Unit 2 English around the world 邵伊凡
Reading lesson：The road to modern English
Part I Teaching objectives
Language knowledge and skills:
I will help my Ss to have a further understanding on the development of English. And help students make reasonable guesses according to the title of the passage and develop their reading skills such as finding topic sentences.
Moral objectives:
I will help my Ss to foster their understandings on the history of English and English language itself and develop their interest for English learning.
Part II Teaching methods
I will use Task-based teaching method and cooperation methods in order to let my students take active roles in class.
Part III Teaching focus and difficult points
Teaching focus: With the aid of some supportive reading exercises such as underlining, let Ss get the main idea and improving Ss’ reading skills such as finding topic sentences.
Difficult points: letting Ss guess some information from the title of the passage.
Part IV Teaching aids
I will use Multimedia, flashcards, pictures in order to make my class interesting and attract Ss’ attention.
Part V Teaching procedures:
Leading-in and warming-up: (4 minutes)
Task 1 Through the contrast of two poems, let students understand the change of English in different times.
Task 2 Listen to the dialogue between teacher and one student, who respectively play the part of an Australian and an American.
(The purpose is letting students know: English in different countries may differ from each other in some ways.)
Pre-reading:(3 minutes)
Task 1 Analysis of the keywords in the title: The road to modern English
(The purpose is guiding students to make reasonable guesses according to the title of the passage.)
Task 2 Predicting: What will be talked about in a passage with such a title?
While-reading: (12 minutes) (Today’s class just chooses half of the while-reading tasks)
Task 1 Work in groups：(6 minutes)
Matching the correct main idea to each paragraph.
(The purpose is letting students find out the topic sentence or main idea of each paragraph, getting a general idea of the passage and judge whether their predictions are right or wrong.)
Task 2 Fill the blank spaces with right words.(1 minutes)
Para 1: Many people the world speak English.
Para 2: Native speakers can understand even if they don't speak English.
Para 3: Why has English changed .
Para 4: Finally by the 19th century the language .
Para 5: English is spoken as a or language in and .
(The purpose is further checking if students really understand the main idea of each paragragh.)
Task 3 Finding out the structure of the passage (5 minutes)
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
(The purpose is letting students find out the relationship of five paragraghs according to the main ideas of each paragragh.)
Homework (1 minute)
Read the text carefully, esp. paragragh 3 to 5, and find out the following information mentioned in the passage and fill in the chart:
(The purpose of homework is to sort out text information according to time, place, and event, and preparing for post-reading activities in our next class)
Blackboard design:
The road to modern language
the development of English
What is that before modern English?
What is modern English like?
a general introduction to the use of English
the gradual change and development of English
Reading: The Road to Modern English
Unit2 English Around the World
1. Test yourself:
Do you have any difficulty in understanding this poem?
O my luve is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve is like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.
As fair thou art, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still , my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve,
And fare thee weel a while;
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho'it wre ten thousand mile!
A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns(1759–1796)
How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I can
How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to follow their plan
How long will I be with you?
As long as the sea is bound to wash upon the sand
How long will I want you?
As long as you want me to
And longer by far
How long will I love you?
Why does the difficulty come about?
The difficulty in understanding Robert's poem mainly lies in some of the words he used, which people do not often use now.
Different words were used in the past and at present. English in the past was different from what is used now.
When one day an Australian met an American friend. I am from Australia...
: Hey, Alice. It's so hot, and let's go swimming by the seaside.
: Sounds good. Would you like me to bring my esky?
: Ok, you can put your cooler in my truck.
: Oh, will it fit in your lorry?
: Yes, I just rent it yesterday. Let's see how good it is.
: Awesome. Do you have some thongs up in your lorry?
: Of course, you can put your sandals in my back.
: OK, let's go.
They used different words when expressing the same things.
AuE AmE
esky cooler
lorry truck
thongs sandals
People from different countries speak different English and people in different times also use different English.
Thinking: How did it come about?
Is English the same all the time?
Is English the same all over the world?
Guessing from the title
The road to modern English
Predicting: What will be talked about in a passage with such a title?
1. change of English
2. change of English speakers
3. English spoken in the past
4. English spoken in some other countries
5. different kinds of English
while-reading
Group work: Find out the topic sentence of each paragragh, underline it, and then tells the other group members your idea.
Match the correct main idea with each paragraph.
Task 1
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
Many people all over the world speak English.
Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
English is now spoken in South Asia and many other countries.
Why has English changed over time?
Main idea of each paragragh
Para 1: Many people the world speak English.
Para 2: Native speakers can understand even if they don't speak English.
Para 3: Why has English changed .
Para 4: Finally by the 19th century the language .
Para 5: English is spoken as a or language in and .
all over
the same kind of
each other
over time
was settled
foreign
second
Africa
Asia
Task 2
Read to construct:
According to the main idea of each paragragh, can you see the relationship of the five paragraghs? Or how many parts can we divide the passage into?
Task 3
Main idea of each paragragh
Para 1: Many people the world speak English.
Para 2: Native speakers can understand even if they don't speak English.
Para 3: Why has English changed .
Para 4: Finally by the 19th century the language .
Para 5: English is spoken as a or language in and .
all over
the same kind of
each other
over time
was settled
foreign
second
Africa
Asia
Para 1
Para 2
a general introduction to the use of English
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
the gradual change and development of English
The main idea of the passage lies in the first sentence of the third paragragh:
why has English changed over time?
Conclusion:
English has changed over time.
Actually, all languages change and develop when cultures
meet and communicate with each other.
Homework:
Read the text carefully, esp. paragragh 3 to 5, and find out the following information mentioned in the passage and fill in the chart:
