varieties.1818Reading 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.
24、Do Chinese people from different regions have problems understanding each other?4.What will happen to Chinese in the future?1919Homework 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.2020
