Unit 2 English around the world
Ｉ． 单元教学目标
技能目标Goals Talk about English language，its development and different kinds of English Practice expressing language difficulties in communication Learn to use reported requests and commands Learn the steps of preparing a composition and write a passage about experience of English learning II． 目标语言 Dealing with language difficulties in communication Please... Could you please...? Would you please...? Pardon? I beg your pardon? I don’t understand. 功 Could you say that again, please? 能 Could you repeat that, please? 句 Can you speak more slowly, please? 式 Sorry, I can’t follow you. 词How do you spell it, please? 1. 四会词汇 include, role, international, native, elevator, flat, apartment, rubber, petrol, gas modern, culture, AD, actually, present, rule, vocabulary, usage, identity, government, Singapore, Malaysia, rapidly, phrase, candy, lorry, command, request，retell, polite boss, standard, eastern, Spanish, midwestern, southeastern, northwestern, accent, recognize, lightning, 汇 direction, ma’am, subway, block 2. 认读词汇 Shakespeare，Noah Webster, Lori, dialect, Houston, Texas, Buford, Lester, catfish 3. 词组 play a role in, because of, come up, such as, play a part (in)，in the 1600’s, give commands 4. 重点词汇 actually, elevator, native, apartment, vocabulary, include, usage, present, international, rapidly, block 语Direct and Indirect Speech(2)——Requests and Commands 法 He / she asked ... (not) to do ... He / she ordered / told ...(not) to do ... 1. World Englishes come from those countries where English plays an important role as a first or second language, either because of foreign rule or because of its special role as an international language. P9 2. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak 重 the same kind of English. However, they may not be able to understand 点 everything. P9 句3. It became less like German, and more like French because those who ruled 子 England at that time spoke French. P10 4. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. P10 5. Believe it or not, there is no such a thing as standard English. P13 6. The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. P13 7. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the Qing Dynasty. P51 8. There men spent nearly all of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. P51 9. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. P52 10. We know that languages develop and change over time and that is why we have new dictionaries from time to time. P52 III. 教材分析与教材重组 1. 教材分析
本单元以“世界英语”为中心话题，旨在通过本单元的学习让学生粗略了解世界英语的发展状况,认识各种各样具有民族,地域特色的英语以及它们的出现原因和不同之处。同时让学生学会语言障碍的表达法，能够区分、转述命令或请求语气的祈使句，并让学生能用所学构思方法写一篇关于英语学习经验的作文。 1.1 Warming Up 介绍世界英语，要求学生区分英美语单词。此部分的目的是丰富学生有关世界英语的知识。激发学生对英语发展历史的兴趣。
1.2 Per-reading部分设置了两个与主题相关的问题。在激活学生已有知识的同时引导学生为下一步阅读做好准备。
1.3 Reading是一篇介绍英语发展史的文章。文章首先以英语在分布范围上的扩展来陈述英语的发展。第二段提出英语已发展为多个分支，并举例说明。第三，四段以时间为顺序，描述英语在不同时期与不同文化的交融，说明世界英语的形成原因,并对中国英语提出设想。
1.4 Comprehending 设计了两个习题。第一部分以选择题的形式检测学生对课文的理解。第二部分设置了两个开放性思考问题。引导学生在掌握课文的基础上联系实际，对英语学习现状陈述自己的观点。培养学生的思辨能力。
1.5 Learning about Language分词汇和语法两个部分。词汇部分设置连线、填空等形式的习题，在运用让中学生巩固所学单词及词组，体会英美语言差异。第二部分讲解了本单元的语法项目（1）学会区分、感悟“命令”与“请求”的语言结构和语气；（2）学习转述他人的“请求”和“命令”的 间接引语。同时给出直接引语和间接引语的用法训练，包括单句的练习和情景语法练习。培养学生的转述能力。
1.6 Using Language包括四个部分。以语言实践为目的。
(1) Reading and talking 是一篇阅读材料介绍了英语方言。要求学生在阅读的基础
上讨论中国的方言。贴近生活有利于调动学生的积极性并使学生感受不同文化，认识到不同化之间亦有相似之处。
(2) Listening and writing 是一位美国男孩所的讲述的故事及他的老师对故事的转述。学生可通过听来体会南方方言与标准英语的不同。并强化学生通过听来获取有关说话人信息的能力。
(3) Speaking 以问路的一段对话将英美语差异与间接引语结合起来，要求学生运用所学知识编一段对话，将间接引语运用于实际生活。
(4) Writing 共有四部分。第一二部分示范主题作文写作步骤。三四部分设置任务，要求学生写一篇关于英语学习的文章。培养学生就所给话题进行构思的能力。 2. 教材重组
从教材内容与单元目标分析，本单元可分为六课时。
2.1 将Discovering useful words and expressions的1，2，3，4作为预习部分。为阅读作铺垫。可将Warming Up, Pre-reading， Reading, 与Comprehending四部分整合在一起上一节阅读课。
2.2 将 Using language中的Reading and talking与 Workbook中的READING TASK两篇阅读材料结合为一节泛读课。
2.3 Using language中的Listening and writing与Workbook中的LISTENING, LISTENING TASK部分可以放在一节课中处理。
2.4 Discovering useful structure与 Using language中的speaking, Workbook中的LISTING STRUCTURES整合为语法课。
2.5 Workbook中的TALKING涉及到本单元的两项内容，即语言交际困难的表达法和间接引语，可以和 Speaking task整合在一起上一堂口语课。
2.6 Using language中的Writing与Workbook中的WRITING TASK和 PROJECT组成一节写作课。 3. 课型设计与课时分配 1st period Reading
2nd period Extensive Reading 3rd period Listening 4th period Grammar 5th period Speaking
6th period Writing Ⅳ. 分课时教案
The First Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语
include, play a role, because of, international, native, come up, culture, actually, present, vocabulary, usage, identity, such as, rapidly b. 重点句子
World Englishes come from those countries... P9 Native English speakers can understand each other... P9 It became less like German, and more like French... P10 2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable the Ss to describe the history of English and know of the differences between American English and Britain English. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Help the students learn how to analyze the way the author describes the history of English.
Teaching important points 教学重点
Retell the history of English according to the chart. Teaching difficult point 教学难点
Work together with partners and express one’s opinion on which kind of English one should learn.
Teaching methods 教学方法 Discussion. Reading. Listening.
Cooperative learning. Teaching aids 教具准备
A recorder, a projector and some slides.