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1、Module3, Unit 2 LanguageEnglish and its history (Reading)Learning goals:After the period, the students will1. know more about the development of the English language.2. get further understanding of the text and be able to retell some important elements in the development of English.3. practice more
2、skills in reading a history article.Learning important and difficult points: comprehension of the development of English Learning methods: individual and group workLearning steps:Step 1 Warm-upThe teacher starts the lesson with a free talk. Ask the students “How long have you been learning English?
3、What have you learned?” Tell students that they will learn a passage dealing with English and its history.Step 2 SkimmingStudents are allowed several minutes to skim the text. Their skimming is based on the task of questions on page 22 concerning the general idea of the text.Step 3 careful readingPr
4、esent the questions on page 24. Let the students bear them in mind and read the text carefully to find the answers. Check the answers.1. Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people? Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and
5、cultures brought with them to Britain.2. Where did the word English come from? It came from the word Engle, as it was spelt in Old English.3. Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? These words with similar meanings developed because each word came from a different lang
6、uage.4. Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English? The French-speaking Normans, who took control of England in 1066.5. Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English? The words for the animals came from Old English, while
7、 the words for the meat came from Old French.Step 4 Intensive comprehensionAsk the students to pay attention to the subtitles and divide the text into several parts.The text can be easily divided into 4 parts considering the subtitles, namely, Introduction, Old English, Middle English and Modern Eng
8、lish.Part1 IntroductionRead part 1 and find answer to the question “Why English has so many difficult rules?”Because people from many different countries have lived together in Britain and they brought with them the rules and vocabulary into the English language.Part2 Old EnglishPresent a flow chart
9、 according to the development of Old English. The teacher can choose to tell the students some basic facts as well as to ask some detailed questions with reference to the chart.And after completing the chart, students will be encouraged to give a short summary of Old English. If necessary, the teach
10、er can give an example as follows: “Before the middle of the 5th century, people spoke Celtic. Then 2 Germanic tribes the Angles, the Saxons occupied Britain. Their language mixed with Celtic and became the base of Old English. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings, people from countries includ
11、ing Denmark and Norway moved to Britain. And their language mixed with Anglo-Saxon and became what we now call Old English. By the 10th century, Old English was the official language of England.”Part3 Middle EnglishRead part 3 and discuss the answer to the question “What are the factors that contrib
12、uted to the development of Middle English?”French and Henry IV.Have a further discussion within groups about the influence resulting from the factors and make a summary of the factors and the effects.Part4 Modern EnglishStudents are asked to finish reading the last part and find answers to the follo
13、wing two questions:When did Modern English appear?During the Renaissance in the 16th century. What new factors are included in modern English?Latin and Greek words, pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented.Step 6 RetellingThe key words are presented on the screen. Students are allowe
14、d 5 minutes to prepare retelling the text in pairs.PresentationStudents are encouraged to come to the front and retell the text. The teacher could also ask students to do the retelling one after another, each student one sentence.Step 7 WritingWrite a short summary of English and its history accordi
15、ng to what we have learned today. Step8 HomeworkStudents book P98 A1,A2 Module3, Unit 2 LanguageEnglish and its history (language focus)Learning goals:After this period, the students will Do some revision of what have been learned in the last lesson.1.lcquire the usage of the language items in the t
16、ext.2.apply the language items into practical use.Learning important points:Language points in the textLearning steps:Step 1 RevisionThe teacher starts the lesson with a short revision of what have been learned in the previous lessons. This part consists of two activitiesto match the words and their definitions and to fill in
