湖南省藍山二中高中英語unit2welcometotheunit教案牛津版必修3

1、湖南省藍山二中高中英語unit2 welcome to the unit教案 牛津版必修3aims and requirements read an article about the history of english and a report about how chinese characters developed listen to an interview and a lecture talk about the way languages develop and survey your classmates present a report on chinese and wes

2、tern body language write a booklet about chinese charactersprocedures welcome to the unitstep 1: brainstormingbrainstorming i. whats your native tongue? can you speak any other languages? here are some greetings of 新年快樂 in different languages.glückliches neues jahr!bonne année! happy new y

3、ear!新年快樂!different ways of greeting peoplea firm handshake a bow a kiss a loving hugbrainstorming ii. do you know how many languages there are in the world? do all the languages have their written forms? do you know the raised dots below? brainstorming iii. (braille) do you think that language is th

4、e only way people communicate? what other methods of communication can you think of?emoticonsemotion + icon=emoticoneye contactcommunication with peoples eyesgesturesa movement of the hands, arms or head, etc. to express an idea or feelingfacial expressionsfeelings are reflected on the facesguess th

5、e meaning of the following emoticons: : -) ， : -( ，: -o ， : -d ， : -p ， :-( ， 8 -) gestures by hand: guess the mood from the facial expressions: brainstorming iiido animals have their own language to communicate? have you ever seen the communication between animals?boys and girls, in our daily life

6、we need to communicate with each other to make ourselves understood. well, you know, in broad sense how can people transmit information to each other?language, in its broad sense, is a way that information is transmitted. it can be spoken or seen.look at the screen and enjoy some pictures, please. 1

7、. what language do you speak? can you speak other languages?2. do you know how many languages are there in the world? 3. do you think that language is the only way people communicate? what other methods of communication can you think of?step 2: discussing and practicing。1. lets discuss these three q

8、uestions on page 21. can you think of other ways that information can be exchanged? do you think english is important? why or why not? do you have any effective methods for studying the english language to share with your classmates?sample answer surely, besides the ways talked about above, there ar

9、e still other ways for people to exchange ideas or information. for example, in ancient times, chinese people relayed fire signals at night and smoke signals in the day from one great wall watchtower to another so that war messages could be rapidly sent over great distances. and nowadays, people use

10、 the language of flowers to communicate meaning (e.g., rose = love; tulip = formal announcement of love; forget-me-not = keeping me in your memory). no. as is reported, students in some primary schools are required to learn english even in grade 1 of primary school, which i do not think is necessary

11、. primary school is a key stage for young children to acquire their mother tongue. starting to learn another language too early may hinder the first language acquisition. in my opinion, children should learn the mother tongue well first. if we cant speak our own language well, how can we keep our ow

12、n culture alive?although english is the most widely used language around the world, chinese is the most spoken language. its useful to learn english if you want to travel, do business or study abroad. whats more, in 2008, the 29th olympic games will be held in beijing. we are learning english to wel

13、come people from other parts of the world. yes. when i began to learn english in primary school, my english teacher introduced many english songs and simple poems, which made learning english interesting and helped me develop a good sense of the language.2. read the article in part a in reading on p

14、age 102 in the workbook to learn more information about the language of bees.answersreadingpart a (page 102)1 by touch.2 from the type of dance the searcher bee performs.3 the searcher bees movements in the figure of 8 pattern tell the worker bees where the sun is in the sky.4 the more waggles she p

15、erforms and the longer she dances, the farther the food supply will be.5 because the food supply is close to the nest, and therefore easier to find.resourceslanguageswherever there are people, there are languages. nowadays, nearly 6,000 languages are used all over the world. without languages, peopl

16、e wouldnt be able to communicate with each other, and the world wouldnt be as it is today. for more information, you may visit the following website: emoticonsthe word emoticon is a mixture of emoticon and icon, meaning emotional icon. this internet language is often used by people, especially young

17、 people, communicating via computers. the vivid icons are able to convey a wild range of emotions, and are a simple and efficient way for the growing number of computer users to express themselves. according to some reliable sources, hundreds of emoticons are already in daily use. the following webs

18、ite can provide you with more relevant information: body languageall around the world people communicate with each other in lots of different ways. one of this is by speaking, while another important one is by using body language. this describes the ways that people use their bodies and facial expre

19、ssions to communicate with each other. often you can tell a lot about what a person is thinking or feeling just through their body language. for example, if a person stands with his/her arm crossed, he/she may not trust you or may feel defensive; if a person touches his/her nose while listening to y

20、ou talking, he/she may not believe you are telling the truth. the following websites can provide you with more relevant information: sign languagemany people throughout the world are deaf and cannot hear, or are dumb and cannot speak. these people have invented a clever way of communicating with eac

21、h other by using their hands to make different gestures, which is called sign language. this is a complex set of signs that are made using your hands and face. like any other language, sign language is difficult to master, but with practice it can become a highly effective way of communicating witho

22、ut needing to be able to speak or hear. you can learn more information from the following websites:braillebraille was an invention by a frenchman named louis braille (1809-1852). louis braille himself was a totally blind man. with the help of a soldier who invented a writing system for use in the dark, braille then developed his system for the blind. today blind people throughout the world benefit from the braille system. the following websites w