课件14张PPT。Welcome to the unit Module 3unit 2 languageNo.12 Middle school Fan wan’aiStep 1 Greetings and lead-in Topic :How do we communicate with each another?Step2 Warming up In order to draw the students’ interest , ask them to draw some pictures which express emoticons on the Internet. Then show the students the following pictures:Step3 Discussion Ask the students to look at the illustrations carefully. And then answer the questions. Pictures 1 Use these pictures to make
the students know about different foreign languages. Ask the students to discuss the following questions.Do you recongize all the languages on the cards?Which other languages do you want to learn, English, Japanese ,Russion or French? Why?smiley face
sad face
crying face
Qusetions:
Do you think it is a form of language?
Where can we see it and when do we use it?
What does each emoticon stand for?
What other emoticons do you use?disappointed face Pictures 2
Questions :
1.What does this sign mean in Britain?
2.What do you think is needed to use sign language?
3.Do you know other sign language?Pictures 3 Ask some students to act out some other sign language.
Then show the students some more sign languages :
give two more exampleshousenurseLouis Braille
was born in 1809 in France. When he was young, he had an accident.
Then he became blind. It was he who invented Braille.Pictures 4 Use these pictues to introduce BrailleBraille is the system of six
raised dots created in 1821
by Louis Braille.It’s the only way through hich the blind can learn to read and write. Question:Who is this kind of language invented for?Picture 5 Use this picture to introduce animals’language. Questions
1.Why do bbuttflies fly in circles?
2.Do you believe there exists animal language?
3.What other animal languages do you know? Step 4 Discussion In order to make eveyone work in class, divide the class into four groups to discuss the following questions to prepare for the text which we’ll learn tomorrow. Questions :
1.Can you think of other ways that information can be exchanged?
2.Do you think English is important? Why or why not?
3.Do you have any effective methods for studying the English language
to share with your classmates?Step 5 Language focus Help the students to master the words: broad and transmit and phrase stand for 1.broad adj.
1)large in size from one side to the other; wide
e.g a broad river, a broad street,etc
2) (of land or sea) covering a wide area; extensive
e.g the broad plais of the American West.
2. transmit v.
1) transmit sth. (from…) (to…)
e.g The 29 Olympic Games was being transmitted live to all over the world.
2) transmit sth./itself (from…) (to…)
send or pass on sth. /itself from one person, place,or thing to another
e.g Transmit knowledge from generation to generation.
3. stand for
Stand for = represent sth.;be in favor of ; tolerate
e.g What does USA stand for?
e.g The teacher always stands for hardworking.
e.g She says she can’t stand for his hot temple.1.Try your best to get more information about forms of language 2.Make good preparations for reading.Step 6 Homework