Unit2Englisharoundtheworld（4）TeachingAims:1.LearnthetexttogetthestudentsknowaboutthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.2.Getthestudentstomastertheusefulwordsandexpressionsofthetext.TeachingImportantPoints:1.Improvethestudents’readingabilitybyreadingthematerial.2.Improvethestudents’writingability.3.GetthestudentstoknowaboutAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.TeachingDifficultPoint:Howtoimprovethestudents’writingability.TeachingMethods:1.Fast-readingandreadingtoimprovethestudents’readingability.2.Practiceandpairworkorgroupworktohaveeverystudentmasterwhatthey’velearned.TeachingAids:1.arecorder2.aprojectorandsomeslidesTeachingProcedures:StepⅠ.GreetingsandRevisionGreetthewholeclassasusual.T:Inthisperiod,I’mgoingtocheckyourhomeworkfirst.Thenwe’lllearnatext:AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.We’lldosomeexercisesaboutitaswell.Atlast,we’llgooverCheckpointofthisunit.Nowtakeoutyourexercise-books,please,…(Theteacherchecksthestudents’homework.)(Theteacherandthestudentsgooverthenewwordsandexpressionsofthisperiod.Theteachergivesexplanationswhennecessary.)StepⅡ.FastReadingT:Englishisayounglanguage.Itgrewfromotherlanguages,suchasGermanandFrench.Peoplebegantowriteitdownonlysixhundredyearsago.Nowitisspokenbypeopleallovertheworld.Fromthelastperiodweknowtherearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofpeoplespeakEnglish.HoweverEnglishisnotexactlythesameindifferentcountries.AmericanpeoplespeakEnglish,butitisabitdifferentfromBritishEnglish.Today,wearegoingtoreadaboutthesedifferences.PleaseturntoPage12.Readthetextfastandfindtheanswerstothequestionsonthescreen.Doitasfastaspossibleandwriteyouranswersonapieceofpaper.I’llcollectthefirstfivepieces.(Theteachershowsthescreen.)Answerthefollowingquestions:1.WhatisAmericanEnglishfor“Ithink”?2.WhatdidNoahWebsterdoinordertomakeAmericanEnglishdifferentfromBritishEnglish?(Theteachercollectsthefirstfivepiecesoftheanswers,checksthemandgivesthembacktothestudents.)用心爱心专心115号编辑T:Whowillgiveusthefirstanswer?SA:I’lltry.InAmericanEnglish“Iguess”isusedinsteadof“Ithink”.T:Quiteright.Whatisthesecond?SB:Hechangedthespellingofmanywords.StepⅢ.ReadingT:Nowreadthetextagain.Readitcarefullyanddiscussthefollowingquestionsonthescreenwithyourpartner.Writeyouranswersonapieceofpaper.Inafewminutes,I’llasksomepairstogiveustheanswers.(Theteachershowsthescreen.)Answerthefollowingquestions:1.WhendidAmericabecomeanindependentcountry?2.Wheredidtheword“fall”(meaning“autumn”)firstcomefrom?3.CanyougivesomeexamplestoshowspellingdifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish?4.IsthereanydifferenceinwrittenEnglishinthetwocountries?5.WhatdifferencesarethereinspokenEnglishinthetwocountries?6.DoyouthinkthatpeoplefromBritainandAmericacanunderstandeachother?Whydoyouthinkso?7.HowdidthedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglishcomeabout?8.Whichdoyouprefer,AmericanEnglishorBritishEnglish?Why?(Theteachergoesamongthestudents,joinsinthestudents’discussionandanswersthestudents’questions.)(Afewminuteslater.)T:Haveyoufinished?(Ss:Yes.)Giveusyouranswers,please.Onestudent,onequestion,Volunteers!SC:1.In1776,Americabecameanindependentcountry.SD:2.Theword“fall”firstcamefromEngland.SE:3.Yes,Ican.Forexample,thewords“colour,centreandtravelled”inBritishEnglisharespelt“color,centerandtraveled”inAmericanEnglish.SF:4.Yes,InwrittenEnglishtherearesomespellingdiffe...
