Period 3 Word power

The general idea of this period

In this period we’ll deal with words and expressions related to language and enlarge students’ vocabulary by distinguishing formal English from informal English and by learning countries and their languages.

Teaching Aims:

1. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary.

2. Get the students to know about formal and informal English; and know something about countries and their official languages.

3. Through the listening practice, help the students know more how to improve their English.

Teaching important points:

1. Make the students know something about Formal and Informal English.

2. Master the words in this part and use them freely.

Teaching difficult points:

How to make the students use this skill freely to solve some problems

Teaching methods:

1. Talking to improve the students’ speaking ability.

2. Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt.

3. Discussion to make every student work in class.

Teaching aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1.. Revision and lead in

Select some words and phrases often used in spoken English, then point out informal English expressions

① An informal letter:

Dear Mr. Lee,

I am so sorry that I cannot come to the dinner you and Mrs. Lee are giving next Saturday for your brother because of a previous engagement that evening.

I do appreciate your asking me and hope that I will have the opportunity to meet your brother on some other occasion in the near future.

② To judge which is the better expression:

1.(To a professor you first meet)

□ ----- Hi, Bob. Fancy meeting you here. ( Too familiar and informal. )

□ ----- Good morning , Mr. Mosley. How are you?

2. (To a close friend)

□ ----- Mr. Wells, would you be kind enough to pass me the salt? ( There is no need to be so formal.)

□ ----- Could you possibly pass me the salt? ( There is no need to be so formal.)

□ ----- Pass me the salt, Jack .

③ Read the following sentence and find which part you think is informal.

I am sorry to say that a lot of your answers to those questions in your homework are not precise, so you must think about them.

Then ask students to present some other examples.

Formal and informal English

Formal English Informal English

a large amount/number of a lot of

arrange sort out

child kid

discard throw away

I regret to inform you… I’m sorry to say…

immediately right away

in addition plus

It is my hope… Hope…

prevent stop

purchase buy

reply answer

speak to have a word with

take my concerns into consideration think about it

Step 2. Presentation

1. Ask students to read the introductions to formal and informal English .Formal English is more common in writing, while informal English is more common in speaking.

2. Ask students to the formal English words with the informal English words listed in the chart on page 26.

Step 3 Practice

Ask students to practice what they have learnt above.

First point out the informal places while they are reading the letter.

Then rewrite the letter in formal English.

Answers:

Dear Mr. Smith,

I want to speak to you about the condition of the playground. I regret to inform you that people do not discard their rubbish properly. They leave rubbish on the ground instead of using the bins. Yesterday a 6-year-old child fell and cut his hand on a broken bottle. The boy was taken to hospital immediately. In addition, the beautiful view of the park is spoiled.

I believe that there are a large number of actions you could take to solve this problem. For example, you should purchase additional litter bins and arrange security to prevent people from littering.

It is my hope that you will take my concerns into consideration. I look forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely, Jerry Broker

Step 4 Word power ( Group work )

1. How many languages are spoken in the world today?( About 6,ooo)

2. Do you know the ten most widely spoken languages? What are they?( They are Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay and French..)

①. Organize students into groups of four and provide each group with a word map. Have each group write down as many names of countries and their official languages as possible.

Use the following diagram as a pattern to organize the information.

Country Official language(s) Country Official language(s)

Australia English Mexico Spanish

Bengal Bengali New Zealand English, Maori

Canada English, French Portugal Portuguese

Chinese Chinese Russia Russian

Egypt Arabic Saudi Arabia Arabic

France French Singapore English,Chinese, Malay, Tamil

Germany German Spain Spanish

India English, Hindi Switzerland French, German, Italian

Ireland English, Irish U. k English

Italy Italian USA English

②. Then have students finish Part A and share their answers with their group members.

③.Ask students to fill in the blanks of the following diagram about country, official language(s), people and capital, this help students enlarge their vocabulary.

country official language(s) people Capital

Australia English Australian Canberra

Greece Greek Greek Athens

Spain Spanish Spanish Madrid

Egypt Arabic Egyptian Cairo

Russia Russian Russian Moscow

France French French Paris

Mexico Spanish Mexican Mexico City

Japan Japanese Japanese Tokyo

Italy Italian Italian Rome

④. Discussion (Groups or pairs):

What do you think the official languages of the United Nations are?

Some resources about United Nations:

http:/www. un. org/English

http:/www.un.org/aboutun/index.html

Step 7 Listening practice

Ask students to do the exercises in Parts A and B in listening on page 98 in their Workbook. Let them know more about how to improve their English.

Step 8. Summary and homework

We’ve known something about formal and informal English, deal with some words and expressions related to languages, and go over the names of countries and their language(s).Use these skills to enlarge or reinforce your vocabulary and try your best to improve your English.

Homework:

1. Go over what we learned in this period.

2. Preview the next lesson

3. To get more information about UN, according to the website given to you .

( http:/www. un. org/English http:/www.un.org/aboutun/index.html)