Module1BritishandAmericanEnglish教学案（外研版必修5）.docVIP

第  PAGE 5 页 共  NUMPAGES 5 页 Book5 Module 1 Teaching—learning plan British and American English I. Learning aims: i. To make sure that there are many differences between British and American English, but they are still the same language. ii. To grasp words and expressions. iii. To recite some important sentences. II. Procedures: i. Instruction of learning methods: skimming and skipping in part i and part iii; listening to the required information in part iii. ii. Background knowledge (5 minutes) a. “we (1) have really everything in common with America nowadays.” (Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer) b. “within a century British and American English speakers not(2) be able to understand each other.” (Henry Sweet, 19th century linguist) c. “America and England (3) are two countries divided by a common language.” (George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer) d. “it doesn’t (4) make much of difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.” (Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL Café) ☆ read the sentences above and make a conclusion: __________________________________________________________________________ iii. ☆Remember the following words in 5 minutes motorway underground subway queue confusing compare differ steadily satellite switch structure rapidly remark iv. Text (10minutes) ☆1. listening to the text and choose the best answers: 1) There are ______ differences between American and British varieties of English. a. no b. a few c. lots of 2) Americans ______ understand what the British are saying. a. sometimes b. usually c. never 3) There are _______ differences between British and American grammar. a. no b. many c. not many 4) American spelling is ________ British spelling. a. the same as b. simpler than c. harder than 5) Television and Internet have made it _______ f