【正文】 IALECTS To write about learning English by brainstorming Procedures I. Warming up 1. Introduction: In China there?re so many dialects that the government encourages the whole nation to speak Putonghua, which is regarded as standard Chinese. 2. Roleplay: Get students to work in pairs. Let one student be a Chinese and the other a foreigner. Roleplay a conversation about the Chinese language to have them discuss why Putonghua has to be used in China. II. Reading 1. Get the students thinking about the topic of the text to predict what it says. 2. Skimming: Read quickly to find the topic sentence for each paragraph. Para. 1: There is no such a thing as Standard English. Para. 2: American English has many dialects whose words and expressions are different from “standard English”. Para. 3: Geography plays a part in making dialects. 3. Scanning: Work in pairs. Read the text to locate particular information. 1). Do you know what Standard English is from the text? 2). What is a dialect? Why does American English have so many dialects? 4. Language focus: 1) believe it or not: used when you are going to say something that is true but surprising: Believe it or not, John cheated in the exam. 2). there is no such a …as: used to say that a particular person or thing does not exist: These days there is no such a thing as a job for life. 3). standard English: the form of English that most people in Britain use, and that is not limited to one area or group of people 4). dialect: a variety of a language spoken only in one area, in which words, or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language 5). play a part/role in: be one of the causes that make something happen: Besides dieting, exercising plays an important part in losing weight. III. Listening To introduce the students to a dialect and a form of standard “English”. You may follow these steps: 1). Set the context for the students by describing the situation。 speaking (telephoning, meetings, negotiations, public speaking, socializing) Writing (faxes, letters amp。 reports) Listening amp。 no matter whether: He likes to help us even if he is very busy. 2) municate with: exchange information or conversation with other people: He learnt to use body language to municate with deaf customers. 3) actually=in fact: used when you are adding new information to what you have just said: We?ve known for years. Actually, since we were babies. 4) be based on…: 5) make use of: use sth. available 6) Only time will tell: to say that something can only be known in the future: Will China?s national football team enter for the next finals of the World Cup? Only time will tell. Language Chunks from Unit 2 English around the world be different from, pay a role(part) in, because of, either …or…, in/on a team, the number of/a number of, than ever before, even if, p up to, over time, municate with, be based on, make use of, have one?s own identity, such as, Only time can tell, native speaker, as well as, solve a problem, believe it or not, no such a…, all over the world, at the top(bottom) of, pen friends, to this day, sum up, Pardon?, beg your pardon, go abroad, be used for, more of a …, encourage sb. to do sth., work on, feel like sth., from time to time, Englishspeaking countries, from one…to another, do business, on the air, would like sb. to do, make notes, fight against, keep…a secret, even though, save time(money), a form of… Period 2: A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (Indirect Speech (II) requests amp。 ※ We need contact with the developed Western world to build our country。 just go head! Learning English helps us meet different people and learn more about their culture, thus facilitating mutual understanding and harmony. Briefly said, English is so useful to us that we should all learn it.