高一英语Unit2《Englisharoundtheworld第四课时》精品教案旧人教版第一册

1、The Fourth PeriodTeaching 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.Teaching Important Points:1. Improve the students reading ability by reading the mat

2、erial.2. Improve the students writing ability.3. Get the students to know about American English and British English.Teaching Difficult Point:How to improve the students writing ability.Teaching Methods:1. Fast-reading and reading to improve the students reading ability.2. Practice and pair work or

3、group work to have every student master what they ve learned.Teaching Aids:1. a recorder2. a projector and some slidesTeaching Procedures:Step .Greetings and RevisionGreet the whole class as usual.T: In this period, I m going to check your homework first. Then we ll learna text: American English and

4、 British English. We ll do some exercises about it aswell. At last, we ll go over Checkpoint of this unit. Nowtake out your exercise-books, please, (The teacher checks the students homework.)(The teacherand the studentsgo over the new words and expressionsof thisperiod.The teacher gives explanations

5、 when necessary.)Step .Fast ReadingT: 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 spokenby people all over the world. From the last period we know there are more than 42countrieswhere the ma

6、jorityof peoplespeak English.However Englishisnot exactlythe same in different countries. American people speak English, but it is a bitdifferentfrom BritishEnglish.Today, we are going toread about these differences.Please turn to Page 12.Read the text fast and find the answers to the questions onth

7、e 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 Briti

8、sh English?用心爱心专心-1-(The teachercollectsthe firstfivepiecesofthe answers,checks them and givesthem 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 m

9、any words.Step .ReadingT: Now read the textagain.Read itcarefullyand discussthe followingquestionson the screen with your partner. Write your answers on a piece of paper. In a fewminutes, I ll ask some pairs to give us the answers.(The teacher shows the screen.)Answer the following questions:1. When

10、 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 i

11、n 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 amon

12、g the students, joins in the students discussion andanswers 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 E

13、ngland.SE: 3.Yes, Ican. For example, the words“ color,centre and traveled” inBritishEnglish are spelt“ color, center and traveled”in American English.SF: 4.Yes,In writtenEnglishthereare some spellingdifferencesbetween BritishEnglish and American English. And in some cases, different words are used f

14、or thesame thing.SG: 5.Some words are pronounced differently in the two countries. For example,Americans say dance ,and in southern England they say .InAmerica they pronounce not ;in southern England they say ,and son on.SHpeople from the two countriesdon t have much difficulty in understanding each

15、 other because written English ismore or less the same in both Britain and America.SI : 7.Thereis no quickanswer to thisquestion.Whenpeople from England travelledto othercountries,theytookthe Englishlanguagewiththem. At first,the languagestayed the same as the language used in England, but slowly th

16、e language began to用心爱心专心-2-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 En

17、glish 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 placee.g. When John woke up, he was in the hospital ,but he d

18、idn t know how that hadcome about.2.the language in America stayed the samestayvi. keep, remaine.g. The door stayed open all the day.3.end up with finish withe.g. The party ended up with the singing of Liu Huan.4. different from=different thane.g. Mary is different from(than/to)Jane.5.more or less a

19、bout, not exactly, almost, nearlye.g. He must have given Tom two hundredyuan 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 studen

20、ts.)T: Turn to Page 13, please.Look at the exercisebehind the text.Choose the correctanswers to the following questions, according to the text. Have a discussion withyour partner. Youd better close your books when you discuss them. If you haveanything uncertain, you can look up the concerned informa

21、tion in the text.Suggested answers:1. C;2.B;3.C;4.D;5.DStep .Listening and Reading AloudT: 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

22、the tape for the students to listen. Then when the studentsread the text, the teacher goes among the students and corrects the students mistakes in pronunciation, intonation and stress.)Step .Reading and WritingT: Now look at Reading and Writing on Page 13.Read the paragraph about American English a

23、nd 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 answers.Suggested answers:WordsBorrowed from用心爱心专心-3-Centold FrenchFloridaSpanishHowlAmerican IndianCookbookGermanT: Do you have anything you don t understand?(SK

24、 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: Youve done well.What does“

25、a greatmany” in the second linefrom the bottommean?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 otherEnglishwords borrowed from otherlanguages? Please give us some examples.SN:Igotsome froman E

26、nglishmagazine.Theyare:tea(fromChina);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 thenear future. I wish you success.Step .CheckpointT: Please turnto Page 14.Lookat Checkpoint2.The firstpartshouldbe

27、done likethis: For each pair of sentences, complete one of them according to the other. Thenfindusefulexpressionsfrom the textand make sentenceswiththem. Group work.Laterwe ll check the answers.(The students prepare the exercises and the teacher helps them to find usefulexpressions in the text.)(Aft

28、er 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 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

29、 makesentenceswith one of the useful expressions, please.Onestudent,one sentence. Volunteers!Se: the differences between A and B: There are many differences between 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

30、it in the same way, too.用心爱心专心-4-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 moreor less right.SK: have difficulty in doing: I have some difficulty in finis

31、hing the exercises.Sc: a great many: There are a great many new words in the article. I can t readit.(The teacher writes the useful expressions on the blackboard.)Step .Summary and HomeworkT: In this class, we ve learned the differences between American English and British English. Please sum up the

32、m. One student, one item. Think it over and then tell us.Sm: In spelling, they are different. For example, color, centreSn: In spoken English, they are different. For example. dance, notSo: Some words are different. e.g. autumnSp: Americans say“ I guess ” ,whileT: Are there any differences in writte

33、n English?Sq: WrittenEnglishis more or lessthe same in both Britishand American English.(The teacher writes those above on the blackboard.)T: There are a number of useful expressions in the text(Pointingtotheblackboard.)Youshouldremember themanduse theminyoureveryday life. Today s homework: Write a

34、short passage, comparing American andBritish English or dialects in Chinese. Besides, read the tips on Page 14 carefullyand use them when possible. That s all for today.Sample composition:Some differences between British and American EnglishThe English used by people all over the world is mostly ver

35、y similar. There areonly very small differences between American English and British English.Grammar isalmostthe same, but thereare some spellingdifferences.For example,the words color, centreand travelerare spelt color, center, and traveler are speltcolor, center, and traveler in American English.T

36、he differences in the spoken language are greater .For example, Americans saydance, and insouthern English they say, In America theypronouncenot;insouthernEngland theysay.However,most ofthe time ,peoplefromthe two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.Attachment:Answers to Exercises in workbook (Page 95)Answ