Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldperiod3(STANDARDENGLISHANDDIALECTS)AimsToreadoutandtalkaboutSTANDARDENGLISHANDDIALECTSTowriteaboutlearningEnglishbybrainstormingProceduresI
Warmingup1
Introduction:InChinathere’resomanydialectsthatthegovernmentencouragesthewholenationtospeakPutonghua,whichisregardedasstandardChinese
Role-play:Getstudentstoworkinpairs
LetonestudentbeaChineseandtheotheraforeigner
Role-playaconversationabouttheChineselanguagetohavethemdiscusswhyPutonghuahastobeusedinChina
Reading1
Getthestudentsthinkingaboutthetopicofthetexttopredictwhatitsays
Skimming:Readquicklytofindthetopicsentenceforeachparagraph
1:ThereisnosuchathingasStandardEnglish
2:AmericanEnglishhasmanydialectswhosewordsandexpressionsaredifferentfrom“standardEnglish”
3:Geographyplaysapartinmakingdiale