示范教案lesson11
Lesson 10
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following :
Four skills : British , however , a great many store
, and so on , the same as , more or less
2. Train students ' ability of reading comprehension
Teaching Important Points :
After learning the text " American English " , let the
students know something about the differences between British
English and American English and the development of English .
Teaching Difficult Points :
how to use " however " and " but "
Teaching Methods :
Method of discussion . talking method and direct method.
Teaching Aids :
1. a recorder 2. a projector
Teaching Procedures :
Step I Revision
T: Good morning , class.
S: Good morning , teacher .
T: Sit down , please , In the last period , we' ve learned
a dialogue between Yang Mei and her teacher Sara . Who can retell
the dialogue in the third person form ? OK , He Hong . please try .
( After that teacher asks again . )
T: Anyone else ?
( Let two students retell the dialogue and a few do the
second exercise on Page 67.)
Step II . Preparation for reading
T: Today we are going to learn sth , more about English .
English is a young language .It grew from other languages , such as
German an French . People began to write it down only about six
hundred years age . It is the international business language ,
However , English is not exactly the same in different countries .
American people speak English , but it is a little different from
British English . In this period , we are going to read about those
differences . Please close your books and listen to the tape
carefully . Then think over the questions on the screen .
Step III . Reading
( Teacher plays the tape and then shows some questions
on the screen . )
T: Now please look at some questions on the screen .
1. Do you think that people from Britain and American
can understand each other ? Why do you think so ?
2. Is there any difference in written English in the two
countries ?
3. Can you give some examples to show spelling English ?
4. What differences are there in spoken English in the
two countries ?
5. Where did the word " fall " ( meaning " autumn " )
first come from ?
6. Where did the expression " way of life " come from ?
7. How did the differences between British and American
English come about ?
8. In which countries is English used as the official
language ?
9. Which do you prefer , American English or British
English ? Why ?
( After that , teacher may ask Ss to begin discussing
. )
Step IV . Discussion :
( Discuss the answers to the questions above with the
whole class , While discussing them , deal with the language points
. )
T: Now please answer the questions on the screen . You may
look at your books while answering if you think it is necessary .
Any volunteers ?
Suggested answers :
1. Yes , Though there are many spelling differences ,
people from the two countries don' t have much difficulty in
understanding each other because written English is more or less the
same in Both Britain and America .
2. Yes , In written English there are some spelling
differences between British English and American English , And in
some cases. different words are used for the same thing .
3. Yes , I can , For example , the words " colour , center
and travelled " in British English are spelt " color , center and
traveled " in American English .
4. Some words are pronounced differently in the two
countries . For example , Americans say dance . In America they
pronounce not ;in southern England they say , and so on .
5. The word " fall " first came from England
6. The expression " way of life " came from America ,
7. There is no quick answer to this question , When people
from England travelled to other countries , they took the English
language with them . At first, the language stayed the same as the
language used in England , but slowly the language began to change
from one part of the world to another , At last the English language
became two variants --------- British English and American English.
8;. In England . America , Canada , Australia and New
Zealand English to British English because American English is
easier to under . stand / I prefer British English to American
English because British English sounds more beautiful .
( Discuss the answers with the whole class and deal with
language problems . Show them on the screen .)
1. more or less ------ about , not exactly , almost , nearly
It' s more or less an hour' s walk from here . more or
less.
The work is more or less finished .
2. however adv. -----in spite of this , nevertheless
It' s raining hard , However . I think we should go out
.
He hasn't arrived . He may , however , come later.
The students thought they had done everything as the
teacher did.
They were mistaken , however.
3. come about ------ happen , take place
Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about
.
When John woke up , he was in the hospital , but he
didn't know how that had come about .
4. At first , the language stayed the same as the language
used in Britain , but slowly the language began to change from one
part of the world to another.
1) stay vi ------ keep , remain
e.g. The door stayed open all the day ;
The temperature has stayed hot this
week.
2) the same as ---
e.g. My dictionary is the same as yours .
We will do the same experiment as they
did yesterday.
5. --- the language began to change from one part of the
world to another : The form of English spoken in one area of the
world becomes different from the forms of English spoken in other
areas .
6. a great / a good many ------- a very large number of
e.g. Tom has a great many friends at school . A
great many of them like American English better than British
English.
7. way of life : how we live
8. and so on : and various other things
e.g. He went to buy some books , pencils and so
on .
Step V. Reading
T: Now listen to the tape again. Pay attention to the
stress and intonation . After that , please read the text aloud.
Step VI . Workbook
T: Please stop reading. Open your books, Turn to P. 68.
Let' s do Ex. 2. and Ex . 3 . Do them in pairs first . Then we'll
check the answers.
Suggested answers :
Ex. 2
COUNTRY PEOPLELANGUAGECAPITAL CITY
China ChineseChinese Beijing
BritainEnglishmen / women EnglishLondon
USAAmericans EnglishWashington . D.C
Australia AustraliansEnglishCanberra
Japan Japanese Japanese Tokyo
FranceFrenchmen / womenFrenchParis
Russia Russians Russian Moscow
Canada CanadiansEnglish / French Ottawa
Ex . 3 1.
British EnglishAmerican English
clour color
favourite favorite
centre center
metremeter
travelled traveled
2. ask dance not box wheel what address
3. fall , mail , gas , movie , store
Step VII . Sum up :
Toda , we' ve learned Lesson Ten . American English (1) ,
We' ve learned the differences between America English and British
English . Their differences Lie in three : one is in written English
. e.g. Br.E colour, centre, travelled while AmE, color , center
, traveled ; one is in spoken English , e.g. Br.E. dance
[da:ns] . not [nt] Ame dance not .; the
third is in words and expressions . Br. E movie , gas , store ,
mail , right away . I guess while Am. E , film , petrol , shop ,
post , at once . I think . The cause of making these differences is
that people travelled from one part to another.
( Write parts of them on the Bb.)
Step VIII . Homework .
1. Revise the text of this lesson.
2. Make sentences with the words and expressions of ,
Lesson 10.
Step IX . The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Lesson 10
The differences between American English and British
English:
In written English: ( in spelling ) Br.E
Am. E
In spoken English: ( in pronunciation) colour ,
centry Color , center
Words : traveled
traveled
Expressions : dance
hot
autumn, film,
petrol0 at once fall , movie ,gas fall , movie ,
different from
gas right away different then
Step X . Record after teaching.