1、必修一 Unit2 English around the world Reading Teaching aims:Knowledge aims:1.Get the students to learn following new words and expressions: voyages, native, apartment, actually, base, gradually, Danish, vocabulary, spelling, latter, identity, fluent, Singapore, Malaysia, come up, at present, because of
2、, make use of, such as2.Get the students to learn about The English languageAbility aims: Develop the students reading ability and let them learn to use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so onEmotional aims:Enable the students to learn about the English language and know differ
3、ent kinds of English so as to communicate with people from different countries Key points of teaching:1. Get students to learn different reading skills2. Get the students to learn about the English languageDifficult points of teaching:Develop the students reading abilityTeaching methods:1. Task-base
4、d teaching and learning2. Cooperative learning3. DiscussionTeaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-inLast period, we have talked about the differences in English in differences places. Today, let s learn more about the development of the English language.Step 2 New words in the passageStep 3 ReadingTask 1 s
5、kimmingAsk the students to read the text quickly to get the main idea of each paragraph.Para.1 Many people all over the world speak English.Para.2 Native speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Para.3 Why has English c hanged over time ?Para.4 Finally by t
6、he 19th century the language was settled.Pa ra.5 English is now spoken wide in south Asia.Task 2 ScanningRead the text quickly and try to get some details from the text. Work in pairs and try to ask and answer questions from the textQ1. How many people spoke English at the end of the 16th century? W
7、here di d they live?Q2. Why is English to be spoken in many other countries in the next century?Q3. Which country has the largest number of English speakers?Q4. Why has English changed over time?Q5. Why does India have a very large number of English speakers?Suggested answers:A1. At the end of the 1
8、6th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.A2. In the next century, people from England started moving to other parts of the world, so English began to be spoken in many other countries.A3. China may have the largest number of English speakers.A4.Because all languages change when
9、cultures communicate with one another.A5.India has a very large number of English speakers. This is because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.Task 3 Careful-readingComprehending exercise 2Task 4 comprehending Read the passage and finish comprehending exercise 1(Go through the comprehending exercise and make sue the students know what to do)Step 4 DiscussionComprehending exercise 3HomeworkExercise 1 and 2 in Discovering useful words and expressions
