Module 1 British and American EnglishPeriod OneStep 1. Lead-in1. Do you like travlling?Have you ever been to the other countries?What do you know about BritainAmerican?(Ask students to speak out as many as they can) 2. Whats the difference between the UK and the USA?(The teacher can show the Ss some picture.)(Ask the Ss to write down the differences and check with their partner)Step 2. Warming-up (Introduction)1. Read two English letters and decide which is written by an American.2. Comprehend quotations about the differences.Step 3. Fast reading1. Help students to grasp the main idea of the text by doing the task.2. Read the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.Step 4. Reading for detailed information 1. Read para.1 and fill in the form.(The form is on the next page)2. Do some true or false questions and check some detailed information(1)Therere a lot of difference in grammar between British and American English.(2) Spelling is the first and most obvious difference between the two.(3) British people say ”write me” and ”on the team”.(4 Theres not much variation in language within the country.(5) Television and Internet have made it easier for the British and Americans to understand each other.(6) In the future, therell be only one kind of English.3. Beautiful sentences: to learn some important structuresStep 5. Practise1. fill in the blanks with some key wordsTherere four ways in which British and American English _ from each other. The first and most _ way is in the vocabulary. In grammar therere a few _. The British say Have you got? _Americans prefer Do you have? The British use prepositions _ Americans sometimes _them. The other two areas in which the two _ are different are spelling and pronunciation. But for more than a century communications have developed _.Thanks to satellite TV and the Internet, it has been possible to listen to many Englishmen at the _ of a switch. So experts believe that the two are moving _.3. Retell the text according to it.4. DiscussionWhich of the following do you think is the best language in the future? Why?British English, American English, world English, Chinese Step 6. VocabularyTask: Rewrite the sentences using the British words.1. Match the British and American words and phases in the box.2. Ask the students to read their answers out and compare with their partners.3. Rewrite the sentences using British words. .4. Summarize: and Practice:Step 7. Open work Try to find information about Chinese and prepare a report to introduce the following three aspects of Chinese.1. The writing system 2. Varieties of Chinese3. Language todayPeriod TwoStep 1. Grammar 1 Task 1: Find out the uses of the verbs. Rules of the tenses.Activity 1. Match the sentences with the correct meanings.Activity2. complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.Activity3. Tell the uses of the verbs. Rules of the tenses(1)Complete the sentences in your own words.(2)Observe, compare and find out the rules.【NMET.2001】 ： I _ ping-pang quite well, but I havent had time to play since the new year .A. will play B. have played C. played D. play【 北京春招 2000】 ： Youre drinking too much.Only at home. No one _ me but you.A. is seeing B. had seen C. sees D. saw2. Can you explain the following use of tenses.present simple tensepresent continuous tensepresent perfect tensefuture tenseStep 2. FunctionTask: Giving reasonsDirections:1. Underline the words which introduce reasons.2. Answer the questions.3. Complete the sentences with becausesinceas or now that.Step 3. TestComplete the messages with the correct form of the verbs.Hi Mum,Hope you_(be) well. I _(have) a lovely time in New York. Tomorrow we_ (go) to see the fireworks. Its hard to understand the accent here, but it _(get) easier ,as I _(be) here for 3 weeks. Next week we _(fly) to Mexico where they _(speak) no English at all, just Spanish. I _(Spend) nearly all the money you gave me! Love , Xiao PingPractice : Make your own sentences creatively, using because, since, as or now that.Step 4. Everyday English Task: Use the phrases freely.1. Remind the students of the expressions that we have learned.2. Ask the students to remember them .3. Speaking practice:Have a conversation using some of the phrases.Step 5. Homework Have a good revision of todays lesson and make sentences with the tenses and various words to express reasons. Its better to do some related exercises.Period ThreeStep1. Warming up: Talk about the problems exchange students have.understanding the languagegetting on with peoplefooddifferent school subjects and timetablelocal customsclimateStep 2. PresentationListen to the target language:Vocabulary and Listening 2.Listening to the 1st part(5m) Lis