Unit 2 Exploring English单元课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 2 Exploring English 单元目标 1. 语言能力目标: 能够理解与英语奇闻趣事有关的文章内容，借助语境理解英语中的一词多义和习惯用语；能够听懂并谈论与英语词汇和表达相关的话题，使用新学语言描述英式英语与美式英语的不同，恰当地使用构词法进行词语重构，描述自己在英语学习过程中的误解。 2. 文化意识目标: 能够理解英语的多样性、地域差异性及造成这 些现象的原因;能够注意到语言发展与社会发展、文化差异之间的内在联系。 3. 思维品质目标: 能够辨析语言的多样性和文化的差异性;能够在深入理解文本的同时联系自身实际，反思自己在英语学习过程中遇到的问题,创造性地提出英语学习的新方法。 4. 学习能力目标: 能够通过了解英语的特点和与英语相关的奇闻趣事，激发英语学习的兴趣;能够多渠道获取英语学习资源;能够选择恰当的策略与方法，监控、评价、反思和调整自己的学习内容和进程。 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas Learning aims: Understand the main idea and style of the familiar essay. Find out the examples that support the author’s idea. Get to know the origins of English words and reflect the learning strategies. Guess the meaning of expressions according to the context. Preparation： BOOK1；Dictation Book； Accumulation book Step 1 starting out Turn to page 1 and look at the charts and answer the questions. 1. According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers? According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners? 2. What can you learn from Chart 3? And why? English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is the major language of the news and information. People learn it to have a better understanding of the world. Step 2 Pre -reading Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about. . Food Cooking Words Plants Fruit (1)Read the passage quickly and Check your answer in activity 1. (2)What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? a. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. b. To give advice on how to learn English. c. To show that English is interesting and creative. d. To explain how English was created. Step 3 While -reading (3) How do you feel about this passage? Interesting b. Complicated c. Boring d. Humorous (4)How the author develop the passage? literary form: familiar essay It is short and interesting, written in a humorous tone. But it often reflects serious issues. develop: to ma