(共15张PPT)
Unit 5 Languages aroud the world
Listening and Speaking
Explore languages around the world
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.
一门语言能带你进入人生旅途,两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。
Warming-up
——Let’s enjoy
Who?
Where?
What?
Yi
was delivering a speech
in the United Nations(U.N)
English
Do you know other official languages of the UN
Lead-in
——Let’s know languages
hello
France Russia Germany Spain Canada India
CN tower
Canada
Brandenburg Gate
Germany
Louvre Museum
France
Red Square
Russia
Taj Mahal
India
Royal Palace
Spain
Lead-in
——Let’s know more & try
Japan
korea
Thailand
Italy
Egypt
Japanese
Korean
Thai
Italian
Arabic
Which language will you choose to speak?
If there is a chance,I will choose to speak _______ as my second language.
Which languages did the UN choose
Listening for main ideas
Focus on the text as a whole to catch the main ideas. Don’t try to remember and translate each word you hear.
Listening skills
Listening skills
Listening for details
Do not try to catch every word. Instead, listen for key words and phrases: numbers, people, places, reasons, languages, etc.
How many listening skills do you still remember
Listening for main ideas
Listening for details
Reviewing listening skills
Listening
——Listen for the main idea
1. What is the main topic of this speech
The official languages of the UN.
Learning a foreign language.
The number of languages around the world.
Pay attention to the first sentence
2. Tick the two languages with the most native speakers and circle the official languages of the UN
Listening
——Listen for details
1. How many languages are there in the world
2. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning
Nearly 7000
It's _______ to learn at least one other foreign languages, if possible.
useful
What’s others’ attitude
Why do they learn languages
Listening
——Listen for details
For the general reason:
refer to Who
Listening
——Listen for details
For various reasons:
Who Language Reason
Some students one of … Because of ________________
An American girl Because her ____________ are from _______
Another young lady She had several ______ from ______ spoken countries.
Danish
French
friends and family
grandparents
Denmark
friends
French
Going on:Why do you want to learn that language
The reason why I choose to study ______ is that _____
Different people have different reasons about learning a foreign language. Look! Some students are talking about it. Let’s join them together!
1
1
学
科
A
Speaking
She can help her father do business with Russians in the future.
She likes watching Japanese cartoons.
He thinks French sounds beautiful and is useful .
What language(s) do you choose to learn and why
Example ( You can make a dialogue like this)
A:What language do you want to study
B: I really want to study ... I think that...
Besides,… What about you
A: I choose to study… In my opinion…Also,…
B: I agree with you. I hope you will make it.
A: Thank you!
In the past Japan also wanted to make Japanese one of the official UN languages. They submitted the application (递交申请), but the United Nations refused Japan’s request. In your opinion, what may be the reasons
In 1999 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (联合国教科文组织 )decided to set February 21st as International Mother Language Day. What’s the importance of setting such a day
Now more and more people in different countries are learning and speaking Chinese. Maybe someday Chinese will become the next international language like English. What can we do to make Chinese an international language
A
Discussing and sharing
Discuss the following questions in groups and share your ideas.
Japanese
▲ International influence
▲ A small population
▲ Spelling
▲ ...
Mother languages
▲ Disappearing
▲ Culture relics
▲ Using and preserving
▲ Root
▲ …
Chinese
▲ Learning
▲ Developing
▲ Fighting
▲ …
Language is like a bridge that connects all the corners of the world.
Homework
1. Write a short passage about what language you want
to learn and why.
2. Surf the Internet and find more information about the development of the six official UN languages.