Unit2EnglishAroundtheWorldperiod1Period1:Asamplelessonplanforreading(THEROADTOMODERNENGLISH)AimsTotalkaboutvarietiesofEnglishToreadaboutthehistoryofEnglishlanguageProceduresI.Warmingup1.Warmingupbyansweringaquestionnaire1).TellthestudentstheyaregoingtoansweraquestionnaireaboutwhytheyarelearningEnglish.2).Writethewords:Reasonsforlearningaforeignlanguageonthecenteroftheboard:3).Askthestudentstosuggestasmanyreasonsastheycanthinkof,forexample,forwork,asahobby,tolearnaboutotherpeople,totravel,toreadliteratureintheoriginal,toreadresearchpapers,tomeetforeigners,tosurftheInternet,topassexams,etc.Writetheirsuggestionsontheboardastheymakethem.4).Dividetheclassintopairs.5).Giveouteachstudentonequestionnairepaper.6).Explainthetask.Thestudentsmustquestioneachotherabouttheirlanguagelearningneeds(ormotivations).Tellthemthatyouaregoingtotakeinthequestionnairesattheend,andthatyou’dlikethemtomakeclearnotes.Itworksbetterifthetwopartnersswaptasks(questionsandanswers)aftereachsectionofthequestionnaire.Iftheywaittilltheendtoswap,onestudentmayuseupallthetimeavailable.7).Whenthetaskisfinished,askacoupleofstudentstosummarizetheirpartners’answers.(Thismaydevelopintoaclassdiscussionaboutlanguageneeds).8).ThestudentswritefivesentencesontheirfeelingaboutlearningEnglish.9).Collectthequestionnaires.NeedsAnalysisQuestionnaireInterviewer_______________Interviewee_______________Presentuse:situationsandskillsReading(faxes,letters&reports)Listening&speaking(telephoning,meetings,negotiations,publicspeaking,socializing)Writing(faxes,letters&reports)Futureuse:expectations&ambitions2.FurtherapplyingTogetthestudentsthinkingaboutthetopicofthereadingpassage.1).HaveastudentlistontheboardalltheEnglish-speakingcountriesintheworldthattheycanthinkof.2).Givethestudentshintsabouttheplacestheyhaven’tmentioned.3).ProvidethestudentswithanopportunitytothinkaboutthereasonsforthespreadofEnglisharoundtheworld.★EnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheOlympicGamesandtheUnitedNations.★Englishdominatesinternationalwebsitesandprovidesnearlyallofthenewcomputerterminology.★TourismandtradefromWesternEuropeandNorthAmericahascontributedtothespreadofEnglish.★SatelliteTV,radioprogramslikeJoyFM,CDsand,ofcourse,HollywoodfilmsallbroadcastEnglishintoChina.Also,anumberofChinesefilmsincludeEnglishsubtitles.II.Reading1.SkimmingReadquicklytogetthemainideaofthetext.Letthestudentsfindoutkeysentenceofeachparagraphoraskthemtosummarizethemainpointforeachparagraphintheirownwords.Paragraph1:ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworldParagraph2:Nativespeakercanunderstandeachotherbuttheymaynotbeabletounderstandeverything.Paragraph3:Alllanguageschangewhenculturescommunicatewithoneanother.Paragraph4:EnglishisspokenasaforeignlanguageorsecondlanguageinAfricaandAsia.2.ScanningReadtolocateparticularinformationandcompletethecomprehendingExerciseOne.3.FollowingupWorkingroups.Discussthetwoquestionsandthenasktwogroupstoreporttheiranswerstotheclass.1).DoyouthinkitmatterswhatkindofEnglishyoulearn?Why?Possibleanswer:Idon’tthinkso.Herearethereasons:★Nativespeakersfromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavenodifficultyinunderstandingeachotherdespitethefactthattheyspeakabitdifferently.★ItisnecessaryforustolearnthenarrowdifferencebetweendifferentkindsofEnglishifwehopetocommunicatefluentlywithnativespeakersofEnglishfromallovertheworld.★DifferentkindsofEnglishhavethesamelanguag...
