1. Unit 2 English around the world
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Unit 2 English around the world
湖州二中高一英语备课组

2. 单元重点内容和教学目标
课时课型安排

3. 课时课型安排 Period1 Warming up Period2 Reading The Road to Modern English
Period3 Learning about language
Period4 Extensive Reading
Period5 Listening Speaking and Writing
Period6 Revision

4. Period 1 Warming up
Pre-reading question1
Workbook(P48) Listening
Using Language3 (P13)

5. Warming up 任务： 1. “世界英语”(World Englishes)的概念. 2.加强对英语世界性的认识。
3.世界英语的差异, 课本以英国英语和美国英语为例加以说明.

6. Great Britain

7. Australia

8. Canada

9. India

10. Ireland

11. New Zealand

12. South Africa

13. The U.S.A.

14. Singapore

15. English Around the World
Canada
the United Kingdom
the USA
Ireland
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand

16. Is the English language in those countries always the same?

17. Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
&
British English

18. spelling ask dance wheel kilometre not box movie, post, film, mail,
British English
American English
colour,
favourite,
color,
favorite,
spelling
theatre,
centre,
theater,
center,
travelled,
metre
traveled,
meter
ask
dance
wheel
pronunciation
kilometre
not
box
movie,
post,
film,
mail,
vocabulary
I think,
shop,
I guess,
store,

19. Read the dialogues to find the British
and American words which are different
but have the same meaning. (P13)
Think of more situations for your
conversations.

20. Period2 Reading
The Road to Modern English

21. Why do you think so many Chinese people want to learn English?
Step1 Lead in
Why do you think so many Chinese people want to learn English?
Look at the title of the passage and
predict what it is mainly about.
the development/history of English

22. Step2 Skimming
Skim the text to find out or make out a topic sentence for each paragraph.

23. Paragraph 1: Today, more people speak English as their first ,second or foreign language than ever before.
Paragraph 2: Native English speakers can
understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
Paragraph 3: All languages change and develop when cultures communicate with one another.
Paragraph4: Two big changes in English spelling happened in the 19th century.
Paragraph 5: English is also spoken as a foreign language or second language in South Asia and Africa.

24. Make a timeline of the development
Step3 Scanning
Make a timeline of the development
of English and find out why English
changed over time.

25. development reasons to Australia ruled by German based more on German
the 5th century AD
more like French
ruled by Norman AD
a wide vocabulary
Shakespeare
the1600‘s
American English
to America
1620
to Australia
the 18th century
Australian English

26. Extra information Norman（诺曼人） the expansion of British Empire
the establishment of colonies
the spread of English

27. Step4 Discussion
1.Can you show us some of the ways in which English has changed your life?
2.Why do you think more people in the
world now want to learn Chinese?
(Predict the future of both English
and Chinese )

28. Step5 Language focus:
1.even if=even though: in spite of the fact; no matter whether: He likes to help us even if he is very busy.
2.communicate with: exchange information or conversation with other people: He learnt to use body language to communicate with deaf customers.
3.actually=in fact: used when you are adding new information to what you have just said: We’ve known for years. Actually, since we were babies.
4.be based on
5.make use of…

29. Step6 Homework 1.P11 dicovering useful words and expressions
2.Workbook(P49) Using words and
expressions1-2

30. Period3 Learning about language
Discovering useful structures P12
Reading and speaking P15
Workbook:Using structures P50

31. Retell the following sentences in indirect speech
1. “You are really my best friend,”Tom said to me.
“I will come here again tomorrow,”said Jack.
3.He asked, “Is it raining now?”
4. “How many pages have you finished ?”she asked.

32. Learning useful structures Say the following sentences to three students:
S1: Open the window.
S2: Pass on the book to your deskmate.
S3: Will you please close the door?
What is the difference among the sentences I spoke to them just now?
Help the students understand what is a command or a request.

33. Request and command Open your books. command request (polite)
Please open your books.
request (polite)
Can you open your books please?
request (polite)
Could / would you please open you books?
request (polite)

34. Give requests or commands according to the following situations.
1. You want to close the door, but you cannot do it by yourself. How do you do it politely?
2. You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave. How do you do politely?
3. A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he won’t be hurt.
4. A boss wants the secretary to type a letter for him.What will he do?
5. Your father wants you to turn off the TV. What will he do?

35. Change a command into an Indirect Speech. told sb (not) to do sth
“Open the window,”the teacher said to the students .
(command)
The teacher told the students to open the
window.
“Don’t open the window,” the teacher said to the
students.
The teacher told the students not to open the
window.
told sb (not) to do sth

36. Change a request into an Indirect Speech. ask(ed) sb (not) to do sth
“Open the window, please,” the teacher said to the
students.
(requests)
The teacher asked the students to open the
window.
“Don’t open the window ,please,” the teacher said to
the students.
The teacher asked the students not to open
the window.
ask(ed) sb (not) to do sth

37. Can you discover the rules?
表示命令，用tell，order，command等。
表示请求，用ask，beg，request等。

38. Work in groups
Choose one of the situations and make
a dialogue. P15

39. Period4 Extensive Reading
Using Language: Reading
Standard English And Dialects P13
Listening P14

40. How many dialects are there in China ?
Warming up
How many dialects are there in China ?

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

42. Do you think there are some dialects in English?
Warming up
Do you think there are some dialects in English?

43. English dialects in different countries
Britain
The U.S.A
English dialects in different countries
Canada
Australia
India
New Zealand

44. Read the passage to answer the following questions:
1.How many dialects of American
English have been listed in the text?
2. Why are there many dialects in
American English?
3. Will Chinese English develop its
own identity?
Listening P14

45. Homework: workbook P51
Reading Task
The Oxford English Dictionary

46. Period5 Listening speaking and writing
A brainstorm map P15
Workbook: Listening Task P51
Writing Task P53

47. Why should I learn English well?
A Brainstorming Map:
Why should I learn English well?
To use in school
To use for business
To talk
to native
speakers
Why should I learn
English well?
To read English
books
To write to pen friends
To listen to English music and movies

48. Listen to find out what problems Wang Ting
and Chen Peng have and what they will
do to improve their English.
Share your problems with your friends
and discuss how you can solve them.
Write a short passage based on what you have talked about.
Ways of improving listening/speaking/
reading/writing

49. structure Your problem suggestions on how to solve the problem
conclusion

50. Period6 Revision