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 quo
5、tations?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 from British people?KeysKeys1.1.The difference The difference between between British and British and America
6、n American EnglishEnglish2.2.DD3.3.BB4.4.(open)(open)5.5.DD6.6.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.Readi
7、ng(5m)Read the e-mails and decide which writer is AmericanWhich 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 EnglishMumMumMomMomprogrammeprogrammeprogra
8、mprogramtheatretheatretheatertheaterrealisedrealisedrealizerealizewrite 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
9、 characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.4 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 fin
10、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.pronunciationpronunciation1010Reading and
11、Speaking-3.Scanning(10m)Read again paragraph by paragraph and make notes of the differences.The first two paragraphs:the differences in vocabularyBritish EnglishBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican Englishcarscarsfreewayfreewaygasgasundergroundundergroundtaxitaxitorchtorchstand in linestand in li
12、nechipschipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueue 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 EnglishAmer
13、ican EnglishHave you got?Have you got?My friend just arrived.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 i
14、n spelling and pronunciationBritish British EnglishEnglishAmerican 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 a
15、re _ differences between American and British 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 manyBBC15154.American spelling is _ British spel
16、ling.A.the same as B.simpler than C.harder 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.im
17、possibleBBB1616Notes:1.There are hundreds 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 toBritish English,can
18、 be heard on the East Coast of the US.4.A Londoner has more difficulty understanding a Scotsman from Glasgow than understanding a New Yorker.17175.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 sugges
19、tsthat 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.Do Chinese people from different regions have problems un
20、derstanding 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
