1、Module 4Which English?Introduction&Reading and Vocabulary(1)Introduction1.Whats the name of this country?2.What do you know about it?AustraliaBeautiful scenery in AustraliaBritainBig BenJamaica(to the northwest of the Caribbean Sea)BoltSingaporeIntroduction 1-Match the photos with the countries and
2、say what they have in common.Australia Britain Jamaica Singapore4Picture 1:Australia-Sydney harbor with the bridge and the Opera HousePicture 2:Singapore-with the Lion symbol of SingaporePicture 3:Jamaica a fruit seller with a stall of exotic fruitPicture 4:Britain the Big Ben which is the symbol of
3、 LondonAustralia Jamaica Singapore They are all English-speaking countries.See you this afternoon.See you tonight.1.See you this arvo.Introduction 2-Work in pairs.Talk about the correct meanings of the following sentences.2.Cu2nite3.Wherefore art thou?Where are you?Where did you go yesterday?Im leav
4、ing today.4.Where you go yesterday?5.Mi a-go lef today.Shakespeares works text messageAustraliaJamaicaSingaporeIntroduction 3-Guess where the speakers or writers of the sentences come from.Introduction 4-Look at the sentences in the last Activity and find:(a).a message on a mobile phoneCu2niteWheref
5、ore art thou?(b).a line written by Shakespeare(c).an Australian word meaning afternoonSee you this arvo.Where you go yesterday?(d).a way of talking about the past inSingaporeMi a-go lef today.(e).a way of talking about the future inJamaicaIntroduction 5-Work in groups.Answer the questions.1.Which of
6、 the sentences are written incorrect English?They are all correct for the people using them,though they may not be strictly grammatically correct in terms of mainstream British or American English.2.How important is it to speak correctEnglish?It is important to speak English well enough for other pe
7、ople to understand you.This means that your language should not have extremes of pronunciation or oddities of structure which prevent comprehension.Mutual intelligibility is the general aim.3.Why is English spoken all over theworld?Because of historical factors,such as the British Empire,the dominat
8、ion of America in world trade,the influence of UK and USA popular music and American films.Reading and Vocabulary(a)How many varieties of English are there?Many.There are varieties of more than 60 countries where English is the official language,plus many other local and regional varieties within th
9、ose countries.Reading and Vocabulary 1-Read the passage and find out:(b)In how many countries is English an official language?More than 60.Reading and Vocabulary 2-Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks with the information in the text.ParagraphsMain ideasPara.1A persons voice can be immedia
10、tely _ by the quality of his voice and his _.Para.2English can sound different from place to place though it is spoken as a(n)_ widely.Pronunciation,grammar and _ can change very quickly from one area to another.recognized choice of wordsofficial language vocabularyPara.3It is hard for everyone to _
11、 a standard form to speak English;it is communication that really _.Paragraphs 4-5:English in AustraliaThere are many differences between Australian English and other varieties of English,such as _ sounds and _ patterns.Paragraphs 6-7:English in Jamaica andSingaporeThe features of English spoken in
12、Jamaica are grammar and _;those of English spoken in Singapore are _ and vocabulary.agree on matters/countsindividualintonationrhythm grammar Reading and Vocabulary 3-Read the passage again and choose the best answers.1.In the text,all of the following are mentioned EXCEPT the _.A.official language
13、B.history of English C.pronunciation and grammar D.varieties of EnglishB2.It is impossible for us to tell which English is correct,because _.A.people only care about its grammatical featuresB.English is widely spoken and it is hard to provide a model to followC.people dont want to draw a conclusion
14、that which way is right to speak EnglishD.the development of English has led to many different varietiesB3.The last two paragraphs about Jamaica and Singapore imply that _.A.Jamaican English has features of the African LanguagesB.some people in Singapore are bilingualC.the mother tongue of the speak
15、ers has an effect on speaking English in a certaincountryD.there are similarities between Jamaican English and Singapore EnglishC1.You can tell where someone comes from by the way they speak.2.Most people agree there is only one correct way to speaking English.FTReading and Vocabulary 4-Read the pas
16、sage again and do true or false questions.3.British English is spoken in more than 50 countries across the world.4.Australian English is only about 200 years old.FT5.There are some Aboriginal words on English.6.Australian English is easy to understand.7.The grammar of Jamaican English is the same as
17、 that of British English.FFT8.Singlish is the official language of Singapore.9.Singlish contains words of Chinese origin.TFReading and Vocabulary 5-Find the paragraph where each of these ideas comes from Sentence 1 comes from paragraphSentence 2 comes from paragraph Sentence 3 comes from paragraph53
18、7Sentence 4 comes from paragraphSentence 5 comes from paragraphSentence 6 comes from paragraph Sentence 7 comes from paragraph16421.Why has English become aninternational language with so manyvarieties?Because of hundreds of years of trade exploration and business.Reading and Vocabulary-6 Answer the
19、 questions.Because its more important that peopleunderstand each other than they speak grammatically correctly.2.Why does the writer think communication is more important thancorrectness?Because the Australian pronunciation is different from the British pronunciation of English.3.Why did How much is
20、 it sound like Emma Chissit to the English author?4.Why do you think the Speak GoodEnglish movement was created in 1999?Because officials were worried that Singlish was becoming too far away from British English to be understandable.Reading and Vocabulary-7 Look at the words in the box and find.acce
21、nt ancestor author customerprevent prisoner receive rhythmspeechverbs:Words to do with language:prevent receive accent rhythm speechWords for people:ancestor author customer prisonerReading and Vocabulary-8 Choose the correct meanings.1.An accent is the way people speak/the words people use in a par
22、ticular place.2.Speech is the ability to speak/write a language.3.The rhythm of a language is its regular pattern of sounds/variety of different words.2.instantly3.variety1.linguisticsReading and Vocabulary-9 Match the words with their meanings.the study of languageimmediatelydifferent types of some
23、thing4.dialectthe way a language is spoken in a particular area5.contextbackground6.traceEnglish from the eastern part of Londona small sign that shows that someone or something was present or existedan original inhabitant of Australia7.cockney8.Aboriginethe high and low sounds in a languageSomethin
24、g important,interesting or typical of a place or thingsingle9.individuala kind of punctuation mark10.intonation patterns11.feature12.apostrophe13.bilingualable to speak two languages14.shelfa flat piece of wood,etc.used for putting things onHomework1.Revise what you have learnt during this period of class.2.Get ready for the next period.
