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Unit 2 English Around the World

ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD

English is a language spoken all around the world. There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English. Most native speakers of English are found in the United Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue. An equal number of people learn English as a second language. These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English. This situation is found in countries such as a India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Philippines.

However, the number of people who learn English as foreign language is more than 750 million. Everywhere in the world children go to school learn English. Most people learn English for five or six years at high school. In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, except for those in Hong Kong, where many people speak English as a first or a second language.

In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of global culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs on the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet. With so many people communicating in English every day, it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

Part One: Teaching Design (第一部分：教学设计)

Period 1: A sample lesson plan for reading

(THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH)

Aims

To talk about varieties of English

To read about the history of English language

Procedures

I. Warming up

1. Warming up by answering a questionnaire

1). Tell the students they are going to answer a questionnaire about why they are learning English.

2). Write the words: Reasons for learning a foreign language on the center of the board:

3). Ask the students to suggest as many reasons as they can think of, for example, for work, as a hobby, to learn about other people, to travel, to read literature in the original, to read research papers, to meet foreigners, to surf the Internet, to pass exams, etc. Write their suggestions on the board as they make them.

4). Divide the class into pairs.

5). Give out each student one questionnaire paper.

6). Explain the task. The students must question each other about their language learning needs (or motivations). Tell them that you are going to take in the questionnaires at the end, and that you d like them to make clear notes. It works better if the two partners swap tasks (questions and answers) after each section of the questionnaire. If they wait till the end to swap, one student may use up all the time available.

7). When the task is finished, ask a couple of students to summarize their partners answers. (This may develop into a class discussion about language needs).

8). The students write five sentences on their feeling about learning English.

9). Collect the questionnaires.