Unit 19 Communication Workshop amp; Culture Corner 教学设计2.doc

Unit 19 Communication Lesson 2 Varieties of English Objectives To practice listening strategies for identifying different English accents To develop awareness of different English expression in different countries To discuss the different accents people have when speaking English Pre-Listening Have students name some countries where English is the native language. Then discuss if all these English speakers sound the same. Then show the pictures of some English speaking countries. They are: Australia， Britain， Canada， Ireland， New Zealand， South Africa， Jamaica and the United States. Listening Exercise 2 Students work in pairs matching the Key Words to the words with the same meaning in the list. Check answers as a class. Exercise 3 Students discuss what makes the pairs of words different as a whole class. Exercise 4 Play the tape once for students then decide if these false statements are true or false. Check answers and correct the false statements. Exercise 5 Discuss the question: Why do you think Liang Weimin thought all English speakers sounded like BBC World Service reporters？ Exercise 6 Learn the Listening Strategies with the class. Play the tape for students to decide whether the speakers are American or British Play again and have students to repeat the sentences. Pay attention to the difference. Exercise7 Play the tape for students to decide whether the speakers are Australian or British Play again and have students to repeat the sentences. Pay attention to the difference. Exercise 8 Listen to the conversation and decide which speaker is American， which is British and which is Australian. Check answers and ask students to share the rules they have found for the accent from different countries. Exercise 9 Read the questions in exercise 9 and get ready for the listening Play the tape twice and then check the answers. Exercise 10 First， read the Function File and try to fill the blanks. Play the tape to complete the gaps. Check the answers by playing the