Unit2LanguageWelcometotheunitTeachingAims:Tointroducelanguagesintheworld.Totalkaboutotherformsoflanguages.Topractisestudents’speakingabilityTeachingProcedure:StepOne:Leading-inIntroducelanguagesintheworld,suchasChinese,Russian,English,Spanish,Japanese,Tibetan,French,Arabic,Greek,German.Whatlanguagedoyouspeak?Canyouspeakotherlanguage?Doyouknowhowmanylanguagesthereareintheworld?DoyouspeakanyotherlanguagebesidesChinese?Ifso,canyouspeakalittleforus?Whichotherlanguagedoyouliketolearnbest?Why?Whichlanguagedoyouthinkisthehardest?Why?StepTwo:SpeakingAskstudentsthequestion:doyouknowotherformsoflanguages?Andshowthememoticonandseeiftheyknowallofthem.Askstudentstothinkaboutwhatsignlanguageisandshowsomepicturesaboutit.StepThree:FurtherDiscussionIntroducethelanguagefortheblindandtheinventorofit.AskstudentstodiscussifEnglishisimportantandwhy.Doyouthinkthatlanguageistheonlywaypeoplecommunicate?Whatothermethodsofcommunicationcanyouthinkof?Whatwillyoudoifyouwanttosay“ok”toyourfriend,butshe/hecouldn’thearyou?StepFour:HomeworkPreviewtheReadingpart.
