【精品】高一英語上冊nit2Englisharoundtheworld(第四課時(shí))教案大綱人教版第一冊

1、The Fourth PeriodTeaching Aims:1. Learn the text to get the students know about the differences between American English and British English.2. Get the students to master the useful words and expressions of the text.Teaching Important Points:1. Improve the students reading ability by reading the mat

2、erial.2. Improve the students writing ability.3. Get the students to know about American English and British English.Teaching Difficult Point:How to improve the students writing ability.Teaching Methods:1. Fast-reading and reading to improve the students reading ability.2. Practice and pair work or

3、group work to have every student master what they ve learned.Teaching Aids:1. a recorder2. a projector and some slidesTeaching Procedures:Step .Greetings and RevisionGreet the whole class as usual.T: In this period, I m going to check your homework first. Then we ll learna text:American English and

4、BritishEnglish.We ll dosome exercises about itaswell.Atlast,we llgooverCheckpointofthisunit.Now takeoutyourexercise-books, please,(The teacher checks the students homework.)(The teacherand the studentsgo over the new words and expressionsof thisperiod.The teacher gives explanations when necessary.)S

5、tep .Fast ReadingT: English is a young language. It grew from other languages, such as Germanand French.People began to writeitdown onlysixhundred years ago. Nowitis spokenby people all over the world. From the last period we know there are more than 42countrieswhere the majorityof people speak Engl

6、ish.However Englishis not exactlythe same in different countries. American people speak English, but it is a bitdifferentfrom BritishEnglish.Today, we are going to read about these differences.Please turn to Page 12.Read the text fast and find the answers to the questions onthe screen. Do it as fast

7、 as possible and write your answers on a piece of paper.I ll collect the first five pieces.(The teacher shows the screen.)Answer the following questions:1.What is American English for“ I think” ?2. What did Noah Webster do in order to make American English different from British English?(The teacher

8、collectsthe firstfivepiecesof the answers, checks them and gives用心愛心專心them back to the students.)T: Who will give us the first answer?SA: I ll try. In American English“ I guess ” is used instead of“ I think” .T: Quite right. What is the second?SB: He changed the spelling of many words.Step .ReadingT

9、: Nowread the textagain.Read itcarefullyand discussthe followingquestionson the screen with your partner. Write your answers on a piece of paper. In a fewminutes, I ll ask some pairs to give us the answers.(The teacher shows the screen.)Answer the following questions:1. When did America become an in

10、dependent country?2.Where did the word“fall” (meaning “autumn ”)first come from?3. Can you give some examples to show spelling differences between American and British English?4. Is there any difference in written English in the two countries?5. What differences are there in spoken English in the tw

11、o countries?6. Do you thinkthatpeoplefrom Britainand America can understandeach other?Why do you think so?7. How did the differences between British and American English come about?8. Which do you prefer, American English or British English? Why?(The teacher goes among the students, joins in the stu

12、dents discussion andanswers the students questions.)(A few minutes later.)T: Have you finished?(Ss:Yes.)Giveus your answers,please.One student,onequestion, Volunteers!SC: 1.In 1776, America became an independent country.SD:2.The word“ fall” first came from England.SE: 3.Yes,I can. For example,the wo

13、rds “ color,centreand traveled” in BritishEnglish are spelt“ color, center and traveled” in American English.SF: 4.Yes, In written English there are some spelling differences between British English and American English. And in some cases, different words are used for the same thing.SG: 5.Some words

14、 are pronounced differently in the two countries.For example,Americans say dance ,and insouthernEngland theysay .InAmerica they pronounce not ;in southern England they say ,and son on.SHtherearemany spellingdifferences,peoplefromthetwocountries dont have much difficulty in understanding each other b

15、ecause writtenEnglish is more or less the same in both Britain and America.SI : 7.There is no quick answer to this question. When people from Englandtravelledto othercountries,theytookthe Englishlanguagewiththem.At first,the language stayed the same as the language used in England,but slowlythe lang

16、uagebegan to change from one partof the worldto another.At lastthe Englishlanguage用心愛心專心became two variants British English and American English.SJ: 8.I prefer AmericanEnglish to British English because American English iseasier to understand./I prefer British English to American English because Bri

17、tish English sounds more beautiful.T: Now look at the screen again. I ll explain some words and expressions ofthe text so that you can use them freely. Please listen to me carefully.Notes to the text:e about happen, take placee.g. When John woke up, he was in the hospital ,but he didn t know how tha

18、thad come about.2.the language in America stayed the samestayvi. keep, remaine.g. The door stayed open all the day.3.end up with finish withe.g. The party ended up with the singing of Liu Huan.4. different from=different thane.g. Mary is different from(than/to)Jane.5.more or less about, not exactly,

19、 almost, nearlye.g. He must have given Tom two hundredyuan more or less.The work is more or less finished.T: Do you have anything else you don t understand? If you have, please tellme. I ll be glad to have a discussion with you.(The teacher answers any questions asked by the students.)T: Turn to Pag

20、e 13, please. Look at the exercise behind the text. Choose thecorrectanswers to the followingquestions,accordingto the text.Have a discussionwithyour partner.Youd bettercloseyour books when you discussthem. Ifyou haveanything uncertain, you can look up the concerned information in the text.Suggested

21、 answers:1. C;2.B;3.C;4.D;5.DStep .Listening and Reading AloudT: Let s listen to the tape. When I play it for the first time, just listento it. When I play it for the second time, please listen and repeat. Then read thetext aloud. Are you clear?Ss: Yes.(The teacher plays the tape forthe students tol

22、isten. Then when thestudentsread the text, the teacher goes among the students and corrects the studentsmistakes in pronunciation, intonation and stress.)Step .Reading and WritingT: Now lookat Reading and Writingon Page 13.Read the paragraphabout AmericanEnglishand fillin the chart.Firstread the pas

23、sage,please.Then do itingroups.Write your answers on a piece of paper. Later, we ll check the answers.Suggested answers:WordsBorrowed fromCentold French用心愛心專心FloridaSpanishHowlAmerican IndianCookbookGermanT: Do you have anything you don t understand?(S K raises his hand.)SK: I have a questiontoask.W

24、hat does the word“ over ”inthe firstlinemean?SL: Itmeans“ during;in the course of ”.Forexample: Over the years,he s becomemore and more patient.T: How do you know that?SL: I looked it up in my dictionary just now.T: You ve done well.What does“ a greatmany”in the second linefrom the bottommean?SM: It

25、 means“ a very large number of” .T: Can you give us an example?SM: I have a great many friends at school.T: Quite right. Very good. Do you know any other English words borrowed from other languages? Please give us some examples.SN: I got some from an English magazine. They are: tea(from China);banan

26、a,zebra(from Africa);kangaroo(from Australia);stomach(from French).T: Very good. If you work hard at English, you ll make great progress in the near future. I wish you success.Step .CheckpointT: Please turn to Page 14.Look at Checkpoint 2.The first part should be donelikethis:For each pairof sentenc

27、es,completeone of them accordingto the other.Then findusefulexpressionsfrom the textand make sentenceswiththem. Group work.Later we ll check the answers.(The students prepare the exercises and the teacher helps them to find useful expressions in the text.)(After a few minutes.)T: Have you finished?S

28、s: Yes.T: Let s do Part 1.Complete the sentences. Who ll give us the answers?Sa: I Sb:2. “ Buy some bread for me, please,” he told her.Sc: 3.He told me not to smoke in the room.Sd:4. “ Make sure the door is locked.” she said to her little son.T: Very well. Now make sentences with one of the useful e

29、xpressions, please. One student,one sentence. Volunteers!Se: the differences between A and B: There are many differences between Model A and Model B.Sf : come about: How did the accident come about?Sg: in the same way: I worked out the problem. And my brother did it in the same way, too.Sh: end up w

30、ith: We ended up the party with a song.用心愛心專心Si : different from: My dictionary is different from Jack s.Sj : more or less: Mary made some mistakes on the test, but her answers were more or less right.SK: have difficultyin doing:I have some difficultyin finishingthe exercises.Sc: a greatmany: There

31、are a greatmany new words in the article.I can t readit.(The teacher writes the useful expressions on the blackboard.)Step .Summary and HomeworkT: In this class, we ve learned the differences between American English and British English. Please sum up them. One student, one item. Think it over and t

32、hentell us.Sm: In spelling, they are different. For example, color, centreSn: In spoken English, they are different. For example. dance, notSo: Some words are different. e.g. autumnSp: Americans say“ I guess ” ,whileT: Are there any differences in written English?S : WrittenEnglishismore orlessthe s

33、ame inbothBritishand AmericanEnglish.q(The teacher writes those above on the blackboard.)T: There are a number of useful expressions in the text(Pointing to the blackboard.)You should remember them and use them in youreveryday life. Today s homework: Write a short passage, comparing American andBrit

34、ish Englishor dialectsin Chinese.Besides,readthetipson Page 14 carefullyand use them when possible. Thats all for today.Sample composition:Some differences between British and American EnglishThe Englishused by people allovertheworldismostlyvery similar.There areonly very small differences between A

35、merican English and British English.Grammarisalmostthesame, buttherearesome spellingdifferences.For example,the wordscolor,centreand travelerarespeltcolor,center,and travelerare speltcolor, center, and traveler in American English.The differencesinthespokenlanguageare greater.Forexample,Americanssaydance, and insouthernEnglishtheysay,In Americatheypronouncenot;insouthernEngland theysay.However,most ofthe time,peoplefromthe two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.Attachment:Answers to Exercises in workbook (Page 95)Ans