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Unit5
Languages Around the World
Listening and Speaking
1
Warming up
1.全世界共有4000—8000种语言。
2.德国出版的《语言学及语言交际工具问题手册》提供了比较具体的数字:5561种。
3.其中汉语,英语,西班牙语,法语,俄语,阿拉伯语等是世界主要语言。
How many kinds of languages are there in the world?
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Before Listening
Group Work:
Where are the 6 pictures(Country)?
What are the official languages in these countries?
What landmark buildings are they?
Hello!
Hollo!
Bonjour!
здравствуйте!
नमस्त
Hola!
Explore languages around the world
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While-Listening
Task 1
Listen to the speech.
Tick the two languages with the most native speakers.
Circle the official languages of the United Nations(UN).
Chinese
_____
Russian
_____
Spanish
_____
Arabic
______
Korean
_____
French
______
English
_____
Japanese
_____
Stratergy: Learn to predict the answer.
Task 2
Listen to it again and choose the right answer.
Tips:在英语中,最重要的信息通常放在开头,main idea 很重要,所以特别注意文章开头、每一段的第一句和结尾。而汉语恰好与之相反。
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1.2
1. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. English is very useful.
B. Learning a foreign language is important.
C. There are many languages around the world.
2. How many languages are there in the world?
A. Nearly 7,000. B. Nearly 6,000. C. It is unknown.
3. How many billion people speak the UN's official languages as their native or
second language?
A. Around 2.3 billion. B. Around 2.5 billion. C. Around 2.8 billion.
4. Why do people study foreign languages ?
A. Job chances. B. Family and friends. C. Both A and B.
5.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?
A.It's very useful to learn one or more foreign languages
B.It's useless to learn foreign languages
C.We need to learn English
Circle Key Words
1. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. English is very useful.
B. Learning a foreign language is important.
C. There are many languages around the world.
2. How many languages are there in the world?
A. Nearly 7,000.
B. Nearly 6,000.
C. It is unknown.
3. How many billion people speak the UN'sofficial
languages as their native or second language?
A. Around 2.3 billion.
B. Around 2.5 billion.
C. Around 2.8 billion.
4. Why do people study foreign languages ?
A. Job chances.
B. Family and friends.
C. Both A and B.
5.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?
A.It's very useful to learn one or more foreign languages
B.It's useless to learn foreign languages
C.We need to learn English
To some students, it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English. There are, however, nearly 7,000 languages in the world. After Chinese, the language with the most native language speakers isn't English,it's Spanish! Learning English is very useful, but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible.There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language. Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means better job chances in the future. The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages. Some students, though, choose to study a language because of family or friends. One American girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark. When she was little, her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark. Another young lady started learning French because she had several friends from African countries where French is spoken.
Conclusion:
The reason why people learn foreign languages :
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Speaking
Task 3 Which other language(s) you want to learn? Why?
I really want
to study ...
I'm interested
in ...
A: Which foreign language do you want to study?
B: Well, I’m interested in .
A: Do you want to go to some day?
B: Yes. It is a good place to go.
Work in pairs, discuss which other languages you want to learn and why
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Assignment
1. P61 Pronunciation 1, 2;
2. Think about the similarities of learning English and Chinese and write down some notes both in English and Chinese.
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