Unit2GreatpeopleStudyskillsI.TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1.understanddifferencesbetweenformalandinformallanguage;2.useformalandinformallanguagecorrectly.II.FocusofthelessonandpredictedareaofdifficultyTounderstandanduseformalandinformallanguageinacorrectway.III.TeachingproceduresStep1Lead-in1.AlettertoafriendT:Whenwespeakorwritetodifferentpeople,doweusethesamestyleoftext?Pleasereadathank-youletterfromSandy.T:WhodoyouthinkSandyiswritingto,afriendoranunfamiliarpersonorateacher?T:Whenwewriteorspeaktoafriend,weuseinformallanguage.2.AlettertoanunfamiliarpersonT:Whataboutthisletter?WhoisSandywritingto?T:Weuseformallanguagewithunfamiliarpeopleorteachers.Step2Presentation1.DifferentgreetingsandendingsT:Whatarethedifferencesbetweenformalandinformallanguage?Canyoufindit?T:Weusedifferentgreetingsanddifferentendings.(1)DifferentgreetingsT:Well,canyouclassifythesegreetings?Whichareformal?Whichareinformal?(2)DifferentendingsT:Andwhenwewritetoothers,weusetheendingsdifferently.2.UsingidiomsT:Whatotherdifferencescanyoufind?Wecanuseidiomslike“Itrainscatsanddogs.”ininformallanguage.Well,whatareidioms?T:Idiomsarephrasesandsentencesthatdonotmeanexactlywhattheysay.Evenifyouknowthemeaningofeachwordyouseeorhear,youmaynotunderstandtheidiombecauseyoudon'tunderstandtheculturebehindit,e.g.Itrainscatsanddogs.T:UsuallyweuseidiomsinspokenEnglish.Theyareinformal.Whatidiomsdoyouknow?T:Doyouknowtheseidioms?Whatdotheymean?T:Languageiswonderful.Readmore,andyouwilllearnmore.3.UsingcontractionsandabbreviationsT:Whataboutcontractionsandabbreviations?T:Contractionsareshortformsofwordswhenapostrophereplaceletters,e.g.we’ll,she’s,can’t.Abbreviationsuseonlythefirstlettersofanameorphrase,orleaveoutletterstoshortenaword,e.g.UK,Dr.Theyarebothusedininformallanguage.T:Whatothercontractionsandabbreviationsdoyouknow?Workingroups.T:Perfect!Manyhandsmakelightwork!Step3Practice1.ClassifytheexpressionsT:Nowcanyouclassifytheexpressionscorrectly?T:Soformallanguageisusedforunfamiliarpeopleorteacherswhileinformallanguageisforfriendsandparents.2.Improvekitty’sletterT:KittyiswritingtoJ.K.Rowling,theBritishwriter,totellhersomethingaboutHarryPotter.Pleasereadherletter.T:DoesKittyneedtoimproveherletter?Why?T:ToKitty,J.K.Rowlingisanunfamiliarperson.Sheshouldn’t(useinformalgreetingsorendings.)Sheshouldn’t(usecontractionsorabbreviations.)Sheshouldn’t(useidioms.)Sheshouldsignherfullname.T:PleaserewriteKitty’sletter.T:Goodjob!Readitbyyourselves.Step4ProductionWritingalettertotheheadmasterT:Workingroups.Writealettertotheheadmasterandadvisehimtoorganizeaschooltrip.Payattentiontoyourexpressions.Youcanusethefollowingexpressionasanexample.IV.HomeworkWritealettertoyourheadmastertorecommendyourselfaschairpersonoftheStudents’Union.
