【正文】 y the history of English language at the end of the class. In order to arouse the students’ interest, the teacher can hold a petition between groups.教學(xué)重點(diǎn)1. Get the students to learn different reading skills.2. Get the students to learn about the English language.教學(xué)難點(diǎn)Develop the students’ reading ability.教學(xué)方法1. Taskbased teaching and learning2. Cooperative learning3. Discussion教具準(zhǔn)備 The multimedia and other normal teaching tools三維目標(biāo)Knowledge aims:1. Get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions in this passage:include　role　international　native　elevator　flat　apartment　rubber　petrol　gas　modern　culture　AD　actually　present(adj. )　rule(v. )　vocabulary　usage　identity　government　Singapore　Malaysia　rapidlyplay a role in　because of　e up such as2. Get the students to learn about English language.Ability aims:Develop the students reading ability and let them learn to use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so on.Emotional aims:Enable the students to learn about English language and know different kinds of English so as to municate with people from different countries.教學(xué)過程設(shè)計(jì)方案（一）→Step 1 Leadin and Warm UpTo arouse the students’ interest and lead in the topic, the teacher can organize some activities.1. Get the students to discuss how many countries use English as their native language and whether they speak the same English.They may speak out America, Britain, Canada, Australia. Teacher writes American, British, Canadian, and Australian on the blackboard. Then add English to these words and ask them whether they are the same.2. Get the students to discuss in groups about the differences between British English and American English, and give some examples.3. Ask the students to read the passage in Warming Up and then guess which of the following words is British English and which is American English:apartment/flat　bathroom/toilet　can/tin　candy/sweet　elevator/lift　fall/autumn game/match　line/queue　penal/pen friend　mad/angry　mail/post　mom/mum　movie/film　pants/trousers　repair/mend　sick/ill　cookie/biscuit　crazy/mad　drugstore/chemist’s gas/petrol→Step 2 PrereadingGet the students first to discuss the two questions with their partners and then answer them.1. How many people speak English in the world today?2. Why do so many people speak English?Suggested answers:1. About 1500 million people speak English as their first, second or foreign language.2. The reasons why so many people speak English:1)English is one of the official languages of the Olympic Games and the United Nations.2)English dominates international websites and provides nearly all of the new puter terminology.3)Tourism and trade from Western Europe and North America has contributed to the spread of English.4)Satellite TV, radio programs and, of course, Hollywood films all broadcast English into China. Also, a number of Chinese films include English subtitles.→Step 3 Reading1. SkimmingAsk the students to read quickly to get the main idea of the text. (Let them find out key sentence of each paragraph or ask them to summarize the main point for each paragraph in their own words. )ParagraphsMain ideasParagraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Suggested answer:ParagraphsMain ideasParagraph 1The spread of the English language in the worldParagraph 2Native speaker can understand each other but they may not be able to understand everything.Paragraph 3All languages change when cultures municate with one another.Paragraph 4English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in A