1、教学目标：教学目标：1.知识与技能：知识与技能：掌握一些词汇的词义：掌握一些词汇的词义：official,flat,elevator,lift,petrol,colony,slave trade,military base，invader,be based on,vocabulary,settler,influence.掌握查找中心句的技巧，提高查找细节的能力掌握查找中心句的技巧，提高查找细节的能力2.过程与方法：通过小组讨论，增强学生们的竞过程与方法：通过小组讨论，增强学生们的竞争意识和集体观念。争意识和集体观念。3.态度和情感：帮学生们意识到英语在生活中的态度和情感：帮学生们意识到英语在生
2、活中的广泛应用并了解英语的发展历程广泛应用并了解英语的发展历程.Question:Which language do you think is the most widely used language in the world?CanadianAustralianworld EnglishBritishDo you think the English spoken all around the world are all the same?AmericanIndianBrEAmEThe differences between British English and American Engl
3、ish.An international talk/meetingIn what situations is English used?Doing international tradeAt schoolListening to radio,watching TVSeeing English moviesSinging English songs.Pre-readingDiscussion:What is the meaning of“road”in the title?A way B development A.How to learn English wellB.The brief his
4、tory of Modern EnglishC.The way to England D.The difference between Modern English and Old EnglishChoose the main idea of the text.B Scan the text to find or make out a key sentence for each paragraph.tips:In which paragraph the first sentence can serve as the key sentence?fast readingParagraph 2Eng
5、lish has spread to many counties since the end of 16th century and more people speak English than ever before.Native speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Paragraph 1Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Why has English changed over time?Finally by the 19th century the
6、language was settled.Paragraph 5English is now spoken widely as a foreigh language or second language in Asia and Afica.1.English has/had the most speakers _.A.now B.when the British ruled many parts of the world C.in the time of Shakespeare D.in the 12th centurycareful reading:Scan the text and cho
7、ose the best answer.2.Which of the following statement is true?A.Languages always stay the same B.Languages change only after wars C.Languages no longer change D.Languages change when cultures change3.From AD 450 to 1150,English sounded more like _?A.French B.Chinese C.German D.Russian4.Shakespeares
8、 English was spoken around _?A.1400s B.1150s C.450s D.1600s5.Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?A.Australia B.China C.India D.BritainTrue or false1.In the 17th century people from England began to conquer other parts of the world.2.Speakers from Britain and
9、 America sometimes misunderstand each other because they use different words.3.Languages change with cultures meet.4.The English language had become fixed by the 19th century.5.Samual Johnson seperate American English from Britain English in spelling.6.English is spoken in some Asian and African cou
10、ntries as a second language.TFTTFTMake a timeline of the development of English,using the passage to help you.During the 5th century ADBetween AD 800 and 1150By the 1600s1.English was based more on _.2.English was influenced by Danish and _ invaders.3.Shakespeare used a wider _than ever before.Germa
11、nFrench vocabulary 1620From 18th century1765-1947By 19th century4.British settlers moved to _ in the“May flower”.5.The British colonized _.6.English was spoken in _.7.Dictionaries standardized the spelling of English.AmericaAustraliaIndiaAssignment(作业作业)1.Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I.2.Prepare for the next class.3.Finish the exercises on WB.
