关于高一英语教案：上学期Unit 2 American English And British English

1、人教修订版英语高一上unit 2 english around the worldreading教案american english and british englishi. teaching aids: cai, multi-media, tape-recorder. ii. teaching aims:1. to train the ss skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.2. to learn some useful words and expressions of the text.3. learn the text

2、 to get the students to know about the differences between american english and british english.iii. teaching important points:1. improve the ss reading ability by reading the material. 2. improve the ss listening ability. 3. get the ss to know about american english and british english. iv. teachin

3、g methods:1. fast-reading and intensive reading to improve the ss reading ability.2. pair work and group work to have every student master what theyve learned.v. teaching procedures:step 1. greeting and lead-in:greet the whole class as usual.in this period, well learn a text, which is about american

4、 english and british english. now look at the pictures(showing the slides).can you tell me where the famous places are and the names of them? (the picture on the left is statue of liberty, which stands high up on the liberty island near new york seaport. it is the symbol of american people who long

5、for the freedom. on the right the picture is big ben, which is the great clock high up in a tower of the parliament building. this is the building in london where laws are made.)do you know which language people speak in america? (english)how about people in england? (english)all right. people in bo

6、th two countries speak the same language. however, do you know there are some differences between the two languages? can you tell me what you have known? and what you want to know?now look at another two pictures. what can you see in the pictures? (two persons are talking). can you guess which of th

7、e two persons comes from america?(the person on the left)what do you want to do next fall?next fall? do you mean next autumn?step 2. warm-up reading:now let me introduce the history of the english language to you. english is a young language. it grew from other languages, such as german and french.

8、people began to write it down only six hundred years ago. now it is spoken by people all over the world. from last period we know there are more than 42 countries where the majority of people speak english. there are two main families of standard english: the american and the british english. americ

9、an english is spoken in the usa and in canada. british english is spoken in britain, australia and africa. however, english is not exactly the same in different countries. today, we are going to learn about the differences between american english and british english. now lets listen to the tape and

10、 find the answers to the questions on the screen (showing the slides).answer the following questions:1. what is american english for “i think”? (in american english “i guess” is used instead of “i think”)2. what did noah webster do in order to make american english different from british english? (h

11、e changed the spelling of many words.)step 3. fast-reading comprehension:do fast reading silently, and then choose the best answer.1. america stopped being a part of england in _.a. 1707 b.1828 c.1776 d.19112. which of the following statements is true?a. after 1828 american english and british engli

12、sh stayed the same. b. after 1828 american english changed but british english stayed the same.c. after 1828 british english changed but american english stayed the same.d. after 1828 both british english and american english changed.3. british english is different from american english because_.a.

13、britain decided to change the spelling of many american words b. american english changed but british english stayed the same.c. the americans and british took different words from other languages. d. america is a bigger country.4. noah webster was _.a. an american president b. a spanish farmer c. a

14、 british teacher d. an american writer5. which of the following statements is true a. in the future both american english and british english will stay the same.b. in the future american english will change but british english will not.c. in the future british english will change but american englis

15、h will not.d. in the future both british english and american english will change.(answers: 1-5 c d c d d ) step 4. intensive reading:now read the text again. read it carefully and discuss the following questions on the screen with your partners. find your answers on your book. in a few minutes, ill

16、 ask some pairs to give us the answers (showing the screen).answer the following questions:1.when did america become an independent country?(in 1776)2.where did the word “fall” (meaning “autumn”) first come from?(from england). 3.can you give some example to show spelling differences between america

17、n and british english? (for example, the words “colour, centre and travelled” in british english are spelt “color, center and traveled” in american english.)4.is there any differences in written english in the two countries?(yes. in written english there are some spelling differences between british

18、 english and american english. and in some cases, different words are used for the same thing.)5.what differences are there in spoken english in the two countries?(some words are pronounced differently in the two countries. for example, americans say dance dæns, and in southern england they say

19、 d:s. in america, they pronounce not nt ; in southern england, they say not, and so on.)6.do you think that people from britain and america can understand each other? why do you think so?(yes. though there are many spelling differences, they can understand each other because written english is more

20、or less the same in both britain and america. )7.how did the differences come about?(there is no quick answer to this question. at first the language in britain and america was the same. after america became an independent country, the language slowly began to change. for a long time, the language i

21、n america stayed the same, while the language in england changed.)8.which do you like, american english or british english? why?(i prefer american english to british english because american english is easier to understand. / i prefer british english to american english because british english sound

22、s more beautiful.) step 5. language points and key sentences:deal with some language points and key sentences in the text.1. come about = happene.g. how did this accident come about?they didnt know how the change had come about? sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about.2. stay = keep.

23、here “stay” is a link-v. followed by an adj. e.g.the shop stayed open till nine oclock.the temperature has stayed high this week.3. just as + adverbial-clause.e.g.she loves singing just as her mother did.jack didnt feel just as his wife did.4. end up with = finish withe.g.the party ended up with the

24、 singing of liu huan.the lecture ended up with a poem.5. more or less = nearly, almoste.g.the work is more or less finished.our working condition has more or less improved.6. have difficulty / trouble in doing sth.have difficulty / trouble with sth.e.g.i have some difficulty in understanding the text.he had no difficulty with the job.step 6. reading and