1、教学教材教学教材：外研版高中英语(2019)必修一教学内容教学内容：Unit 2 Exploring English第一课时：第一课时：Starting out&Understandings四川省芦山中学：竹静四川省芦山中学：竹静2Unit 2 Exploring English课时课时1 Starting out&Understanding ideas3BrainstormingHow many languages can you speak?Which language do you think has the most speakers?ChineseCantoneseEnglishJa
2、panese4Observe and answerAccording to Chart 1,which language has the largest number of native speakers?Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world.5Observe and answerAccording to Chart 2,which language has the largest number of learners?Chinese has the largest number of native spe
3、akers in the world.English has the largest number of learners.6Observe and answerWhat can you learn from Chart 3?Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world.English has the largest number of learners.More and more Chinese people are learning English.FreetalkWhy do you think many p
4、eople in China learn English?Economic globalizationJob huntingLearn more culturesTravelingSelf-improvementWatch a video and answer the questions.1.Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?2.Where do a third of English words come from?What examples are given in the
5、video?1.Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?2.Where do a third of English words come from?What examples are given in the video?1.Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?2.Where do a third of English words come from?What exam
6、ples are given in the video?1.Its the first language in the UK,Ireland,the USA,Canada,New Zealand and Australia.2.A third of English words come from French.fruittablecrocodileinvasion(侵略)Watch a video and answer the questions.More details and knowledgeFrenchfruittablecrocodileinvasion(侵略)Anglo-Saxon
7、houseshipcowchildVikingknifeeggcakedim sumChineseJapanesetofutsunamikaraoke13Page 14:Activity 1What is the passage about?Food?Cooking?Words?Plants?Fruit?2minsActivity 2 Read para.1 and find out the topic sentenceThis got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learnCan you guess its a fac
8、t or an opinion from this sentence?authors opinion15Fast reading (2 mins)Choose the authors writing purpose1 To tell that English is very difficult to learn.2 To give advice on how to learn English.3 To show that English is interesting and creative.4 To explain how English was created.16Careful read
9、ing 5minsRead the passage again and fill in the blanksuniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehaviorsfill outinvisibleendsreflectsActivity 3 The passage can be divided into how many parts?Part 1 the authors opinionPart 2 examplesPart 3 conclusion:the reason181What made the au
10、thor think more about English?AMeeting trouble learning English.BThe question from the authors child.CFinding no egg in the eggplant.DNeeding a hamburger to feed the child.Last reading:Think about the questions2How does the author develop the passage?ABy providing examples.BBy making comparisons.CBy
11、 following the way of spelling.DBy following the order of importance.3Why does the author say“English was invented by people”？ABecause the English words show everything around us.BBecause the language helps us communicate with others.CBecause the language proves how creative human being is.DBecause
12、the English words are unique in the world.19Do you have any difficulty 1.(learn)English better?Have you ever wondered why there is no ham 2.your hamburger 3._ why you cant find any egg in eggplant?Maybe this will get you 4._(think)how crazy the language of English is.We like to paint a 5._(paint)，an
13、d we are traveling in 6._ car but we take photos and travel on the bus.When we see the rain,we say“it 7.(rain)”but no sunshining to use when seeing sunshine.The words are really 8._(confuse)Such unique 9.(mad)can be seen almost everywhere because English 10.(reflect)the creativity of the human race.
14、Retelling:Fill in the blankslearninginandthinkingpaintingtheis rainingconfusingmadnessreflects20 Read the following information and answer the questions1 How did pineapple,hamburgers and eggplants get their names?2 What are the characteristics of English according to the text and the information abo
15、ve?diversitycreativitycomplexityuniqueinterestingenjoyableActivity 4 What is the authors attitude towards English?Find out the topic sentence of para.1,6 and 7This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a languageEnglish was invented by people,not computers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.22What do you find most challenging about learning English?How do you deal with this?Think and Sharewordspronunciationgrammarcommunicationinterest23Thank you!
