Teaching plan
Module 1 British and American English
I. Introduction
1. Read the quotations and answer the questions:
1) What is the topic of the quotations?
2) Whose opinion is the most optimistic?
3) Whose opinion is the most pessimistic?
II. Reading and speaking
1. Check the true statements
1) People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.
2) People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xi’an.
3) Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.
4) American English is very different from British English.
5) People from Britain can’t understand people from America.
2. Read the passage and find out ways in which British and American English are different.
3. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.
4. Analyzing the text
1) Read the first paragraph and finish the form
2) Read the second paragraph and finish the form.
3) Read the third paragraph and finish the form
4) Read the forth paragraph and check the following statements.
5) Read the last three paragraphs and complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
5. Language points
III. Vocabulary
1. Match the British and American words and phrases in the box.
2. Rewrite the sentences using British words.
IV. Grammar.
1. Some explanations about the Present Simple Tense, the Present Continuous Tense, the Present Perfect Tense.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
3. Complete the sentence with since or for.
4. Complete the sentences with the correct verb form.
5. Some exercises.
V. Vocabulary and Listening.
1. Think about problems exchange Students have. Number them in order of importance.
2. Complete the passage with the words in the box.
3. Listen to the interviews and answer the questions.
4. Listen again and answer the questions.
5. Tapescript.
VI. Everyday English.
1. Complete the sentences with the correct phrases.
VII. Function.
1. The differences between because, since, as and for.
2. Complete the sentences with because, since/as or now that.
VIII. Speaking and Writing.
1. Read the notes and decide which is the best variety of English to learn.
2. Choose the best title for the paragraph.
IX. Cultural Corner.
1. An simple introduction to Noah Webster.
2. Fast reading.
1) What reasons did Webster have for writing an American dictionary?
2) What was his first work?
3. Careful reading (True or False)
1) In English the spelling of words always represent the sound.
2) Noah Webster graduated from Cambridge University in 1778
3) By the 1850s, the Elementary Spelling Book had sold one million copies altogether.
4) American Dictionary of the English Language is the number one dictionary foe American students.
4. Language points.
5. Some extra information about Noah Webster’s Dictionary


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