内容正文:
Unit5 Listening and Talking
课时内容
Explore different kinds of English
主题语境:人与自我 主题群:生活与学习
子主题:语言发展和语言学习 语篇类型:录音、文本、图片
文本分析:本节课为听说课。听力文本为一篇演讲报告,文本分成两部分,设置五个活动:活动1要求学生根据听力文本,了解英语的几种主要的变体;活动2和活动3让学生通过具体的例子体会并思考英式和美式英语的差异;活动4的对话展示了英式和美式英语使用者在交流时,因为各自对词汇含义的不同理解而导致的误会;活动5让学生自编对话,掌握当用英语交流遇到困难和障碍时,可使用一定的技巧和表达方式完成有效沟通的方法。
课时目标
学完本课后,学生能够:
1.听懂录音中的英式英语和美式英语的词汇。
2.根据实际情况使用恰当的语言澄清个人的想法和观点。
重点难点
重点
1.理解常见的英式英语和美式英语的区别。
2.理解不同范畴和相同范畴英式英语和美式英语在词汇上的区别。
难点
根据实际情况阐述个人的想法。
教学准备
教师准备:教学录音、英式英语和美式英语的词汇。
学生准备:利用字典、互联网等方式了解更多关于英式英语和美式英语的区别。
精彩课堂
Step I 学习理解
活动一:感知与注意
1.Lead-in.
Before listening, ask students to look at the picture and answer the question.
·Both of them think they're on the “first”floor, but they are on different floors. Do you know the reason?
偶有所得 Suggested answer:
·The bottom area of a building, on the same level as the land around it, is called the ground floor. In American English this can also be called the first floor. In British English the first floor is one level up from the ground. In American English this is the second floor.
2. Read and discuss.
Ask students to read and discuss the pairs of words in the table.
American English
British English
American English
British English
flashlight
torch
fries
chips
garbage
rubbish
sidewalk
pavement
line
queue
pants
trousers
【设计意图】通过图片和单词,让学生直观感知和认识美式英语和英式英语的区别,从而激发学生的兴趣、激活学生已有认知,为下面的学习奠定基础。
活动二:归纳与概括
1.Listen and answer.
Ask students to listen to the first part of the talk and answer the questions.
·What are the different kinds of English mentioned?
·In what aspects are these kinds of English different from each other?
·What can these differences cause for non-native speakers?
Suggested answers:
·Britain English, American English, and Australian English.
·They are different in vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar.
·The differences can cauise confusion for non-native speakers.
2. Listen and tick.(Activity 2)
Ask students to listen to the second part of the talk and tickthe two pairs of words that they are confused by.
3. Listen and fill.
Ask students to listen to thefirst part of the talk again and fill in the blanks.
There are many different kinds of English around the world: English, English, English, and many others.There are differences in and grammar, but those are usually not big problems. However, those differences can cause for non-native English speakers.
Suggested answers:
British; American; Australian; vocabulary; pronunciation; confusion
【设计意图】通过听录音获取和梳理大意:通过回答问题整体感知和理解语篇;通过挖空填词的方式进一步提升听力技能,加深对语篇的理解;通过听录音了解几个英式英语和关式英语的高频词。
Step II 应用实践
活动三:描述与阐释
1.Ask students to look at the pairs of words. Have them discuss which words are British English and which are American English. (Activity 3)
Suggested answers:
British English: petrol; swee; toilet; honour; mum; flat
American English: gas; candy; restroom; honor; mom;apartment
2. Ask students to try to think of more pairs of words like these.
Suggested answer:
颜色
手机
日程表
垃圾
垃圾箱
British English
colour
mobile phone
timetable
rubbish
dustbin
American English
color
cell phone
schedule
trash
trash can
3. Ask students to read and role-play the conversation in Activity 4. Then have them answer the following questions.
·What misunderstanding has happened?
·How do they clear up the misunderstanding?
·What questions do they ask?
Suggested answers:
·Zhou Wei refers to pants, American English for trousers. Martin explains that pants refers to underwear in British English.
·They clear up the maisunderstanding by asking questions.
·Do you mean...? What does it mean?
【设计意图】通过图片分辨英式英语和美式英语的词汇,然后通过表格形式呈现补充的英式英语和美式英语的词汇,可以让学生更直观地理解二者的差异。最后再给出一个特定的场景,让学生可以在语境中更好地理解和运用目标语言。
活动四:内化与运用
1. Ask students to choose one or two pairs of words in Activity 3 and mnake a conversation. The expressions below may help them.(Activity 5)
2. Ask students to study an English-English dictionary to help them create a word bank.
【设计意图】在英语课堂教学中,基于主题,引导学生在具体语境中运用语言。让学生充分利习英语字典,学会学习语言的方法,进一步内化目标语言,提高学习语言的意识。
Step III 迁移创新
活动五:想象与创造
Ask students to talk about the differences between British and American English. Have them finish the following tasks.
(1)Do you know how to say “外卖”in British and American English respectively?
(2)Can you list more? Please look up a dictionary or search on the Internet for more words or expressions like this.
(3)Create your own word bank about different kinds of English. Share it with a partner.
【设计意图】通过谈论生活中常见的英式英语和美式英语的区别,激发学生进一步了解和学习的欲望,最后引导学生建立自己的单词库,回归到语言学习的基础词汇的储备,从而引导学生建构知识,梳理自己的单词库并分享、内化和创新知识。
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