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2. ? ? How many dialects are there in China ?

3. dialects family in China 北方方言 吴语 闽南语 客家话 湘语 赣语 粤语 Chinese

4. dialects in Guangdong province dialects in Guangdong province 客方言 闽方言 代表地区梅州代表地区梅州 地区广州代表地区广州代表 代表地区潮汕地区代表地区潮汕地区

5. English dialects in different countries Britain The U.S.A Canada Australia India New Zealand Do you think there are some dialects in English?

6. Fast reading: Read the text on page 13 for 1 minute and answer the following question. Is there standard English?

7. Detailed Reading Read the text for 3 minutes and answer the following question. How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? 1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text? 2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? And what kind of dialect is it? 3.Why are there so many dialect in American English? Mid-western, southern, African American, Spanish Because when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them. That’s because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.

8. Read the passage, then fill in the following form: Notes on James Murray’s life Country Education Job Most important task Its difficulties: Qualities needed: Who worked on it? Date of completion Other information Reading Task on page 51 Village school then taught himself. Work in a bank, teacher. Scotland Murray, his two daughters and other editors. 1982

9. Most important task Other information Its difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper. Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience. Ideas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in 1857. Begin to do it in 1895. Hoped to finish it in ten years.

10. Listening

11. Ask some students to tell the words that are different in American English & British English Revision

12. 3. Listen and put these sentences in the right sequence.  Lester climbed a tree  Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming  Lester thought the catfish would eat him  Buford and Billy Bob laughed  Lester saw a catfish  Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place. 1 2 3 4 5 6

13. Answer keys for the exercise 4 on page 14 1.He believes it’s almost a different country from the USA. The listening text tells us it is so. 2.The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house. 3.He thought the catfish would eat him. 4.They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hurt him.

14. Assignment 1. Finish the listening tasks in workbook on page 51-52. 2. Make a conclusion of the skills learned in this class.

15. Speaking and writing

16. Make a dialogue There are three situations. Please make dialogues using commands or requests with your partner. You are encouraged to imagine interesting dialogues.

17. Situation 1 You need to ask someone to close the door but you cannot do it yourself. There are many people in the room but you cannot tell who are important and who are not. so how do you do it politely?

18. Situation 2 You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave. You must not push your way to the door, so how do you do it politely?

19. Situation 3 A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he won’t be hurt?

20. Reading and speaking Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British)

21. Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground

22. Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground leftleft-hand side

23. Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground leftleft-hand side keep going straightgo straight on

24. Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground leftleft-hand side keep going straightgo straight on two blockstwo streets

25. Read the dialogue on page 15 and find out the different British and American English words. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground leftleft-hand side keep going straightgo straight on two blockstwo streets rightright-hand side

26. Amy (American)Lady (British) subwayunderground leftleft-hand side keep going straightgo straight on two blockstwo streets rightright-hand site movie film barpub the first floor ground floor

27. G roup work Student A: is from American. Don’t know the directions, so ask Student C for help. But doesn’t know the British well. Student B: is a speaker of British English, but know both American and British English. Retell C’s words to A Student C: is the native British there and is familiar with the directions. But doesn’t know American English. Form a group in three, and make a dialogue according to the following map, try to use the words that are different in Br.E and Am.E as many as possible.

28. My problems Ideas for improvement Why I like English My future with English.. My experience of learning English Writing – I ( 4m ) Pair work: Fill in the chart after discussing in pairs.

29. My problems Ideas for improvement Why I like English My future with English ListeningListen to BBC.Listen to music and movies. Help me realize my dream. WritingPractice making sentence Enjoy original works WordsMemorize new words Travel My experience of learning English

30. Writing – Write a passage: Title: Why should we learn English? Words: at least 100. Content: Paragraph 1 The importance of English in today’s life. Paragraph 2 The benefits of understanding English. Paragraph 3 What I like about learning English and how to learn it well.

31. Checking the composition. 1. Ask the students to check the poster for their partner. 2. Show some compositions on the screen, other students should give some advice.

32. Assignment 1.Try to correct the composition. 2.Finish the exercises of unit 2 in workbook. 3.Review the whole unit.