课件15张PPT。UNIT 5
LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLDTo?learn?to?create own word bank.To?learn?to?choose the words that are most difficult/useful to you.
To?learn to use the word bank to help English study.Noah Webster
Born: October 16, 1758
Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Died: May 28, 1848
Place: New Haven, ConnecticutDo you know this man?Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, passionate, learned and energetic. He was the author of the first American Dictionary.What are they?DictionariesThere are many different English-English dictionaries. Here is an entry from a commonly used dictionary.Look at the words and expressions of Unit 5 on page117.Choose the words that are most difficult or useful to you.Use a English-English dictionary or the Internet. Put your words into your word bank.Decide how to organise the words.in alphabetical order: A, B, C, etc.
by group: all the words related to a certain topic, pronunciation, part of speech, etc.
by commonly confused words: such as “chicken/kitchen”, “diary/dairy”, etc.
by memory devices: words that you have memorized together, such as words with the same roots, etc.Complete the entries.English definitionsone or two example sentencesgrammar information Illustrate them. drawings diagramstables cartoonstongue
n. the soft part inside one’s mouth that we use for speaking and eatingcab
n.?a taxicalligraphy
n. the art of producing beautiful writing using special pens or brushesExchange ideas with each other about how you made your word bank. Then discuss how you are going to use it to help your English study.Choose five words that are difficult/useful to you in this unit and put them into your word bank.