教学设计2：BritishandAmericanEnglish（全国一等奖）

Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish（第4课时）教学设计TeachingContentCulturalcorner＋SpeakingandWritingTeachingAimsTargetLanguageadd,infavorof,present,referto…as…,attempt,simplify,combination,thanksto,standard,referenceAbility

objectivesGuidethestudentstogetdetailedinformationforthewriting.Activatethestudents’knowledgeaboutdifferentvarietiesoflanguages.LearningstrategiesTeachstudentstherightstepsofwritingacomposition.LeachingAidsMulti-mediaTeachingProceduresStep1Revision1.Question:WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish?Givesomeexamples.(Vocabularyrevision)2.ReadthenotesinActivity1inPage8andanswer:WhatdoyouthinkisthebestvarietyofEnglishtolearn?Why?(Discussingroupandeverygrouphasawritertoreportthediscussionlater.)(Reviewvocabularyandhowtogivereasons)Step2Culturalcorner1.Askthestudentstoreadthepassageandanswerthequestionsinpage9.(Toraisestudents’awarenessoftheimportanceofsomelinguists’contributiontothedevelopmentoflanguages.)2.Presentsomeimportantlanguagepointsonthepaperintheformofsentenceswithkeywordsandphrasesinthem.Afterclasstheymustconcludetheimportantusageofwordsandphrases.

(Encouragethestudentstolearnlanguagepointsfromdifferentcontextsbythemselves.)Importantlanguagepoints:Vocabulary:1.add2.infavorof3.Present4.referto…as…5.bination8.thanksto9.standard10.referenceSentences:1.TheElementarySpellingBook,suggestedsimplifyingthespellingofEnglishwords.2.Bythe1850sitwassellingonemillioncopiesayear,makingitoneofthemostpopularschoolbooksever.

After-classreading:SimplifiedChineseVSTraditionalChineseInthe1950s,thegovernmentofMainlandChina“simplified”thewrittenformsofmany“traditional”charactersinordertomakelearningtoreadandwritethelanguageeasier.

Simplifiedcharactersmayormaynotbelesspleasanttolookat,generallyspeaking,numberofstokesofthecharactersarereduced,justkeepinmindthatnoteverycharacterhasbeensimplified,onlysomeofthemorecomplicatedforms.

Thissimplificationofcharactersdidfollowsomelogicalprinciples.Therefore,evenwedealingwithtwosetsofthecharacters,wearestillabletorecognizemajoritycharacters,also,therearemanycharacterremainsunchanged,solearningsimplifiedcharactersalongsidetheirtraditionalcounterpartsisnottoodifficult.Bearinmind,thesimplificationprocessalsosimplifiedcertaincomponentsthatoccurinmanycharacters.

PeopleintendtothinktraditionalChineselooksbetterandmoreoriginalthanthesimplifiedChinese,mostTaiwaneseandHongkongnesecriticisessimplifiedChineseastheystillusingtraditionalChinesewhilstMainlandChinaandSingaporeusethesimplifiedChinese.ThereareapplicationsthatattempttoconvertbetweensimplifiedandtraditionalChinese.Step3Writing1.

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Activity4.Dividethestudentsintothreegroupstodiscuss.EachgroupforonetopicabouttheChineselanguage.Onewriterineachgrouptowritedownsomekeywordsaboutthediscussionandwritethemdownontheblackboardlater.(Collectsomenecessaryvocabularyforwriting)3.

AskanotherstudentinanothergrouptocombinesentencesforChineselanguagebyusingthekeywordsontheblackboard.(Learntocombinesentences).4.

WriteapassagefortheChineselanguageincludingthetopicdiscussedbeforethis,suchas,theoriginofChinese,thewritingsystem,varietiesofChineseandsoon.1).Makeaplanforthecomposition.(Teachercansupplyotherinformationforstudents)Teachhowtodrawanoutlineandthenexpanditintoapassage.(Studentslearnhowtorearrangesentences.)MaterialabouttheChineselanguage:·Chineseisspokenbymorepeoplethananyotherlanguageintheworld.·ChinesehasmorethantwicethenumberofspeakersofEnglish,thoughofcourseitlackstheuniversalityofEnglishandisspokenbyfewpeoplenotofChineseorigin.ChinesehasbeenanofficiallanguageoftheUnitedNationssincethefoundingoftheorganizationin1945.·ThoughChinesehasmanydialects,Mandarin,basedonthepronunciationofBeijing,isconsideredthestandardandisspokenbyabouttwo-thirdsofthepopulation.·Chineseiswrittenwiththousandsofdistinctivecharacterscalledideographswhichmostofthetimeshavelittlerelationtothesoundofaword.·TheearliestChinesecharacterswerepictographs,suchasacrescentforthemoon,oracirclewithadotinthecentertorepresentthesun.·TheChinesecharactersdohavetheadvantageofmakingwrittencommunicationpossiblebetweenpeoplespeakingmutuallyunintelligibledialectsandlanguages.·NumerousattemptshavebeenmadeovertheyearstosimplifytheChinesesystemofwriting.

参考范文：TheChineseLanguageInrecentyears,moreandmorepeoplearebeginningtolearnChinese,andChineseisobviouslyspokenbymorepeoplethananyotherlanguageintheworld.Chineselanguagecanbedividedintoeightmajorvarieties,ofwhichMandarin,alsocalledPutonghua,basedonthepronunciationofBeijing,isreferredtoasthestandardandisspokenbyabouttwo-thirdsofthepopul