[名校联盟]云南省宜良县第一中学高中英语必修五学案（教师版）：5M1-Culturalcorner.docVIP

第  PAGE 8 页 共  NUMPAGES 8 页 ： 【大成目标】（目标解读及课堂组织1分钟） 1、了解美式英语形成的原因，并同汉语进行对照；（重点） 2、通过快速阅读，不断培养学生阅读能力；通过问题探讨，培养学生综合语言表述能力（难点） 3、参加各种英语活动，克服困难,锻炼自己用英语交际的能力.为祖国的发展,民族的融合,世界人民的团结贡献自己力量，热爱祖国和珍惜母语并将其发扬光大。 【使用说明】 指导学生认真做好小组课前预习，内容为讨论简化汉字是否是适应社会发展的一种进步。 学生可通过上网等方式获取与文章相关的资料。 建议一课时。 基础案（课中10分钟） 小组讨论学习，展示点评 Step1.Ask the students to go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling. Step2 .Demonstration and discussion about whether the work of simplifying Chinese is progress in the development of society. Step 3.Lead in saying“We have learnt the differences between British English and American English .Have you master them?. Do you know other things about English ?” Step 4.Get the students to read through the passage and answer the questions: What reasons did Websster have for writing an American dictionary? Key:He wanted to simplify the spelling of English and make it look different from British English. Can you see any similarities between Webster`s work and attempts to simplify Chinese? Key:The work of simplifying Chinese has made it convenient for people to read, understand and use the Chinese language. So has Webster’s work for American people. 升华案（15分钟） 小组讨论，展示点评 Step 1. Get the groups of students to read the passage again and then blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives. Keys: The Man Who Made Spelling Simple In English the spelling of words does not always represent the sound．So people say /rait/ but spell it right, or write, or even rite. Combinations of letters (like ough) may be pronounced in a number of ways. And some words just seem to have too many letters. For Americans things are a little bit easier, thanks to the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who graduated from Yale University in1778. As a young man he had fought against the British in the American War of Independence, and he felt