englisharoundtheworld教学设计

1、 ReadingUnit 2 English around the worldThe Road To Modern EnglishTeaching aims: 1. Make students clear about the history and development of theEnglish language2. Improve students the abilities of skimming， scanning and careful reading.3. Train students to retell the text using some key words.Teachin

2、g important points: 1. Makestudents clear about the history and development of the English language. 2. Improve students reading abilities.Teaching difficult point: How to make students express themselves in English.Teaching approach: Task- based and interactive approachTeaching procedures:Step 1 Le

3、ad-inIntroduce British English and America English by showing students the common differences in vocabulary and spelling.（ 设计意图：让学生直观的感受英美英语的不同从而激发学生学习兴趣。）T: English is a worldwide language and there is more than one kind English in the world. British English and America English are tow major kinds,

4、 as we all know.Can you tell them from each other? Nowlet ' s finish the following form with pairedwords.wordsAmerican EnglishBritish English电梯elevatorlift公寓apartmentflat汽油gaspetro秋天fallautumn地铁Subway/Metrounderground橡皮eraserrubber卡车trucklorry假期vocationholiday足球soccerfootball出租车cabtaxiStep 2 Pre

5、- readingFirst ask students to list the countries that speak English as their officiallanguage, and then ask students to predict what the text is about according to thetopic.（设计意图：让学生具体了解英语的广泛性以及通过预测课文内容有助于学生展开想象力, 积极投入到课堂学习）T: Please look at the title and try to guess what the text is about.51: It

6、is about the history of English.52: It is about the changes of English.T: Good point. The process of changes itself is a kind of history.53: It is also about the development of English.T: So the text is about the history and development of English language.Step3 Reading(设计意图：skimming和scanning两个环节旨在训

7、练学生快速阅读能力，学会找中心句， 从总体上把握文章结构，理解文章大意。)1.SkimmingT: Ask students to read the text quickly to see if their prediction is right andat the same time find out the topic sentence if there isn' t any ask them to sumup in their own words.(A few minutes later ask students to report their answers)The text

8、is mainly about the history and development of the Englishlanguage.Para.1 Many people all over the world speak English.Para.2 English speakers can understand each other even if they don' t speak thesame kind English.Para.3 Why has English changed over time?Para.4 Finally in the 19 th century the

9、 English was settled.Para.5 English now is also spoken as a foreign or a second language in South Asia.2.ScanningT: Since English is a universal language ,do you want to know how it becameworldwide. Now please read the paragraph 1 to find the answer.Q: How did English become worldwide?Ss: In the 17

10、th century , people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and then English began to be spoken in many other countries.T: Great! Now try to translate this sentence.在十七世纪英国人开始航海征服了世界其他地区，于是，许多别的国家开始说英语3.Careful reading（设计意图：次环节是在学生对课文整体理解的基础上进一步对文章重要内容进行充分的理 解，突出文章重点，充分训练学生精读能力

11、和筛选信息的能力）T: Now please read paragraph 3 to 5 and complete the following table.TimeEventsAD450-AD800English was based more on German.BetweenaboutAD800-1150It was less like German and more like French, vocabulary enriched.By the 1600 'A wide vocabulary was used.In 1620Settlers movedto America .Eng

12、lish was spoken there.Later in the18thcenturyBritish people were taken to Australia. English began to be spoken there.1765-1947Britain ruled India.By the 19 th centuryEnglish was settled; tow big changes in English spelling happened.NowEnglish is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South

13、Asia.4. Retell the text（设计意图：让学生用关键词将全文的大意用起来，一方面让学生巩固本节课所学主要内容，掌握关键词，另一方面训练了学生语言输出的能力，有利于加强学生语言运用的能力）T: Now please use the key words to retell the text in chronological orderIn the 17 th century people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world, so English began to be spoken in m

14、any other countries.Native Englishspeakers can understand each other even though they don ' t speak the same kind of English. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other .About between AD450 and AD800 English was based more on Germanthen about bet

15、ween AD800and 1150 English became less like and was based more on French In 16th century new settlers madeEnglish had a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 English was taken to American then in 18th century English was taken to Australia by British people. Finally in the 19th century English

16、was settled and two dictionaries gave identity to American and British English. Later English arrived south Asia because of Britain ' s colonization .Step 4 DiscussionQ1: How do you comprehend the last two sentences?T: According to the passage ,languages change when cultures meet and communicate

17、 with one another. So the writer intended to predict a possible road to modern English , that is , when Chinese cultures communicate with English cultures , English may change ,too. So as time goes by ,Chinese English may be one kind of world English .That is what the writer intended to tell us about in this passage