人教新课标版必修1 Unit 2 English around the worldThe First Period从容说课This is the first period of this unit. This period focuses on reading. In this lesson，there are a warming up and a passage of reading “The Road To Modern English”.This warming up attracts students attention to the phenomenon of world English. The reading passage tells us the present situation in which English is used and the development of English. To let students to form a good habit of reading and have proper reading strategies are one of the main tasks for senior middle school English teaching，so in this period，we should teach according to this aim.In this lesson，students will have a general idea of the conception of world English by guessing some words on American English and Britain English. To arouse students interest，Ill present them some typical funny stories about different kinds of English. This is to get the students ready for the reading part. Before reading the passage，students should first get familiar with the new words in the text to remove the barrier in reading. Then students are asked to guess what the text will tell us. This step is designed to train students ability to predict the content of a passage according the title. The next step is to ask students to have a general idea of the structure of the text with the purpose of improving the skill of skimming. After that，detailed reading follows. In the step，students will be asked to deal with the passage paragraph by paragraph in which they will have different tasks to finish such as true-or-false exercise，filling a form with information in the text and retelling. This step trains students scanning skill and conclusion skill. The last step for students is to discuss the topic “It is not necessary for we Chinese to learn English since we have our own elegant language”.This is to train students to read critically. Besides，it can arouse students interest in learning English.三维目标1.Knowledge：Master the words and phrases and get a view of the road to modern English.2.Ability：Train students reading skill.3.Emotion：Let students know more about English and inspire students to study English hard.教学重点The understanding and comprehension of the passage.教学难点（1）How to get to master the useful words and expressions.（2）How to improve students ability to read an article.教具准备cassette recorder，some pieces of slide教学过程Step 1 GreetingsT：Good morning，boys and girls!S：Good morning，teacher!Step 2 Warming upT：English is a widely used language. Do you know in which countries English is spoken as their native language？Sa：The US，the UK，Australia，Canada.T：（a slide：Nancy：Oh，there you are. Now then，did you have a good flight？Joe：Sure，we flew all the way direct from Seattle to London.Nancy：You must be very tired. Did you sleep at all on the plane？Joe：No，not really. Im very tired. Could I use your bathroom？Nancy：Why，of course. You dont need to ask，just make yourself at home. Let me give you a clean towel.Joe：A towel？Nancy：Yes. Here you are. The bathroom is upstairs. Its the second door on the left. （After a while）Nancy：Have you found it？Joe：Well，eh，yes，I mean no. I mean，I found the bathroom，but I didnt find what I was looking for!） Here is a short dialogue. Read it and discuss with your partner：What is it that Joe cant find in the bathroom？Why cant he find it？Sb：It is the toilet.T：And why？Sc：Perhaps when Joe says “bathroom”，he means a place，where there is a toilet. But in Nancys eyes，it is a place where people can only have a bath.T：You are right. Do you know why theres a misunderstanding between them？Sd：Because they speak different kinds of English.T：Great. Theres more than one kind of English in the world. In some important ways theyre different. Theyre called world English. Can you guess what they include？Se：Canadian，British，American，Australian and Indian English.T：Right. So you know even two native speakers of English may still not speak the same kind of English. Look at the examples on P9.Now try to guess which of the following words are British English and which are American English.Suggested answers：Am. English：mom；on a team；rubber；gasBr.English：mum；in a team；eraser；petrolStep 3 New WordsT：From today on，well learn something about English around the world. First of all，lets get familiar with the new words. Yesterday I asked you to read the new words and look up the meaning of them. Now lets have a game in which one of you tells us the meaning or the explanation of the words and the others guess which word it is. Lets go!Suggested explanation：1.include：have something or somebody as one of a group.e.g.：The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.2.play a role in：have a part in 3.international：connected with two or more countries4.native：（1）connected with the place where you have always lived or have lived for a long time（2）a person who lives in a particular place，esp