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Extensive ReadingStep I Greeting and revisionCheck the students homework by asking some of the students to retell the text.T: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls. who can retell the text?S: Let me have a try. At first, only people in England spoke English, Later, People from England moved to other parts, So English began to be spoken in many countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language. Native English speakers can understand each other but not everything. All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. So there are British English, American English, Australian English and so on. They all have their own identity. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in many other countries. Maybe one day Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes.Task Listen and find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning. Work in pairs.T: Turn to page12, Part 5. Listen to the dialogues one by one. Then tell your partner which words are different but have the same meaning. Lets listen to the first one.After listening, the students give their answers: sweet-candy, lorry-truck, autumn-fall.Step II Pre-readingTask Introduce their dictionaries.T: If we meet a new word, we will turn to our dictionaries. Who would like to introduce your dictionary to us?S1: My dictionary is the Oxford English Dictionary. It can help me find new words, phrases, examples and so on.S2: This is my dictionary. With its help, I can tell the difference between similar words. Whats more, pictures in it make it easy for me to understand and master new words.Step III Reading.Task 1 Listen and answer questions.T: The Oxford English dictionary is the largest dictionary. Who is the editor? How many years did it take to complete the dictionary? Now please listen to the tape and answer questions.Students listen to the tape carefully and answer questions.T: Who is the editor?S: James Murray and some others.T: Excellent: Next question?Ss: Forty-four years.Task2 Read the passage and fill in the table. Work in pairs.T: Please turn to page 52. Read the table first. Make sure the students know what they are expected to do.T: When you fill in “ Its difficulties” and “ Qualities needed”. Please discuss with your partner.Students read the passage and fill in the table.DiscussionS1: Its the biggest dictionary, so it is very difficult to complete.S2: And there was no computer at that time, so he had to write with pen and paperT: OK. Ill ask some groups to report their opinions.Students show their answers.CountryScotlandEducation Village school, then taught himself.JobWork in a bank, teacher.Most important taskIts difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or to cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Who worked on itMurray, his two daughters and other editors.Date of completion1928Other informationIdeas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in 1857. Began to do it in 1895.Hoped to finish it in ten years.StepIV Reading and talking (P13)Task 1 Read and answer questions.Write “ dialect” on the blackboard.T: Please explain it in English.Ss: dialect means a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country.T: You are quite right. There are many dialects in American English. Do you know why? Please turn to page 13 and find the answer in the text.One minute later.T: Who would tell me why?S3: Let me try. That is because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.Task 2 New words.T: Very good. Now, look at the screen and try to guess the meaning of these words and put them in the right places in the map.Bb: southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest, south, west, eastnorthAsk one student to fill in the map. Show more words on the screen.T: Whats the difference between these two groups?Bb: southeastern, northeastern, southwestern, northwestern, southern ,eastern, northernStudents watch and look up their dictionaries.Ss: The first group is noun. The second is adjective.T: Please try to memory these words.Task 3 Games. Work in groups of 4.Teacher plays the recorder. Students listen and recognize different dialects in China.T: Which dialect is it?Ss: DongbeiT: Who will tell an interesting story that shows great difference between dialects in China?Students tell their partner an interesting story.Discussion: “Why do we learn Putonghua?”T: Please discuss with your partner “why do we learn Putonghua?”Ss: Dialects are so dif