优品课件之BritishandAmericanEnglish教学案

1、优品课件 British and America n En glish 教学案 British and America n En glish教学案 Module 1 British and American English Period One Step 1. Lead-in 1. Do you like travelling?Have you ever been to the other countries? What do you know about BritainAmerican?(Ask students to speak out as many as they can) 2. Wh

2、af s the differenee between the UK and the USA?(The teacher can show the Ss some picture.) (Ask the Ss to write down the differences and check with their partner) Step 2. Warmin g-up (In troductio n) 1. Read two En glish letters and decide which is written by an American. 2. Comprehend quotations ab

3、out the differences. Step 3. Fast reading 1. Help stude nts to grasp the main idea of the text by doing the task. 2. Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different. Step 4. Reading for detailed information 1. Read para

4、.1 and fill in the form.(The form is on the n ext page) 2. Do some true or false questi ons and check some detailed information (1)There re a lot of differenee in grammarbetween British and American English. (2) Spelling is the first and most obvious differe nee betwee n the two. (3) British people

5、say ” write me ” and ” on the team ” . (4 There s not much variation in Ianguage within the country. (5) Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and America ns to understand each other. (6) In the future, there ll be only one kind of En glish. 3. Beautiful senten ces: to lear n s

6、ome important structures Step 5. Practise 1. fill in the blanks with somekey words There re four ways in which British and American En glishfrom each other. The first and most way is in the vocabulary. In grammarthere re a few. The British say Have you got ?Americans prefer Do you have? The British

7、use prepositi onsAmerica ns sometimesthem. The other two areas in which the two are differe nt are spelli ng and pronun ciati on.But for more tha n a cen tury com muni catio ns have developed .Tha nks to satellite TV and the Intern et, it has bee n possible to listen to manyEnglishmen at the of a sw

8、itch. So experts believe that the two are moving. 3. Retell the text according to it. 4. Discussion Which of the following do you think is the best Ianguage in the future? Why? British English, American English, world English, Chinese Step 6. Vocabulary Task: Rewrite the sen ten ces using the Britis

9、h words. 1. Match the British and American words and phases in the box. 2. Ask the students to read their answers out and compare with their partners. 3. Rewrite the sentences using British words. 4. Summarize: and Practice: Step 7. Open work Try to find information about Chinese and prepare a repor

10、t to introduce the following three aspects of Chinese. 1. The writing system 2. Varieties of Chin ese 3. Lan guage today Period Two Step 1. Grammar1 Task 1: Find out the uses of the verbs. Rules of the tenses. Activity 1. Match the sentences with the correct meanin gs. Activity2. complete the senten

11、 ces with the correct form of the verbs. Activity3. Tell the uses of the verbs. Rules of the ten ses (1)Complete the senten ces in your own words. (2)Observe, compare and find out the rules.【NMET.200】I ping- pang quite well, but I haven t had time to play since the new year . A. will play B. have pl

12、ayed C. played D. play北 京春招 2000】：一You re drinking too much. Only at home. No oneme but you. A. is see ing B. had see n C. sees D. saw 2. Can you expla in the follow ing use of ten ses. ? prese nt simple tense ? present continuous tense ? present perfect tens e ? future tense Step 2. Fun cti on Task

13、: Givi ng reas ons Directi ons: 1. Underline the words which introduce reasons. 2. Answer the questi ons. 3. Complete the senten ces with becauses in ceasor now that. Step 3. Test Complete the messages with the correct form of the verbs. Hi Mum, Hope you(be) well. I (have) a lovely time in New York.

14、 Tomorrow we(go) to see the fireworks. It s hard to un dersta nd the acce nt here, but it(get) easier ,as I (be) here for 3 weeks. Next week we(fly) to Mexico where they(speak) no En glish at all, just Spanish. I (Spend) nearly all the moneyyou gave me! Love , Xiao Pi ng Practice : Makeyour own sent

15、en ces creatively, using because, since, as or now that. Step 4. Everyday English Task: Use the phrases freely. 1. Remi nd the stude nts of the expressi ons that we have lear ned. 2. Ask the stude nts to rememberthem . 3. Speaking practice: Have a conversation using some of the phrases. Step 5. Home

16、work ? Have a good revisi on of today s less on and make senten ces with the ten ses and various words to express reasons. It s better to do some related exercises. Period Three Stepl. Warming up: Talk about the problems excha nge stude nts have. ? un dersta nding the Ian guage ? gett ing on with pe

17、ople ? food ? differentschool subjects and timetable ? local customs ? climate Step 2. Presentation Listen to the target Ianguage: ? Vocabulary and Listening ? C2.Listening to the 1st part(5m) Liste n and complete the passage. ? Hello, and welcome to today s edition of In the air. As you know, every

18、 week on this programme we discuss an aspect of the way we1now, and today s topic is the Ianguage we2 English. So that s something which affects us all. The question is,what s going to3to the way we speak En glish in the future? Are we all going to speak like America ns? Or will British En glish con

19、tinue to _ 4? Later on we re going to _ 5you to phone in and6your views on the subject, but firstwe re going to7to two young people, one American, and one British, who have spent time on an educational exchange in the other s coun try. We8they will have some in terest ing ideas on the subject. ? Pla

20、y aga in to an swer the quesri ons. Make no tes if n ecessary .(Activity 4) ? Have the stude nts compare the answer in pairs. ? Play the tape a third time for a final check. ? Check notes with the teacher. Step 3. Speaking and Writing ? 1. Review the content of the text by ask ing some questi ons. ?

21、 In how many ways areAmerican English and British English different? Which is the first and most obvious way? ? 2. The great debate Work in groups. Read the no tes and decide which is the best variety of Ianguage in the future. Give your reasons. British English, American English, World English for

22、and si nee with prese nt perfect Procedures? Reviewing Present simple, present continuous, present perfect Active Ten ses Simple Prese nt Prese nt Actio n or Con diti on General Truths Non-action; Habitual Action Future Time ? I hear you. ? Here comesthe bus. ? There are thirty days in September. ?

23、I like music. ? I run on Tuesdays and Sun days. ? The train leaves at 4:00 p.m. Prese nt Progressive Activity in Progress Verbs of Percepti on ? I am play ing soccer now ? He is feeli ng sad Present Perfect With verbs of state that begin in the past and lead up to and in clude the prese nt To expres

24、s habitual or continued action With events occurring at an indefinited or un specified time in the past - with ever, n ever, before THE PASSIVE TENSES Simple prese nt active: passive: ? The compa ny ships the computers to many foreign countries. ? Computers are shipped to manyforeign countries.Prese

25、nt Progressive active: passive: ? The chef is prepari ng the food. ? The food is being prepared. Prese nt Perfect active: passive: ? Some one has made the arrangements for us. ? The arrangements have been madefor us. Using the Present Perfect Tense: FOR or SINCE? We use Present Perfect tense to talk

26、 about action which started in the past and continues up to the present. Examples I have had this computer for about a year. Howlong have you been at this school? I have nt see n Julia since September. Tip! For other uses of the Present Perfect tense, see the Present Perfect Tense - When To Use. We

27、use for with a period of time, for example: a few days, half an hour, two years. We use since with the time when the action started, for example: last year, June 8, I met you. Each of these prese nt perfect senten ces contains a time expression. Each time expression is a length of time (which requir

28、es FOR)or a startingtime (which requires SINCE). 1 Maya has been a professional 1989. 2 So far, it has rained five hours. 3 I have nt bee n sno wboard ing last win ter. 4 Jo has bee n a stude nt here March. 5 The beaver has bee n an emblem of Can adamany years. 6 Cougars have almost disappeared from

29、 the Victoria area huma ns settled here. 7 Mary has kept a diaryshe was ten years old. 8 First Nations people in British Columbia have told stories about the eagle hundreds of years. 9 The Can adia n two-dollar coin (or toonie) has bee n in circulati on 1996. 10 Theyve bee n marriedtwen ty-five year

30、s. 11 I have nt pho ned homeChristmas. 12 Weve bee n herenine oclock. 13 I have worked for International Housemore tha n eight years. 14 I have nt visited my home townI left school. 15 I have nt bee n to the cinemaages. 16 I have studied non-stop 9.15. 17 I have had a driv ing liceneeI was eightee n. 18 She hasnt had a day off1999. 1