1、Listening and Speaking1.Get familiar with countries and their languages,especially the 6 official languages of the UN.2.Better understand the pronouns and what the pronouns refer to in listening.3.Talk about the languages and tell the reasons in simple English.4.Arouse the students interests in lear
2、ning a foreign language.Teaching ojectives:Which languages do you think are officially used in the UN?Lead in languagesRussianSpanishFrenchEnglishChinese.Lead in Mastering more Languages can give you many chances in your life including your work opportunities,your horizon,your fully understanding of
3、 the world.Before you listen,match each photo with the correct country name.Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.Warming upCN tower CanadaEnglish,FrenchBrandenburg GateGermanyGerman FrenchRussianLouvre Museum FranceRed Square RussiaTaj Mahal IndiaRoyal Palace SpainHindi,English
4、SpanishListen to a speech,circle the official languages of the UN and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.First listening Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish Arabic English FrenchListen to the speech again and answer the questions.1.What is the main topic of this speech?2.How ma
5、ny languages are there in the world?3.How many billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language?4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?Learning a foreign language.Nearly 7,000.Around 2.8 billion.Its very useful to learn one or more f
6、oreign languages.ListeningListen to the speech again.What do the italicized words refer to in the sentences?1.They think it means better job chances in the future.2.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion peoplethey:students who choose to study a UN languageit:studying a UN languagethey:the six offici
7、al UN languagesSecond ListeningListen to the speech for the last time and fill in the blanks with the words and phrases you hear.To some students,_ the only foreign language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly 7,000 languages in the world.After Chinese,the language with the most native lang
8、uage speakers isnt English-its Spanish.Learning English is very useful,but,_if possible._people learn a foreign language.Third Listeningit seems thatit is wise to learn at least one other foreign languageThere are many reasons why Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at
9、 the UN.As they think it means better job chances in the future.The UN has six official languages:Arabic,Chinese,French,Russian,and Spanish.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages.Some students,though,choose to study a language _ family or friends.One America
10、n girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark.When she was little,her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark.Another young lady started learning French because she had several friends from Afican countries where French is spoken.becaus
11、e ofSpeakingReview the listening material and try to complete the table below.What language students choose to learnReasons One of the UN official languages(Many students)Danish(An American girl)French(Another young lady)I should study one of the UN official languages(Russian),because it can give me
12、 many chances in my life.My father is doing business with Danish.Id like to learn Danish so I can help him in the future.I should study French.I think it sounds beautiful,and I know its used in many countries.SpeakingIf you have the chance,what other language(s)do you want to learn?Why?Lets first re
13、ad some students choices.My father is doing business with Russians.Id like to learn Russian so I can help him in the future.I like watching Japanese cartoons,so Id like to learn Japanese.Perhaps I should study French.I think it sounds beautiful,and I know its used in many countries.Learning a foreig
14、n langauge is not so easy.How can we learn a foreign language well?DiscussionExample:A:What language do you want to study?B:I really want to study French.I think that the French language sounds beautiful.A:Why?Do you want to go to France some day?B:Yes,Id love to.Also,French is used by many internat
15、ional organisations around the world.Do you know what FIFAs full name is in French?A:Oh,I remember that.But I dont know how to pronounce it.Pronunciation英式英语和美式英语在读音上的区别英式英语和美式英语在读音上的差异主要反映在元音字母a，o和辅音字母r的不同读音上。(1)在ask，cant，dance，fast，half，path 这一类的单词中，英国人将字母a读作/a/，而美国人则读作/，所以这些词在美国人口中就成了/sk/，/knt/，/
16、dns/，/fst/，/hf/和/p/。(2)在box，crop，hot，spot这一类单词中，英国人将字母o读作/，而美国人则将o读作近似/a/音的/a/。所以这些词美国人读起来就成了/baks/，/krap/，/hat/和/spat/。(3)辅音字母r在单词中是否读音是英式英语与美式英语的又一明显差异。在英式英语的r音节中不含卷舌音/r/，而美式英语的r音节中含卷舌音/r/，如下列词在英式英语和美式英语中读音是不同的：英式英语读音美式英语读音car /ka/kar/door /d/dr/party /patI/partI/board /bd/brd/1.Tell one of your friends what language you would love to learn in the future and why.2.Review the new words learnt from the listening material;billion,native,attitude.
