课件25张PPT。Unit 2 Using language?How many dialects are there in China ?Readingdialect family in China 北方方言吴语闽南语客家话湘语赣语粤语Chinesedialects in
Guangdong Province粤方言客方言闽方言代表地区
梅州代表地区
广州代表地区
潮汕地区English in different countriesBritainThe U.S.ACanadaAustraliaIndiaNew ZealandDo you think there are some dialects in English?Fast readingRead the text on page 13 quickly and
answer the question.
Is there standard English?
Detailed Reading Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1.How many dialects of American English have been listed in the text?
2.Why do people from both Northeastern and Southeastern of U.S. speak with almost the same dialect? And what kind of dialect is it?
3.Why are there so many dialects in American English?Mid-western, southern, African American, SpanishBecause when Americans moved from one place to anther, they took their dialects with them. That’s because people come from all over the world. And geography plays a part in making dialects.Read the passage, then fill in the following form:Reading Task on page 51Village school then taught himself.Work in a bank, teacher.ScotlandMurray, his two daughters and other editors.1982Its difficulties: the biggest dictionary, work in a place where it is too hot or cold, work alone at first, only used pen and paper.
Qualities needed: hard work, interest in the job, patience.Ideas for this dictionary from a meeting in Britain in 1857. Begin to do it in 1895. Hoped to finish it in ten years.ListeningSay some words that are different in American English & British English.3. Listen and put these sentences in the right sequence.Lester climbed a tree
Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming
Lester thought the catfish would eat him
Buford and Billy Bob laughed
Lester saw a catfish
Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place. 123456Answers to Exercise 4 on page 14He believes it’s almost a different country from the USA. The listening text tells us it is so.
The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house.
He thought the catfish would eat him.
They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hurt him.Assignment1. Finish the listening tasks in workbook on page 51-52.
2. Make a conclusion of the skills learned in this class.Reading and speakingRead the dialogue on page 15 and find
out the different British and American
English words. movie
filmbarpubthe first floorground floorGroup workStudent A: is from American. Don’t know the directions, so ask Student C for help. But doesn’t know the British well.
Student B: is a speaker of British English, but know both American and British English. Retell C’s words to A.
Student C: is the native British there and is familiar with the directions. But doesn’t know American English.Form a group in three , and make a dialogue according to the following map, try to use the words that are different in Br. E and Am. E as many as possible.WritingThere are three situations. Please make
dialogues using commands or requests
with your partner. You are encouraged to
imagine interesting dialogues.Situation 1 You need to ask someone to close the door but you cannot do it yourself. There are many people in the room but you cannot tell who are important and who are not. so how do you do it politely?Situation 2 You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave. You must not push your way to the door, so how do you do it politely?Situation 3 A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he won’t be hurt?My experience of learning English
Pair work: Fill in the chart after discussing in pairs.My experience of learning English Write a passage
Title: Why should we learn English?
Words: at least 100.
Content:
Paragraph 1 The importance of English in
today’s life.
Paragraph 2 The benefits of understanding
English.
Paragraph 3 What I like about learning
English and how to learn it well.Checking the composition.1. Ask the students to check the poster for their partner.
2. Show some compositions on the screen, other students should give some advice.AssignmentTry to correct the composition.
Finish the exercises of Unit 2 in workbook.
Review the whole unit.
