【精品】高一英语上册 nit2 English around the world(第四课时)教案 大纲人教版第一册

用心 爱心 专心 TheThe FourthFourth PeriodPeriod TeachingTeaching Aims Aims 1 Learn the text to get the students know about the differences between American English and British English 2 Get the students to master the useful words and expressions of the text TeachingTeaching ImportantImportant Points Points 1 Improve the students reading ability by reading the material 2 Improve the students writing ability 3 Get the students to know about American English and British English TeachingTeaching DifficultDifficult Point Point How to improve the students writing ability TeachingTeaching Methods Methods 1 Fast reading and reading to improve the students reading ability 2 Practice and pair work or group work to have every student master what they ve learned TeachingTeaching Aids Aids 1 a recorder 2 a projector and some slides TeachingTeaching Procedures Procedures Step Greetings and Revision Greet the whole class as usual T In this period I m going to check your homework first Then we ll learn a text American English and British English We ll do some exercises about it as well At last we ll go over Checkpoint of this unit Now take out your exercise books please The teacher checks the students homework The teacher and the students go over the new words and expressions of this period The teacher gives explanations when necessary Step Fast Reading T English is a young language It grew from other languages such as German and French People began to write it down only six hundred years ago Now it is spoken by people all over the world From the last period we know there are more than 42 countries where the majority of people speak English However English is not exactly the same in different countries American people speak English but it is a bit different from British English Today we are going to read about these differences Please turn to Page 12 Read the text fast and find the answers to the questions on the screen Do it as fast as possible and write your answers on a piece of paper I ll collect the first five pieces The teacher shows the screen Answer the following questions 1 What is American English for I think 2 What did Noah Webster do in order to make American English different from British English 用心 爱心 专心 The teacher collects the first five pieces of the answers checks them and gives them back to the students T Who will give us the first answer SA I ll try In American English I guess is used instead of I think T Quite right What is the second SB He changed the spelling of many words Step Reading T Now read the text again Read it carefully and discuss the following questions on the screen with your partner Write your answers on a piece of paper In a few minutes I ll ask some pairs to give us the answers The teacher shows the screen Answer the following questions 1 When did America become an independent country 2 Where did the word fall meaning autumn first come from 3 Can you give some examples to show spelling differences between American and British English 4 Is there any difference in written English in the two countries 5 What differences are there in spoken English in the two countries 6 Do you think that people from Britain and America can understand each other Why do you think so 7 How did the differences between British and American English come about 8 Which do you prefer American English or British English Why The teacher goes among the students joins in the students discussion and answers the students questions A few minutes later T Have you finished Ss Yes Give us your answers please One student one question Volunteers SC 1 In 1776 America became an independent country SD 2 The word fall first came from England SE 3 Yes I can For example the words color centre and traveled in British English are spelt color center and traveled in American English SF 4 Yes In written English there are some spelling differences between British English and American English And in some cases different words are used for the same thing SG 5 Some words are pronounced differently in the two countries For example Americans say dance and in southern England they say In America they pronounce not in southern England they say and son on SH 6 Yes Though there are many spelling differences people from the two countries don t have much difficulty in understanding each other because written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America SI 7 There is no quick answer to this question When people from England travelled to other countries they took the English language with them At first the language stayed the same as the language used in England but 用心 爱心 专心 slowly the language began to change from one part of the world to another At last the English language became two variants British English and American English SJ 8 I prefer American English to British English because American English is easier to understand I prefer British English to American English because British English sounds more beautiful T Now look at the screen again I ll explain some words and expressions of the text so that you can use them freely Please listen to me carefully Notes to the text e about happen take place e g When John woke up he was in the hospital but he didn t know how that had come about 2 the language in America stayed the same stay vi keep remain e g The door stayed open all the day 3 end up with finish with e g The party ended up with the singing of Liu Huan 4 different from different than e g Mary is different from than to Jane 5 more or less about not exactly almost nearly e g He must have given Tom two hundred yuan more or less The work is more or less finished T Do you have anything else you don t understand If you have please tell me I ll be glad to have a discussion with you The teacher answers any questions asked by the students T Turn to Page 13 please Look at the exercise behind the text Choose the correct answers to the following questions according to the text Have a discussion with your partner You d better close your books when you discuss them If you have anything uncertain you can look up the concerned information in the text Suggested answers 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 D Step Listening and Reading Aloud T Let s listen to the tape When I play it for the first time just listen to it When I play it for the second time please listen and repeat Then read the text aloud Are you clear Ss Yes The teacher plays the tape for the students to listen Then when the students read the text the teacher goes among the students and corrects the students mistakes in pronunciation intonation and stress Step Reading and Writing T Now look at Reading and Writing on Page 13 Read the paragraph about American English and fill in the chart First read the passage please Then do it in groups Write your answers on a piece of paper Later we ll check the 用心 爱心 专心 answers Suggested answers WordsBorrowed from Centold French FloridaSpanish HowlAmerican Indian CookbookGerman T Do you have anything you don t understand SK raises his hand SK I have a question to ask What does the word over in the first line mean SL It means during in the course of For example Over the years he s become more and more patient T How do you know that SL I looked it up in my dictionary just now T You ve done well What does a great many in the second line from the bottom mean SM It means a very large number of T Can you give us an example SM I have a great many friends at school T Quite right Very good Do you know any other English words borrowed from other languages Please give us some examples SN I got some from an English magazine They are tea from China banana zebra from Africa kangaroo from Australia stomach from French T Very good If you work hard at English you ll make great progress in the near future I wish you success Step Checkpoint T Please turn to Page 14 Look at Checkpoint 2 The first part should be done like this For each pair of sentences complete one of them according to the other Then find useful expressions from the text and make sentences with them Group work Later we ll check the answers The students prepare the exercises and the teacher helps them to find useful expressions in the text After a few minutes T Have you finished Ss Yes T Let s do Part 1 Complete the sentences Who ll give us the answers Sa I ll try 1 She asked me to help her with her homework Sb 2 Buy some bread for me please he told her Sc 3 He told me not to smoke in the room Sd 4 Make sure the door is locked she said to her little son T Very well Now make sentences with one of the useful expressions please One student one sentence Volunteers Se the differences between A and B There are many differences between 用心 爱心 专心 Model A and Model B Sf come about How did the accident come about Sg in the same way I worked out the problem And my brother did it in the same way too Sh end up with We ended up the party with a song Si different from My dictionary is different from Jack s Sj more or less Mary made some mistakes on the test but her answers were more or less right SK have difficulty in doing I have some difficulty in finishing the exercises Sc a great many There are a great many new words in the article I can t read it The teacher writes the useful expressions on the blackboard Step Summary and Homework T In this class we ve learned the differences between American English and British English Please sum up them One student one item Think it over and then tell us Sm In spelling they are different For example color centre Sn In spoken English they are different For example dance not So Some words are different e g autumn Sp Americans say I guess while T Are there any differences in written English Sq Written English is more or less the same in both British and American English The teacher writes those above on the blackboard T There are a number of useful expressions in the text Pointing to the blackboard You should remember them and use them in your everyday life Today s homework Write a short passage comparing American and British English or dialects in Chinese Besides read the tips on Page 14 carefully and use them when possible That s all for today Sample composition Some differences between British and American English The English used by people all over the world is mostly very similar There are only very small differences between American English and British English Grammar is almost the same but there are some spelling differences For example the words color centre and traveler are spelt color center and traveler are spelt color center and traveler in American English The differences in the spoken language are greater For example Americans say dance and in southern English they say In America they pronounce not in southern England they say However most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other Attachment Answers to Exercises in workbo