Unit 2 English around the world (Book 1 A)
I. Key points
1. Words and expressions:flight,make oneself at home,address,ketchup,majority,in total,mother tongue,situation,equal,global,knowledge,communicate,on the radio,directly trade,come about,
Independent,stay the same,end up with,more or less,bring in,a great many,except for,closet,
Toilet,tourism,culture,pizza.
2. Patterns:(1)An equal number of people learn English as a second language.
(2)People from the two countries don’t have any difficulty in understanding each other.
(3)Mother told me not to leave the door open after midnight.
(4)Most of the native speakers of English are found in……
3. Grammar:Direct speech and indirect speech;requests and orders or commands.
4. Goals:(1)Learn about differences between American English and British English.
(2)Learn about communication skills.
(3)Write a passage comparing Amecican English and British English.
II. Teaching plans:seven periods
1. Period one:Warming up,listening,speaking,G1-YY-030926-1
Step1(close books)ask the students to listen to the dialogue and answer two questions.