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教學內(nèi)容,創(chuàng)造性地設計貼近學生實際的任務活動,吸引和組織他們積極參與,使學生通過思考、討論、交流和合作等方式,在一種自然、真實或模擬真實的情境中體會語言、掌握語言的應用?! l(fā)式教學法。創(chuàng)設情景,引入主題,配合小組討論交流,采用啟發(fā)式教學啟發(fā)學生主動學習?! ×?、教學過程 Step 1 Greeting Greet the students as usual. Step 2 Revision and leadin (show the pictures :a football, an eraser, a flat and a lift on the screen.) T: What’s this? ( Point to the football.) S: It’s a football. T: Yes. An Englishman usually calls it a football. But what do Americans usually call it? S: a soccer. T: What about this one? ( Point to the eraser.)… T: Well, as we know, there is more than one kind of English in the word. They are different from one another in some ways. Why has English changed over time? What will world English be in the future? Do you know? Well, today, the passage “The Road To Modern English” will tell us. Now please open your books and turn to page 9. Step 3 Careful reading 1. Let the students read the passage carefully and then make a time line of the development of English. 2. Let the students read the passage again and fill in the blanks with the words from the text. It is not easy for a Chinese person to speak English as ___ as a ___ English speaker. One reason is that English has a large ___. It also has different usage in different English speaking countries. If you use “flat” instead of “___”, people in America will know you have learned British English. If you use the word “___”instead of “l(fā)ift” in Britain, people will know you have studied American English. Step 4 Practice Retell the history of English and tell the differences of ancient English and modern English, British English and American English. Step 5 Group work Ask and answer the questions like these: When did five to seven million people speak English? Why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? Which country may have the largest number of English learners? Step 6 Summary Answer questions: Tell us what did you learn from this lesson? Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? Step 7 Homework 1. Go over the text and try to learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart. 2. Write a passage about your