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1 Module 1 British English and American English Period 1 Speaking and Writing Task Introduction Teaching Goals 1 To arouse Ss interest in learning about Varieties of English 2 To develop Ss speaking and writing ability 3 Enable Ss to get some information about British English and American English Teaching Procedures Step 1 Leading in Purpose To activate Ss and arouse them to talk about varieties of English Ask Ss to discuss the following question in group of four or five How many varieties of English do you know Suggested answers British English American English Australian English and World English Step 2 Speaking Purpose To lead Ss to the topic of this class learning about varieties of English 1 Pair work Get Ss to read the notes about varieties of English on P8 and decide which is the best variety of English to learn 2 Group work Divide the whole class into three groups and get Ss to have a debate about which is the best variety of English to learn Add some more ideas in favour of your chosen variety After the debate get Ss to vote for the variety of English they think is best to learn 3 Conclusion English doesn t belong to one group of people and we should learn English well to develop our country Step 3 Task Purpose To help Ss know about the task of this module task based teaching Enable Ss to understand the task of this module After finishing this module they will give a presentation of their task Step 4 Introduction Purposes To get the main topic of this module British English and American English To develop Ss reading and speaking ability To enable Ss to compare different things 1 Question What are the main varieties of English Are they the same Suggested answers They are British English and American English They are different in many aspects such as accent vocabulary and so on 2 Pair work Get Ss to read the quotations and answer the questions in Activity 1 on P1 Suggested answers 1 The topic is the difference between British English and American English 2 d is the most optimistic 3 b is the most pessimistic 4 In my opinion b is very funny Because communication is more and more important among the countries nowadays Communication will bridge the gap between British English and 2 American English 5 d is good news for students of English 6 a b and c Oscar Wilde Irish Henry Sweet English George Bernard Shaw Irish Dave Sperling American 3 Group work Read the two emails in Activity 2 and discuss in group of four or six what the writer have in common 4 Individual work Try to find the differences between each other decide which writer is American and give reasons 5 Whole class Call back the answers of the whole class And discuss the questions together Suggested answers The second writer is American The reasons are following British EnglishAmerican English Hi there MumHi Mom programmeprogram Theatretheater realisedrealize write to mewrite me Conclusion British English and American English are different from each other but maybe communication can bridge the gap between them Step 5 Extension Purpose To arouse Ss interest in learning about Reading and Speaking Do you know any other difference between British English and American English They are different in words grammar spelling and pronunciation If you are interested in the topic tomorrow we will study another article about differences between British English and American English Step 6 Homework 1 Write a short composition to introduce the Chinese language according to Speaking and Writing Sample The Chinese Language Made of a large numbers of characters language is the tool to express the human s emotion The Chinese characters the signs of the development of China have a history of 5000 years After leading Chinese to civilized age they developed jumpily gorgeously and became providing much food for thought as well as the change of China Since Chinese created the writing system the writing system also acts the guide of Chinese advance Chinese is one of the world s major languages It is spoken by more than a billion people one fifth of the world s population most of who live in the People s Republic of China As a result of that there are many races in China Chinese become various in different part of the country Among the varieties of Chinese the standard language is Mandarin which is often called in the west Mandarin is widely used in Chinese dialects Only half of the Chinese can speak in standard showed in a study of 470 000 people last week Only 66 percent of people in the cities can speak Mandarin But only 45percent of people in the countryside can use it The report also said that young people speak more and better than old 3 people People