Unit2 English around the world 

Reading  The road to modern English 

教学设计 

一、 教材分析 

本单元的中心话题是“世界英语”，介绍了英语在世界上的重要性。warming-up 简要介绍了英语语言在不同国家的差异，是学生对英国英语和美国有了粗浅的了解。Pre-reading的问题是针对阅读课文的赌钱思考，激活学生已获背景知识，激发学生阅读的兴趣。Reading “A road to modern English”简要说明了英语语言的起源、发展变化、形成原因及发展趋势。本课的语言知识主要围绕世界英语这一中心话题进行设计。本课时主要分为三部分： 

1. pre- reading (读前准备) 此部分为热身活动 

2. reading （阅读）  

3. post-reading （读后） 

二、 教学目标： 

1. 学生通过阅读文章能够从篇章结构的角度出发描述英语语言发展的历史过程 

2. 学生能够在阅读过程中对主要的阅读信息进行记录。 

3. 学生能够了解英语在世界上的发展情况，意识到学习英语的重要性的同时，也要热爱自己的祖国，热爱自己的母语。 

三、 教学步骤 

Step 1 leading-in (individual work) 

1. Do you like learning English? And why? 

2. Can you name some countries in which English is spoken? 

Show a word map on the blackboard and the students to find out the countries in which people use English as their own language. Then ask one or two students to mark these countries on the map. (通过层层设置问题，引入本课话题，引导学生思考，使学生自然而然进入教学中，激发学生学习英语的欲望。)   

 Step2 fast-reading (pair work) 

T: well, as we know, there is more than one kind of English in the world. They are different from one another in some ways. Why has English changed over time? What will world English be in the future? Do you know? Well, today, the passageroad to modern English” will tell us. Now please open your books and turn to page 9. 

Read quickly to get the main idea of the text. 

Let the students find out key sentence of each paragraph or ask them to match the corresponding ones together。

Check the answers: Ask some students to tell their answers, after giving the answers, they should also tell how they find the answers. (快速阅读后要求学生了解文章大意，并能对全文的结构有一个认识。)   

Step3 Careful reading （Group work） 

 Divide the whole class into several groups ( 4 in each group) 

 Ask the students to finish a timeline of the development of English by reading the text carefully in group.   

Timeline of the development of English                           

Ask the ss to finish this timeline in group and then ask several groups to voice their answers according a world map and timeline.( 仔细阅读是快速阅读的延伸，根据阅读内容填空是锻炼学生阅读记录信息，查找用用信息的技巧。有目的性阅读是阅读训练一种技巧，并且提醒学生不用太多花大多注意力在地名和新单词上面，集中精力探究文章内容。阅读后学生给出答案 （教师不要袖手旁观，可以给学生必要的引导和帮助，发展学生的自主学习能力，真正的成为学习的主体。）   

Step 4 post reading  True or False 

1.Most English speakers in the 16th century lived in England.( ) 

2. More and more people use English as their first or 2nd language.( ) 

3. Native English speakers can’ t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English.( )    

4. As English is widely used, it will be more and more important to have a good knowledge of  English.( ) 

5. Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.( ) 

6. From 1765 to 1947 English became the language for government and education in India. ( ) 

7. America has the largest number of English learners. ( ) 

8. English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain.() 

9. Languages frequently change.( ) 

10. This reading describes the development of the English language. ( )

（此设计是为了检查学生是否理解文章大意和一些重点细节。）  

Step 5 summing up 

After reading the passage, we can see that English are spoken in many places of the world, and some of these countries develop their own characteristics in using English. So do you think Chinese English will also develop its own identity? 

Show the students some Chinglish (Chinese English) and ask them which are already accepted by English speakers and which are not. 

 kowtow(叩头)，kungfu(功夫)， tofu(豆腐)， lichi (荔枝)，long time no see(好久不见)  good good study, day day up. (好好学习，天天向上)  give you color to see.(给你点颜色看看)  people mountain people sea(人山人海)  

no can do (I can't do it)    

English is a world language, so we must try our best to learn English and use it to spread our terrific traditional Chinese Culture to the world. (这是个很好的机会引导学生在领会到英语重要性的同时，更加热爱自己的祖国，培养学生们的祖国意识。)   

Step6 Homework 

1.Find out more Chinese Englishs on the internet. 

2.Finsh EX1 on page 11