Unit2LanguageReadingEnglishanditshistoryTeachingAims:TohelpstudentslearnEnglishanditshistory.Tolearnimportantwordsandphrasesinthereading.ToimprovetheirreadingcomprehensionskillbyfullyparticipatingintheactivitiesTeachingProcedure:StepOne:Lead-inAskstudentstotalkaboutsomequestionsaboutEnglish.1.AreyougoodatEnglish?WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish,pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutthehistoryordevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage?3.DoyouthinkEnglishhasalwaysstayedthesame?4.IfEnglishchanged,howdidthesechangeshappen?StepTwo:ReadingComprehension1.Fastreading.Askstudentstoreadthetextquicklyandanswerthreequestions.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.InwhatwayisEnglishstillchanging?Englishisstillchanginginmanyways,suchasinvocabularyandpronunciation2.Detailedreading.Askstudentstoreadcarefullyandstillanswerquestionsandfillintheblanks.Readagainandanswerthequestions.1.WhydoestheEnglishlanguagehavesomanyrulesthatconfusedpeople?BecauseitismadeupofthegrammarandvocabularythatpeoplefromdifferentcountriesandculturesbroughtwiththemtoBritain.2.WhatdidthewordEnglishcomefrom?ItcamefromtheworldEngle,asitwasspeltinOldEnglish.3.WhycanwordswithsimilarmeaningsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?Thesewordswithsimilarmeaningsdevelopedbecauseeachwordcamefromadifferentlanguage.3.Readingstrategy.Helpstudentstounderstandthereadingstrategy,thatistosay,helpthemtounderstandhowtoreadthehistoryarticle.4.Useofreadingstrategy.Askstudentstofillintheblanksandunderstandreadingstrategybetter.StepThree:Post-readingDiscussionGivestudentssomewordsandhelpthemtounderstandthedevelopmentofEnglish.AskstudentstodiscussthequestionandpredictthedevelopmentofChinese.DoyouthinkthatitispossibleforChinesetobecomethemostpopularinternationallanguagesomeday?Whyorwhynot?StepFour:HomeworkDopartEonPage25ReadthearticleinPartBonPage103,WB.PrepareforthelanguageitemsLearnmoreaboutEnglishanditshistory.
