Unit 2  English around the world

unit 2  english around the world
the first period   speaking

teaching goals 教學目標
1. target language 目標語言
a. 重點詞匯和短語
bathroom, towel, closet, pronounce, direct, have a good flight, at all, make oneself at home,
if you’ll excuse me now, stay up, end up with
b. 交際用語
can you spell that please?
could you repeat that, please?
what do you mean by ...?
could you speak a bit slowly, please?
sorry, i didn’t follow you.
i beg your pardon?
how do you say ... in english?
how do you pronounce...?
what does ... mean?
can you say that in a different way?
2. ability goals 能力目標
to learn some differences between american english and british english.
3. learning ability goals 學能目標
let students learn how to deal with language difficulties in communication.
teaching important points 教學重點
1. how to improve the students speaking ability
2. how to make up another dialogue for three students and act it out in class.
teaching difficult points 教學難點
how to use different sentence patterns for language difficulties in communication
teaching methods 教學方法
1. listening to the tape. (individuals)
2. pairs work to practise the dialogue and make up another dialogue（cooperative learning）
teaching aids 教具準備
a projector and a computer.

teaching procedures & ways 教學過程與方式
step i  greetings and revision
t: good morning/afternoon, boys and girls!
ss: good morning/afternoon, miss zhao!
t: sit down, please. today we are going to learn unit 2: english around the world, but i want to check your homework first.
check whether they have remembered the ten important sentences.

step ii  warming up
t: look at the picture and try to guess:
qs:  1.what do you think is happening in the picture?
2. where do you think is the man?
sa: a funny story is happening.
sb: the man is in the bathroom.
ask the students to discuss the following questions.
1. what is joe’s nationality? how about nancy?
2. what it is that nancy thinks joe wants?
3. what is it that joe is looking for?
4. what is their misunderstanding about?
after discussion.
sa: joe is an american while nancy is british.
sb: nancy thinks joe wants to have a bath.
sc: joe is looking for a toilet.
sd: in american english the word “bathroom” means a place where there is a toilet and sometimes a bath or shower. in british english, the word “bathroom” means a place where there is a bath or shower and sometimes also a toilet. joe wants to go to the toilet, but nancy thinks he wants to take a bath.