江苏省灌南高级中学高中英语《M3 U2 Language 》Reading导学案 译林牛津版必修3.docVIP

江苏省灌南高级中学高一英语m3 u2 language reading导学案 译林牛津版必修3teaching aims: 1. get to know more about the development of the english language.2. get further understanding of the text and be able to retell some important elements in the development of english.3. practice more skills in reading a history article.teaching procedures:step 1 warm-upthe teacher starts the lesson with a free talk. ask the students “how long have you been learning english? what have you learned?” tell students that they will learn a passage dealing with english and its history.step 2 skimmingstudents are allowed several minutes to skim the text. their skimming is based on the task of questions on page 22 concerning the general idea of the text.step 3 reading for the detailspresent the questions on page 24. let the students bear them in mind and listen to the text carefully to find the answers. check the answers.1. why does the english language have so many rules that confuse people? because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to britain.2. where did the word english come from? it came from the word engle, as it was spelt in old english.3. why can words with similar meanings be found in the english language? these words with similar meanings developed because each word came from a different language.4. who made the greatest contribution to the development from old english to middle english? the french-speaking normans, who took control of england in 1066.5. why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in english? the words for the animals came from old english, while the words for the meat came from old french.step 4 intensive comprehensionask the students to pay attention to the subtitles and divide the text into several parts.the text can be easily divided into 4 parts considering the subtitles, namely, introduction, old english, middle english and modern english.part1 introductionread part 1 and find answer to the question “why english has so many difficult rules?”because people from many different countries have lived together in britain and they brought with them the rules and vocabulary into the english language.part2 old englishpresent a flow chart according to the development of old english. the teacher can choose to tell the students some basic facts as well as to ask some detailed questions with reference to the chart.and after completing the chart, students will be encouraged to give a short summary of old english. if necessary, the teacher can give an example as follows:“today we have learned the development of old english. and let me tell you something about it. before the middle of the 5th century, people spoke celtic. then 2 germanic tribes the angles, the saxons occupied britain. their language mixed with celtic and became the base of old english. at the end of the 9th century, the vikings, people from countries including denmark and norway moved to britain. and their language mixed with anglo-saxon and became what we now call old english. by the 10th century, old english was the official language of england.”ask ss to think about “why we feel puzzled about which words or phrases to use?”part3 middle englishread part 3 and discuss the answer to the question “what are the factors that contributed to the development of middle english?”french and henry iv.have a further discussion within groups about the influence resulting from the factors and make a summary of the factors and the effects.part4 modern englishstudents are asked to finish reading the last part and find answers to the following two questions:when did modern english appear?during the renaissance in the 16th century. (if possible, the teacher could also inform students of some basic information of renaissance.)what new factors are included in modern english?latin and greek words, pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented.step 7 post