Unit 5 教案 高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit5:LanguagesAroundtheWorld

AimsandObjectives:

Bytheendofthislesson,studentsshouldbeableto:

Understandtheconceptoflanguagefamiliesandtheirdistributionaroundtheworld.

Analyzethesimilaritiesanddifferencesamonglanguagesfromdifferentfamilies.

Usedescriptivelanguagetoexpresspersonalopinionsandculturalawareness.

Developreadingcomprehensionskillsthroughanauthentictext.

MaterialsNeeded:

Whiteboardandmarkers

Picturesoflanguagesandlanguagefamilies

Authenticreadingpassageonlanguagesaroundtheworld

Procedure:

Step1:Warm-up

Theteachercandisplaypicturesofdifferentlanguagesandaskstudentstoidentifythem.Theteachercanthenaskstudentstoshareanyinterestingfactstheyknowabouttheselanguages.

Step2:Pre-reading

Theteachercanintroducethetopicofthereadingpassageandaskstudentstopredictwhatthepassagewillbeabout.Theteachercanalsoaskstudentstobrainstormdifferentlanguagefamiliesandtheirdistributionaroundtheworld.

Step3:Reading

Theteachercandistributethereadingpassageandaskstudentstoreaditsilentlyfirst,andthenreaditoutloudasaclass.Theteachercanpauseaftereachparagraphandaskstudentstosummarizewhattheyhaveunderstood.Theteachercanalsoexplainanydifficultvocabularyorconceptsasnecessary.

Step4:Comprehensionquestions

Theteachercanaskstudentstoanswercomprehensionquestionsbasedonthereadingpassage.Thesequestionscanbebothfactualandinferential.Theteachercanalsoaskstudentstoprovideevidencefromthetexttosupporttheiranswers.

Step5:Vocabularyandgrammarexercises

Theteachercanprovidevocabularyandgrammarexercisesrelatedtothereadingpassagetoreinforcelanguageskills.Forexample,theteachercanaskstudentstoidentifyandexplainthemeaningofspecificwordsorphrases,ortousecertaingrammarstructurescorrectlyinsentences.

Step6:Groupdiscussion

Theteachercandividestudentsintosmallgroupsandaskthemtodiscussthesimilaritiesanddifferencesamonglanguagesfromdifferentfamilies.Thegroupscanthenpresenttheirideastotheclass,andtheteachercanfacilitateaclassdiscussion.

Step7:Writingactivity

Theteachercanaskstudentstowriteashortessayorparagraphabouttheirfavoritelanguageandwhytheyfinditinteresting.Theessaycanincludeadescriptionofthelanguage'suniquefeatures,culturalcontext,andpersonalconnection.

Step8:Reflection

Theteachercanaskstudentstoreflectonwhattheyhavelearnedaboutlanguagesaroundtheworldandtheirculturalsignificance.Theteachercanalsoaskstudentstothinkabouthowtheycanapplythisknowledgetotheirownlanguagelearningandculturalawareness.

Conclusion:

Bytheendofthislesson,studentsshouldhaveabetterunderstandingoflanguagefamiliesandtheirdistributionaroundtheworld.Theyshouldalsobeabletoanalyzeandcomparedifferentlanguagesbasedontheiruniquefeaturesandculturalcontext.Additionally,thislessoncanhelpstudentsdeveloptheirreadingcomprehensionskills,vocabularyandgrammarskills,criticalthinkingskills,andculturalawareness.

Exercises:

Fillintheblankswiththecorrectwordorphrasefromthereadingpassage:

a.A___________isagroupoflanguagesthathaveevolvedfromacommonancestor.

b.___________isthemostwidelyspokenlanguagefamilyintheworld.

c.___________isalanguagefamilyspokeninSoutheastAsiaandthePacificIslands.

d.The___________familyincludeslanguagesspokeninIndia,Pakistan,andBangladesh.

Matchthelanguagefamilywithitsdescription:

a.Indo-European

b.Sino-Tibetan

c.Austronesian

d.Afro-Asiatic

i.Spokeninsub-SaharanAfricaandtheMiddleEast

ii.SpokeninChina,Tibet,andMyanmar

iii.SpokeninSoutheastAsiaandthePacificIslands

iv.SpokeninEurope,SouthAsia,andNorthAmerica

Rewritethefollowingsentencesusingthepassivevoice:

a.PeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.

b.MandarinChinesehasmorenativespeakersthananyotherlanguage.

c.Frenchisspokeninmanycountriesaroundtheworld.

d.SpanishiswidelyusedasasecondlanguageintheUnitedStates.

Answers:

a.Languagefamily

b.Indo-European

c.Austronesian

d.Indo-Aryan

a.Indo-European-iv

b.Sino-Tibetan-ii

c.Austronesian-iii

d.Afro-Asiatic-i

a.Englishisspokenbypeopleallovertheworld.

b.MorenativespeakersthananyotherlanguagespeakMandarinChinese.

c.ManycountriesaroundtheworlduseFrenchasalanguage.

d.SpanishiswidelyusedasasecondlanguageintheUnitedStates.

Homework:

Researchalanguagefamilynotcoveredinthereadingpassageandwriteashortreportonitsdistribution,uniquefeatures,andculturalsignificance.Yourreportshouldincludeinformationonwherethelanguagefamilyisspoken,howmanypeoplespeakit,andanynotablesubfamiliesordialectswithinit.Youshouldalsoexplainanyculturalorhistori