Unit 2 English Around the World

Teaching aims and demands:

a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about the language of English;

b. Learn to communicate when in language difficulties:

c. Vocabulary in this unit:

the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book

d. Grammar:

  Direct and indirect speech

Lesson1

Step 1 Presentation

Get the students have an general idea about the differences between American and British English by playing a tape of various people’s talking. Ask them what countries they think these people come from.

Step 2 Warming Up

Get the students to look at the picture and ask the questions: What do you think Joe is looking for in the bathroom? Why can’t he find it?

Step 3 Reading

Ask the students to read the dialogue carefully in part 1. Then get the students to think: What is it that causes the misunderstanding between Joe and the landlady, Nancy?  If necessary, explain some language points.

Step 4 Speaking

Ask the students to read the dialogue in the part SPEAKING to learn more differences between the British and American English. Then complete the following sentences as well.

Step 5 Practice

Ask the students to make a similar dialogue.

Step 6 Listening

Listen to the tape and fill the blanks in the part LISTENING.

Step 7 Homework

Finish exercise1 on page 91 in the TALKING part.

Lesson2

Step 1 Revision

Check the homework.

Step 2 Presentation

Show the students some pictures in different situations in order to get them know everywhere English is needed.

Step 3 Reading

Ask the students to read the text. And find the topic sentence in each paragraph.

Step 4 Post-Reading

Ask the students to answer the questions in the part POST-READING. If necessary, explain some language points. Then according to what they have read, get them to fill in the blanks in the following exerecise2.

Step 5 Homework

Finish exercise in the part PRACTISING in their workbooks..

Lesson 3

Step 1.Revision

Check the home work.

Step 2 Word Study

Ask the students to match the words on the left with their meaning on the right.

Step 3 Grammar

Ask the students to say something about the differences between a command and a request. Then tell which is a command and which is a request.

Step 4 Practice

Let the students to change the sentences into Direct Speech. And then finish exercise 3 in the same part.

Step 5 Workbook

If times permits, ask the students to finish the exercise2 in their workbooks in part Grammar.

Step 6 Homework

Review the last part what is Direct Speech and what is Indirect Speech.

Lesson 4

Step 1 Revision

Check the homework. by doing exercise 1 in part Grammar in the workbook..

Step 2 Presentation

Play a tape of various people’s talking. Ask which is from England and which from America. How do they tell? In this way draw the students’ attention to the difference on the pronunciation.

Step 3 Reading

Ask the students to read the text and be prepared for one question how come the difference between the American English and the British English. Explain some language points if necessary.

Ask the students to read the text again carefully and finish the exercise on page 13.

Step 4 Retelling

Ask the students to say something about the difference between the American English and the British English according to what they just learned.

Step 5 Specific Reading

Students read the paragraph about American English and fill in the chart on page 14.

Step 6 Homework

Ask the students to write a short passage about the dialects in Chinese. They can use the text as a simple.