1Unit2Englisharoundtheworld:Reading——TheRoadtomodernEnglish教案课时:一课时课型:讲授课一、教材分析与学生分析本单元的中心话题是“世界英语”,具体涉及“英语在当今世界范围内人们生活中扮演的不同角色及其重要意义,以及英美语言的差异”。本课的语言知识及语言技能主要是围绕“世界英语”这一中心话题进行设计的。Reading部分TheRoadtoModernEnglish简要说明了英语语言的起源、发展变化、形成原因,以及它的发展趋势。二、教学目标:1知识目标:了解英语在世界上的发展状况,认识各种各样带有民族、地域特色的英语;对英国英语和美国英语的差异有所了解,尤其是一些常用词汇,比如flat和apartment,lift和elevator,rubber和eraser等;掌握本课中出现的词汇、短语的用法;学会语言交际困难的表达法,如pardon,Ibegyourpardon?;掌握祈使句及其间接引语的表达法。2能力目标:训练学生的阅读技巧(略读、寻读等),形成用英语获取信息、处理分析信息的能力。并鼓励学生开口说英语。3情感态度目标:①了解英国英语和美国英语的区别,通过学习激发学生对英语学习的浓厚兴趣;②使学生在领会语言丰富多彩性的同时更加热爱自己的祖国,从而培养他们的祖国意识。培养他们的跨国文化意识和世界意识。③通过对课文学习的小组讨论等形式,帮助学生养成团结、协作的品质。三、教学重点和难点:重点:1)、让学生熟悉与本话题相关的一些重点单词、短语。2)、发展学生的阅读能力,尤其是归纳总结,猜词和查读(scanning)的能力。3)、使学生通过交际性任务和合作的机会,培养他们用谚语思维和交际的能力。难点:Expressingone’sideaonwhichkindofEnglishoneshouldlearn;guessthenameofspeaker’scountrybylistening;howtotellthedifferencesbetweenacommandandarequest;howtochangethepronounwhenturningthedirectspeechintoindirectspeech.四、教学过程(一)导入:首先在学生对英语是世界上最广泛使用的语言和越来越多的人在学习英语现有情况了解的基础上,引出问题:“DoyouknowhowmanycountriesuseEnglishastheirmothertongue?DoyouknowsomethingaboutEnglisharoundtheworld?”在学生思索时,引出课题Englisharoundtheworld。接着再询问学生:Whatlanguagehasthelargestnumberofspeakersintheworld?Whatlanguageisthemostwidelyspokenandusedintheworld?HowmanycountriesdoyouknowuseEnglishastheirmothertongue?(二)Pre-reading(读前准备):在学生回答了以上问题后,我让学生看这一部分课本上所设的两个问题:1)Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?Whichisyournativelanguage?2)Ifyouspeakmorethanonelanguage,inwhatsituationdoyouusethelanguages?(三)Reading:使学生了解英语在当今世界范围内人们生活中扮演的不同角色及其重要意义。2任务1:Listentothetape,听录音,然后让学生尽力得出大意并且回答问题1.HowmanycountriesaretherewherethemajorityofpeoplespeakEnglish?2.HowisEnglishusedinHongKong?3.WhatlanguageshouldweuseontheInternetsothatwecancommunicatewithpeoplearoundtheworld?任务2:让学生带着问题阅读课文(scanning)。有目的性阅读是阅读训练一种技巧,并且提醒学生不用太多花大多注意力在地名和新单词上面,集中精力探究文章内容。概括每段段落大意。Paragraph1:ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworldParagraph2:Nativespeakercanunderstandeachotherbuttheymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Paragraph3:Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.Paragraph4:EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.任务3:根据课文内容,判断句子对与错。1、Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglishintheworld.2、Therearemorethan37,500,000peoplewholearnEnglishasasecondlanguage.3、NewZealand,SouthAfrica,theRepublicofIrelandandthePhilippinesuseEnglishastheirmothertongue.4、Morethan750,000,000peoplelearnEnglishasaforeignlanguage.5.Englishistheonlyoneworkinglanguageofmostinternationalorganizationaltradeandtourism.任务4:根据课文内容,完成以下五道阅读理解题。1、Accordingtothetext,whichisTRUEaboutthosewhouseEnglishasasecondlanguage?A.Englishisalsotheirmothertongue.B.Theyusemorethantwoofficiallanguagesintheircountry.C.Peopleenjoytalkingtotheirfamilymembersathomeintheirnativelanguage.D.TheylearnEnglishathighschoolforaboutfiveyears.2、What’sthesituationofEnglishusedinChina?A.MostChinesestudentslearnEnglishatschoolasaforeignlanguage.B.AllChinesestudentsspeakEnglishasaforeignlanguage.C.ThemajorityofChinesestudentsspeakEnglishatschoolasasecondlanguage.D.ThemajorityofpeopleinHongKonguseEnglishastheirmotherlanguage.3、What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglishintheworld.B.Morethan750millionpeoplelearnEnglishasaforeignlanguage.C.EnglishisthelanguageofglobalculturesuchaspopularmusicandtheInternet.D.Englishisthelanguagewhichisthemostimportantandwidelyusedintheworldtoday.4、Whichisrightaccordingtothetext?A.NativespeakersofEnglishmightfinditunnecessaryforthemtolearnaforeignlanguage.B.EnglishwillbetheonlyEnglishtobeusedinthefuture.C.Englishistheworkinglanguageofmostinternationalorganizations,internationaltradeandtourism.D.WiththedevelopmentofChina’seconomy,ChinesewillbemoreandmoreimportantthanEnglish.5、WhichisWRONGtoanswerthefollowingquestions.Whyisitbecomingmoreandmore3importanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish?A.MoreandmorepeoplewillbecomeinterestedinEnglish.B.Englishisoneoftheworkinglanguagesofmostinternationalorganizations,internationaltradeandtourism.C.WecancommunicatewithpeoplearoundtheworldeverywherethroughtheInternetbyusingEnglish.D.Englishhasdevelopedintothelanguagemostwidelyspokenandusedintheworld.(四)Post-reading(Group-work):任务5:分小组讨论:1)WhyisitbecomingmoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish?2)InwhichcountriesdowefindmostnativespeakersofEnglish?Givethenamesofthreecounties.3)LivinginChinayoucanuseEnglisheverydayindifferentsituations.Givetwoexamples.给学生五分钟的时间分组讨论,然后让每组的代表给出答案(完成本课教学目标)。教师在布置任务后,应监控各小组的活动,适当的时候可以参与到学生的活动中去。在活动中,教师多用评价性语言:Marvelous/Excellent/Fantastic/Welldone/Great„(五)Summing-up(总结)Throughlearningthispassage,wehavegottoknowthatEnglishisbecomingmoreandmorepopularallovertheworldnow.SoEnglishlearningseemsimportanttoeveryone,especiallyusstudentsofthenewcentury.WithChina’sentryintoWTO,Englishwillplayamoreimportantpartinbusiness,intourism,andeveninpeople’sdailylife.Soit’snodoubtthateveryoneshouldhaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.AndIhopeeveryoneinourclasscanmakeanefforttolearnEnglishwell.Butontheotherhand,itdoesn’tme