1、How many different languages are mentioned in the song? What are they? Unit 5 Languages aroud the world Listening and Speaking Explore languages around the world Listening for main ideas Focus on the text as a whole to catch the main ideas. Dont try to remember and translate each word you hear. List
2、ening skills Listening skills Listening for details Do not try to catch every word. Instead, listen for key words and phrases: numbers, people, places, reasons, languages, etc. How many listening skills do you still remember? AReviewing listening skills Listening for main ideas Listening for details
3、 AActivity 1 listening for main ideas Listen to a speech and choose the correct answer. What is the main topic of this speech? A Learning English. B Learning a foreign language. C Official languages of the United Nations 汉字是一种有趣的文字 AActivity 2 listening for specific information Listen to the speech
4、again and answer the questions. 1. How many languages are there in the world? 2. Circle the official languages of the United Nations. Russian Chinese KoreanJapanese SpanishArabic English French 3. How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language? Nearly 7,0
5、00. Around 2.8 billion. 汉字是一种有趣的文字 AActivity 3 listening for details Listen to the speech again and fill in the table below. Who Language(s) Why Many students One of the UNs official languages It means _ An American girl _Her grandparents were from Denmark. Another young lady _ She had several_ from
6、 African countries where _ is spoken. better job chances. Danish French friends French Why is French spoken in African countries? Different people have different reasons about learning a foreign language. Look! Some students are talking about it. Lets join them together! 1 1 学 科 AActivity 4 Speaking
7、 She can help her father do business with Russians in the future. She likes watching Japanese cartoons. He thinks French sounds beautiful and is useful . What language(s) do you choose to learn and why? Example ( You can make a dialogue like this) A:What language do you want to study? B: I really wa
8、nt to study . I think that. Besides, What about you? A: I choose to study In my opinionAlso, B: I agree with you. I hope you will make it. A: Thank you! In the past Japan also wanted to make Japanese one of the official UN languages. They submitted the application (递交申请 ）, but the United Nations ref
9、used Japans request. In your opinion, what may be the reasons? In 1999 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (联合国教科文 组织 ）decided to set February 21st as International Mother Language Day. Whats the importance of setting such a day? Now more and more people in
10、different countries are learning and speaking Chinese. Maybe someday Chinese will become the next international language like English. What can we do to make Chinese an international language? AActivity 5 Discussing and sharing Discuss the following questions in groups and share your ideas. Japanese
11、 International influence A small population Spelling . Mother languages Disappearing Culture relics Using and preserving Root Chinese Learning Developing Fighting Language is like a bridge that connects all the corners of the world. 渲染着这些文字的情绪 Homework 1. Write a short passage about what language you want to learn and why. 2. Surf the Internet and find more information about the development of the six official UN languages.
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