人教修订版英语高一上Unit 2 English Around the World
Reading教案

American English And British English
I. 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 to get the students to know about the differences between American English and British English.

III. Teaching important points:
1. Improve the Ss ’ readingability by reading the material.
2. Improve the Ss’ listening ability.
3.Get the Ss to know about American English and British English.

IV.Teaching methods:
1. Fast-reading and intensivereading to improve the Ss’ reading ability.
2.Pair work and group work to have every student master what they’ve learned.

V.Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Greeting and lead-in:

Greet the whole class as usual.
In this period, we’ll learn a text,
which is about American 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 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 both 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 the two persons comes from America?
(The person on the left)





















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. 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. American 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 let’s listen to the tape and 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?
(He 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.1911
2.Which of the following statements is true?
A.After 1828 American English and British English 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 En
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