Period 3 Reading

Learning Aims:

1. To get students to know the historical development of English over the past fifty years, developing from a widely spoken national language to a universally spoken world language.

2. To get students to realize the importance of English and to do more practice.

Learning Procedures:

Step I Revision

1. Act out the dialogue

2. Check the exercises on p7 and p9

Step II Pre-reading

There are about 200 countries and regions in the world? But do you know , “How many languages are there in the world? “( More than 5000.) What kinds of languages do you know? Where are they spoken?

English (England, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa)

Chinese (China) Japanese (Japan) French (France)

German (Germany) Italian (Italy) Russian (Russia)

Spanish (Spain).

China has an area of 9,600,000 square kilometers with a population of 1.2 billion. Of all the languages, which language has the largest number of native speakers? (Chinese) .Do you think which language is the most widely used all over the world? (English)

Ok, let’s turn to our reading text: English around the world. Open your books at P10

Step III Reading

Listen to the tape and try to find out:

1. How many people speak English as a mother tongue?

(More than 375 million people)

2. How many people speak English as a second language?

(More than 375 million people)

3. In which countries can we find native speakers of English?

The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand

4. From the text we know, in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and the Philippines, English is used in a different way. How is English is used there? Please describe the situations in such countries.

1. How many people use English as a foreign language? Can you give me an example country.

2. But in Hong Kong, the situation there is quite different . How is English used in Hong Kong?

7. Why is it becoming more and more important to have a good knowledge of English?

(English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world . With more and more people using English around the world in trade/ business, travel/ tourism or international organisations, we need to be able to communicate using the English language.)

8. From what we have learned, we know English is a kind of language spoken all over the world.

Bb design:

Number of speakers Example countries

The native language More than 375 million The United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand

The second language More than 375 million India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines

Theforeign language More than 750 million China….

The working language of international organization, international trade and tourism.

Step IV Post reading

1. We live in China and Chinese is our mother tongue. But we have studied English for more than three years and we can use English every day in different situations. So in what situations do you use(read, listen, write, speak) the languages in your daily life?

Listening to and singing pop songs,

Playing computer games,

Reading web pages,

Watching foreign films, VCD/ DVDs and TV programmes,

Talking to travelers coming to China,

Using the Internet,

Reading advertisements

2. If you are allowed to choose to learn or not to learn English, what is your choice? And why? Discuss with your partner, give as many reasons as possible. Then invite one of your members to state your views.

Step V Language points.

1. English is really a language spoken all around the world./ all over the world

E-mail sent by the company arrived just now.

The questions asked by him are difficult to answer.

He stayed on a deserted island where there were no people at all.

2. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.

The / A majority: most.

There are 62 students in our class. The majority of them are boys.

Most of the students are boys.

Most students are boys.

______ the people seem to prefer TV to radio. (D)

A. The most B. Most C. A most of D. A majority of

The majority ______ in favour of the suggestion made by him.

3. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue./ native language

In total: in all, altogether

Total: n. vt. adj.

Yesterday I bought three books, but I kept it a secret because the books are very expensive and they cost me 500 yuan in total. / The total cost reached a total of 500 yuan./ The cost totalled 500 yuan.(add up to) My husband is in total darkness.

He has to work day and night because he has debts ______ more than 20,000 yuan. A. total B. in a total C. totalling D. a total

4. An equal number of people learn English as a second language.

Be equal to: the same in size, amount, value, number, degree, status, etc.

In Women’s Liberation Movement, women thought they were equal to men , so they should demand equal pay for equal work.

Bill is good at English. I think Mary is quite equal to him in Brains, so she can also learn English well.

Be equal to sth. / doing sth.: have the ability to do sth.

I am a teacher. I think I am equal to my job.

No one else in the restaurant equals his service.

They are of ______ height but I think Mary ______ the job.

A. equally, is equal B. equal, is equal to C. equal, equals D. equally, is equaled

Women are equal to men. = Women are equals of men.

5. In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.

I have read many books on how to learn English, but this is the most useful book. He also said that this book was a most useful one.

I have never seen such a good film. / This is the best film I have ever seen.

Thank you very much indeed for your help. It’s _____ of you.

A. most kind B. the kinder C. the more kind D. the most kind

4. With so many people communicating in English every day, we can see that it will be more and more important to have a knowledge of English.

I had to stay home with so much homework to do.

I like sleeping with lights burning/ turned on/ on

With all these dishes ______, I can’t go and listen to the speech by the famous professor. A. to wash B. to be washed C. washed D. washing

5. knowledge [u.]

a knowledge of history [n.]

Everybody knows that knowledge is power, so a little knowledge is dangerous.

He has a wide knowledge of English.

6. except but besides except for except that

Your composition is good except for its spellings.

Your composition is good except that there are some spelling mistakes in it.

We have classes every day except/but on Sunday.

What else did you buy besides some books?

7. In Chinese, a bathroom means a place where we can have a bath.

8. mother tongue: native language

9. such as

10. the number of / a number of

11. To our great joy, he is developing into a good student.

14. Listen to English songs on the radio

15. communicate with sb. through the Internet

16.▲ for the first time

Joe is an American who has come to Britain for the first time.

Joe has come to Britain for the first time.

It is the first time that Joe has come to Britain.

For the first time in life he was defeated in his game.

Just then I noticed, for the first time, that our master wore his fine green coat and his black silk tie.

▲the first time

The first time I met him, he was helping his friends with their chemistry.

▲This/ It/ That is the first/ second/ third/ last/ best …time that sb. has done….

This is the third time you’ve asked me the same question

▲ He failed his driving test five times.

17. direct: without interrupting a journey; using straight route

with no one in between

Tom told me that a student was ill in the classroom. I ran direct from the office to the classroom only to find nobody there. Tom looked directly at me, feeling surprised. Maybe they played a trick on me and Tom.

The train goes there direct.

I prefer to deal with him direct.

directly : in a direct line or manner

He looked directly at us.

He speaks very directly to people.

18. all the way

Her brother was badly ill in bed. Mrs. Nancy came all the way from the United States specially to see him.

by the way

get in one’s way

make one’s way

on one’s way to

lose one’s way