English around the world教案

step 2 warming up
t：english is a widely used language.do you know in which countries english is spoken as their native language？
sa：the us，the uk，australia，canada...
t：（a slide：nancy：oh，there you are.now then，did you have a good flight？
joe：sure，we flew all the way direct from seattle to london.
nancy：you must be very tired.did you sleep at all on the plane？
joe：no，not really.i’m very tired.could i use your bathroom？
nancy：why，of course.you don’t need to ask，just make yourself at home.let me give you a clean towel.
joe：a towel？
nancy：yes.here you are.the bathroom is upstairs.it’s the second door on the left.
（after a while）
nancy：have you found it？
joe：well，eh，yes，i mean no.i mean，i found the bathroom，but i didn’t find what i was looking for!）
here is a short dialogue.read it and discuss with your partner：what is it that joe can’t find in the bathroom？why can’t he find it？
sb：it is the toilet.
t：and why？
sc：perhaps when joe says “bathroom”，he means a place，where there is a toilet.but in nancy’s eyes，it is a place where people can only have a bath.
t：you are right.do you know why there’s a misunderstanding between them？
sd：because they speak different kinds of english.
t：great.there’s more than one kind of english in the world.in some important ways they’re different.they’re called world english.can you guess what they include？
se：canadian，british，american，australian and indian english.
t：right.so you know even two native speakers of english may still not speak the same kind of english.look at the examples on p9.now try to guess which of the following words are british english and which are american english.
suggested answers：am.english：mom；on a team；rubber；gas
br.english：mum；in a team；eraser；petrol
step 3 new words
t：from today on，we’ll learn something about english around the world.first of all，let’s get familiar with the new words.yesterday i asked you to read the new words and look up the meaning of them.now let’s have a game in which one of you tells us the meaning or the explanation of the words and the others guess which word it is.let’s go!
suggested explanation：
1.include：have something or somebody as one of a group.
e.g.：the tour included a visit to the science museum.
2.play a role in：have a part in
3.international：connected with two or more countries
4.native：（1）connected with the place where you have always lived or have lived for a long time
（2）a person who lives in a particular place，especially sb. who has lived there a long time