By the time I got outside the bus had already left教案

please read through the article silently.
find information for the numbers. remember to skim for the key ideas rather than read slowly. get students to work on their own. as they are doing this, move around the classroom answering questions they may have and offering language support as needed.
check the answers.
answers
1950—in this year english started being more popular for science.
10 000—number of words in the south african dictionary not found elsewhere in the world.
a hundred—number of years ago that
german was the most popular language for science.
one billion—number of people learning english.
375 million--the number of native speakers of english.
step ⅳ part 3
this activity encourages students to use the strategy of reading in context.
ask students to read the article once.
say, pay attention to the bold word and expressions? and note any other word or sentence you don’t understand. read in context, guessings their meanings from the other words around them.
a few minutes later, ask different students to say the meanings of the words and expressions indicated in bold by guess. don’t give them the correct answers. let students look at the words and expressions and their meanings in the box. point out the sample answer. then ask students to match the correct meanings with the correct words and expressions. allow them one or two minutes to do this.
check the answers.
answers
quarter d, normal a, traffic light e, competition f, significant b, position c
get students to make sentences with the words and expressions. remind them to look at the article again for extra help.
answers to this activity will vary. ask a student to write his/her answers on the blackboard.
sample answers
1. a quarter of students in my class are girls.
2. i hope the situation will soon return to normal.
3. when the traffic lights are red, you must stop.
4. he took part in a swimming competition.
5. listening, speaking, reading and writing are four significant skills in learning english.
6. she is fit for the position.
step ⅴ part 4
this activity helps students read for specific information.
read the instructions to the class. call students’ attention to the chart. ask a student to read the five sentences to the class. say, you are to read the article again and decide if these sentences are true or false. and correct the false sentences.
give students a sample answer to the first sentence.
t: do you think the first sentence is true or false?
ss: false.
t: why is it false?