文档介绍：Unit 2 English around the world
The First Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目的
1. Target language目的语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
erica, Britain， Canada， Australia..。
Teacher writes American， British, Canadian, and Australian on the Bb。 Then add English to these words。
T： Are these Englishes the same?
S： I think they are the same. They are all called English.
S: I don’t think so。 As I know BE and AE are different in spelling， pronunciation and so on.
T： Well, turn to page 9。 Read the warming up。 Please answer the questions below。
Ss： (scanning） There is more than one kind of English。
T: Please go on reading and try to tell AE words from BE words below。
After reading the students give their answers。
T: Who will show your answer？
S： I think “mum, in a team, rubber, petrol" are BE words。 And “mom， on a team， eraser， gas” are AE words。
T： Can you give them a name?
Ss: World English。
T： Very good.
Step III Pre-reading
Activate the Ss’ background knowledge of English.
T： From Warming up we know many people speak English in the world。 How many people speak English and why do so many people speak English? Please discuss with your partners and answer the questions。
A few minutes later.
S： Maybe 1000 million people speak English today. Because many countries were colonies of England so English is spoken as a first or second language in many countries。
S： We can’t get the exact number. More and more people begin to learn English because English is the working language in the United Nations. Everywhere children go to school to learn English。
T: Excellent！ About 1500 million people speak English as their first, second or foreign language。 But they don’t speak the same kind of English.
Step IV Reading
Get the students to know the history of English and help the Ss to form a good habit of reading.
Point to the Bb.
T： How did different kinds of English come about？ Please read the text “The Road to Modern English” quickly and pick out the answer。
Ss read quick