American English

i said that she had difficulty in pronouncing some English words . But Sara thought that the girl' s pronunciation as very good , Sometimes Yang Mei could not understand Sara during the talk . For example , Sara used " fall " instead of " autumn " . She said the word again clearly and slowly . Yang Mei didn't understand until Sara said " next September " . Yang Mei told the teacher that she wanted to study medicine next year and become a doctor.

How do you spell/ pronounce --- ? ask ( sb. ) for sth.

What does --- mean ?

教学设计方案Lesson 10

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words and phrases:

 however , a great many ,store , and so on , the same as , more or less

2. Train students ' ability of reading comprehension

Teaching Important Points :  After learning the text " American English(第8页) " , let the students know something about the differences between British English and American English(第8页) and the development of English .

Difficult Points :

how to use " however " and " but "

Teaching Procedures :

Step1. Revision   

T: Good morning , class.     S: Good morning , teacher .

T: Sit down , please , In the last period , we' ve learned a dialogue between Yang Mei and her teacher Sara . Who can tell me the meaning of “fall”? Peter,please.            Step2.Preparation for reading  T: Today we are going to learn sth , more about English . English is a young language .It grew from other languages , such as German an French . People began to write it down only about six hundred years ago . It is the international business language , However , English is not exactly the same in different countries . American people speak English , but it is a little different from British English . In this period , we are going to read about those differences . Please close your books and listen to the tape carefully . Then think over the questions on the screen .

Step3 .Listen and answer: (Teacher plays the tape and then shows some questions on the screen ) T: Now please look at some questions on the screen .

1. Do you think that people from Britain and American can understand each other ? Why do you think so ?

2. Is there any difference in written English in the two countries ?

3. Can you give some examples to show the differences in spelling English ?

4. What differences are there in spoken English in the two countries ?

5. How did the differences between British and American English(第8页) come about ?

( After that , teacher may ask Ss to answer. )

Step4. Reading comprehension:

T: Now please read the text again and finish the exercises within 8 minutes. 

1.The passage doesn’'t tell the difference between AmE. and BrE. in _____.?

A.spelling    B.pronunciation   C.grammar    D.vocabulary

2.The differences between BrE. and AmE. came about in the following ways except _____.

A.people from England took English to different parts of the world and it began to change?

B.some British English changed while English in other parts of the world remained the same

C.some other words came into the English language from other countries?

D.many words and expressions came into the English language from American English(第8页)

3.The main idea of Paragraph 6 is _____.?

A.many words from other languages have come into the English language?

B.there are several reasons for American English(第8页) changes?

C.American English(第8页) brought in some words from the European countries?

D.some British English were brought into American English(第8页)?

4.From the passage we can see that _____.?

A.American English(第8页) is quite different from British English?

B.it is difficult to tell the differences between American English(第8页) and British English

C.American English(第8页) is really a“mixture”of different languages?

D.people from other countries have changed the English language

5.From the text we know that Americans are _____.?

A.people from European countries?

B.people from France?

C.people from all parts of the world?

D.people from Spain?

参考答案：

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《American English(第8页)》