english-around-the-world-教学设计的重点

Unit2Englisharoundtheworld—ReadingTheRoadToModernEnglishTeachingaims:1.MakestudentsclearaboutthehistoryanddevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage2.Improvestudents’theabilitiesofskimming，scanningandcarefulreading.3.Trainstudentstoretellthetextusingsomekeywords.Teachingimportantpoints:1.MakestudentsclearaboutthehistoryanddevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.2.Improvestudents’readingabilities.Teachingdifficultpoint:HowtomakestudentsexpressthemselvesinEnglish.Teachingapproach:Task-basedandinteractiveapproachTeachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inIntroduceBritishEnglishandAmericaEnglishbyshowingstudentsthecommondifferencesinvocabularyandspelling.(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:EnglishisaworldwidelanguageandthereismorethanonekindEnglishintheworld.BritishEnglishandAmericaEnglisharetowmajorkinds,asweallknow.Canyoutellthemfromeachother?Nowlet’sfinishthefollowingformwithpairedwords.wordsAmericanEnglishBritishEnglish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cabtaxiStep2Pre-readingFirstaskstudentstolistthecountriesthatspeakEnglishastheirofficiallanguage,andthenaskstudentstopredictwhatthetextisaboutaccordingtothetopic.(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T:Nowpleasereadparagraph3to5andcompletethefollowingtable.TimeEventsAD450-AD800EnglishwasbasedmoreonGerman.BetweenaboutAD800-1150ItwaslesslikeGermanandmorelikeFrench,vocabularyenriched.Bythe1600Awidevocabularywasused.In1620SettlersmovedtoAmerica.Englishwasspokenthere.Laterinthe18thcenturyBritishpeopleweretakentoAustralia.Englishbegantobespokenthere.1765-1947BritainruledIndia.Bythe19thcenturyEnglishwassettled;towbigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened.NowEnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsia.4.Retellthetext（设计意图：让学生用关键词将全文的大意串起来，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:NowpleaseusethekeywordstoretellthetextinchronologicalorderInthe17thcenturypeoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworld,soEnglishbegantobespokeninmanyothercountries.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereventhoughtheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Actuallyalllanguageschangeanddevelopwhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewitheachother.AboutbetweenAD450andAD800EnglishwasbasedmoreonGermanthenaboutbetweenAD800and1150EnglishbecamelesslikeandwasbasedmoreonFrenchIn16thcenturynewsettlersmadeEnglishhadawidervocabularythaneverbefore.In1620EnglishwastakentoAmericanthenin18thcenturyEnglishwastakentoAustraliabyBritishpeople.Finallyinthe19thcenturyEnglishwassettledandtwodictionariesgaveidentitytoAmericanandBritishEnglish.LaterEnglisharrivedsouthAsiabecauseofBritain’scolonization.Step4DiscussionQ1:Howdoyoucomprehendthelasttwosentences?T:Accordingtothepassage,languageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.SothewriterintendedtopredictapossibleroadtomodernEnglish,thatis,whenChineseculturescommunicatewithEnglishcultures,Englishmaychange,too.Soastimegoesby,ChineseEnglishmaybeonekindofworldEnglish.Thatiswhatthewriterintendedtotellusaboutinthispassage.Sothewritergaveitthetitle-TheRoadToModernEnglish.Q2:Whyshouldwelea