文档介绍：Unit Two English around the world
The First Period (Warming up & pre-reading)
Teaching aims:
to know that English has not only taken different forms in the world but plays different roles.
to know how wide spread English is in the world today.
to master some useful words and expressions.
Teaching methods:
discussing
cooperative learning
Teaching materials: Warming up
Teaching procedures:
Step One: Leading-in
Free talk: Something about English
Let the Ss talk about English language as many as they can.
Step Two: Discussion
Ask the Ss:
1 Do you know where is English spoken in the world?
(Let some Ss list on the Bb all the English-speaking counties in the world that they can think of, then give them hints about places that they haven’t mentioned)
2 How many people speak English in the world today?
3 Why do so many people speak English?
4 Do you think that there is only one kind of English in the world?
(Tell the Ss that English has a variety of spoken and written forms, and there are two major groups of English: British English and American English.)
Step Three: Guess and discuss
Have the Ss guess which of the following words is British English and which is American English: (前美后英)
elevator / lift on a team / in a team eraser/ rubber
gas /petrol
Give Ss a few of the British English words, let them discuss in pairs and try to guess the British Engl