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Unit 5 Languages around the World Listening and Speaking
Learning objectives
In this class, you will
1. talk about some countries and the languages spoken in these countries;
2. practise listening for main idea, details, and inference as well as identifying pronouns and what they refer to;
3. talk about which foreign language you want to learn and why;
4. notice differences in word pronunciation and stress between native English speakers from different countries.
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Warming up
What countries do the pictures stand for
Germany
India
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Canada
Spain
France
Russia
What do the words in the pictures mean
What languages are spoken in these countries
German
Indian
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Spanish
English
Russian
French
China—Chinese
Japan—Japanese
Egypt—Arabic
Denmark—Danish
New Zealand—English and Maori Brazil—Portuguese
Warming up
What languages are spoken in these countries
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Predicting
1. What are the two languages with the most native speakers in the world
2. What are the official languages of the United Nations
Japanese
● Spanish
Chinese
Russian
Arabic
Korean
● English
French
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Listening for details
1. How many languages are there in the world
2. How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language
1 million =1,000,000
1 billion = 1,000,000,000
first language
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Listening and inferring
What do the pronouns refer to in the sentences
1. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people …
The UN has six oficial languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. They are
spoken by …
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Listening and inferring
What do the pronouns refer to in the sentences
2. They think it means better job chances in the future. Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means betterjob chances in the future.
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Thinking
Would you like to choose another language to study Which other language(s) do you want to learn
Why
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Would you like to choose another language to study
Which other language(s) do you want to learn and why
Give as many reasons as possible.
Speaking
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Sample dialogue
A: What language do you want to study
B: I really want to study French. I think that the French language sounds beautiful.
A: Why Do you want to go to France some day
B: Yes, I ’d love to. Also, French is used by many
international organizations around the world. Do you know that FIFA’s full name is in French
A: Oh, I remember that. But I don’t know how to pronounce it.
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Speaking
It’s your turn!
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Do you pronounce them differently
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either
advertisement
hostile
laboratory
schedule
direct
Pronunciation
address
shone
Read the words.
Pronunciation
Listen and pay attention to how the speakers pronounce them.
either
advertisement
hostile
laboratory
schedule
direct
address
shone
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word 英音
美音
schedule / edju l/
/ sked u l/
hostile / h sta l/
/ hɑ stl, hɑ sta l/
either / a (r), i (r)/
/ i r, a r/
address / dres/
/ dres/
direct /di rekt, da rekt/
/da rekt, di rekt/
laboratory /l b r tri/
/ l br t ri/
advertisement / d v t sm nt/
/ dv r ta zm nt/
shone / n/
/ ɑ n, n/
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1. Listen and imitate the British accent or American
accent in Activity 2, Pronunciation part.
2. Oral report — My reasons for learning a foreign language.
Homework
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Thanks!
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