2. 信阳师范学院外语系 03 级本科 3 班 邢秀凤 20030614094

3. English around the world The 2 nd period

4. Teaching Aims Learn the text “English around the world”. Get the students to master the useful expressions in the text. Train the students to read the text with the correct pronunciation and intonation.

5. Teaching Important Points How to improve the students’ ability to read an article. How to get the students to master the useful expressions

6. Teaching Difficult Point The use of some useful expressions.

7. Teaching Methods Fast-reading to train the students’ reading speed. Reading comprehension to help the students grasp the main idea of the text. Practice getting the students to master what they’ve learned.

8. Teaching Aids A recorder A projector and some slides

9. Preparation of reading What language has the largest number of speakers? What language is the most widely spoken and used? How many languages do you speak? What is your native language? If you speak more than one language,in what situations do you use the languages?

10. Fast-reading How many countries are there where the majority of the people speak English? How is English used in Hong Kong? What language should we use on internet so that we can communicate with people around the world?

11. Reading How many people use English as their mother tongue? How many people learn English as their second language? In which countries do we find most native speakers of English? Give the names of five countries. Living in China you can use English everywhere in different situations.Give two examples.

12. NOTES All around the world:all over the world The majority of : the greater number or amount (esp. of people),most eg:The majority of the doctors believe smoking is harmful for the health. In total:when all have been added up eg:in total,there must have been 2000 people there.

13. One’s mother tongue:one’s native language The number of:figures eg:the number of students absent is 6. A number of: several,many eg:a number of students were absent yesterday. Communicate with:communicate to make (news,opinions,feelings,etc) known. Eg:I shall communicate with you directly.