M3U2Reading----English-and-its--history

精品文档 1欢迎下载 M3U2M3U2 ReadingReading EnglishEnglish andand itsits historyhistory 教案背景 This article is about the history of the English language The development of the English language has been affected by different cultures all through history This article deals with how English developed and why it has some strange rules 教学课题 M3U2 Reading English and its history 教材分析 This article is about the history of the English language The Reading strategy of this unit introduces and explains to students how to read a history article with the help of a time chart All the activities involved aim at checking and enhancing students reading abilities Students are expected to gain an overall understanding of the article and learn to adopt different ways to read different types of articles 教学方法 讲授法 谈论法 练习法 读书指导法 课堂讨论法 教学过程 Step1 Do some practice work 1 This is really a confusing 令人不解的 word because it has many meanings 2 He got up early to meet several European 欧洲人 at the airport 3 On December 25 the railway was official 正式 opened to traffic 4 He was concerned for the development 发展 of country s science 5 The car hit the stone wall with great impact 撞击力 6 A proper amount of exercise contributes 有益于 to good health 7 Norman invasion 入侵 brought new pronunciation 发音 and made them new servants 仆人 8 She conquered 征服 people there and took control of 控制 them Step2 Read the story quickly and answer the following questions 1 What s the article about English and its history 2 What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article Old English Middle English and Modern English 3 Is English still changing Yes Step3 Reading strategy reading a history article What you ve read is a typical history article When you re reading it you ll 精品文档 2欢迎下载 notice dates and years in the text Identifying these details will help you understand a sequence of events and how pieces of information relate to the rest of the text Next time when you read a history article it s a good idea to make a time chart listing relevant information such as times places and events etc For a sample time chart look at p58 of this book You can certainly create a different type of time chart for example a table Just make sure that it helps you understand the text Step4 Careful reading How well did you understand the details in the reading Answer the following questions 1 Where did the Angles the Saxons and the Jutes come from P7 They came from the European mainland 2 Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language P21 Because each word or phrase came from a different language 3 Which King of England used English for all official occasions P49 King Henry IV 4 What was the German plural form replaced by P44 It was repalced by the French way of making plurals 5 When did Modern English appear P52 During the Renaissance in the 16th century Step5 Fill in the blanks with the words and dates from the passage Before the middle of the people in Britain did not speak English The original language spoken in Britain was The groups of people came to Britain from the mainland The the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo Saxon The Normans entered England in and they spoke By the end of Old English was the official language of England Step6 Look at these new words from the article and match them with their meanings 1confusing line2 a was made up of 2created line13 b kept an animal 3consisted of line16 c took the place of 4took control of line26 d had power over 5replaced line29 e difficult to understand 6raised line38 f caused sth to exist Keys e f a d c b Step7 Reading again to fill in the time form 精品文档 3欢迎下载 Time Events Before the middle of the 5th century People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic At the end of the 9th centuryThe Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages By the 10th centuryOld English was the official language of England In 1066The Normans conquered England and took control of the country By the latter half of the 14th century English was adopted by all classes in England In 1399Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions During the Renaissance in the 16th century Modern English began Step8 Learn some important language points in the text 1 be made up of 由 组成 English was made up of many rules and vacabulary 2 It s certain that 确信 肯定 It s certain that we can t understand Old English 3 consist of 包含 构成 This country consists of 3 islands 4 contribute to 有助于 有益于 Full sleep and good eating can contribute to your health 5 take control of 控制 对 取得控制 Normans took control of England 6 replace with 用 代替 替代 Horse riding has been replaced with car driving 7 result in 导致 产生 His carelessness resulted in this accident 8 work as 作为某种身份工作干活 He has worked as his servant for 20 years 9 upper class 上层阶级 use for 用 表示 Upper class used English for all official occasions Step9 Discussion Languages borrow words from each other Many Chinese words come from English and we Chinese have also given many words and expressions to other languages too Question Question DoDo youyou thinkthink thatthat itit isis possiblepossible forfor ChineseChinese toto becomebecome thethe mostmost widelywidely usedused internationalinternational languagelanguage somesome day day WhyWhy