Unit 5 Reading and thinking The Chinese Writing System 教案 -2023-2024学年人教版高中英语必修第一册

The Chinese Writing System: Connecting the Past and the Present Lead in: T: If you have a chance to introduce what China is famous for to foreigners, what will you think of immediately? S: T: The Great Wall; the Analects of Confucius (论语）；the four great inventions; calligraphy.... so many things we can share with the foreigners because China enjoys a profound history of more than 5000 years. As Chinese,we are so proud its ancient civilization! T: What makes it possible for generations by generations to appreciate Chinese ancient civilization? S: T: The Chinese characters are the carriers of our culture. So the Chinese writing system is very important. Today, we are going to learn a passsage about the it. Please turn to page 62, .....(标题） Skimming: T: It is evident that there are 6 para in the passage, everybody read the passage quickly within 3mins, find out which paras describes the development of Chinese writing system and how many important times are mentioned? Are you ready? S: T: para2-4 is about the development. How many important times are. Mentioned? S: T: Yeah, 5 important times. What are they? S: at the beginning; the Shang. Dynasty; over the years; the Qin Dynasty; Today. T: Nice work! Scanning: T: please read para2-4 carefully, write down what happened to the Chinese writing system at each important times? Clear? Here we go. T: time is up. Any volunteer? James, would you like to share? S: T: 1. At the beginning: a picture-based language. 2. Shang Dynasty: well-developed writing system. 3. Over the years: different forms/various of dialects and characters. 4. Qing Dynasty: a unified system. 5. Today: communicating tool (板书 时间线） T: From the timeline, we can know the Chinese writing system witnessed the developmet of China. It functions like the bridge, connects the past and the present, making it possible for us to know what happened in ancient time. From the text, what influence of the Chinese writing system are described ? S: T: 1. Connect China’s