Book 3 教案 U2 Reading 1.doc

M3U2 English and its history
Teaching aims:
Get to know more about the development of the English language.
Get further understanding of the text and be able to retell some important elements in the development of English.
Practice more skills in reading a history article.
Something about the text:
1 what are the old ,middle and modern English? What are their differences?
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Reading strategy
Why is a history article different from a normal article?
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Step 2 Skimming
Students are allowed several minutes to skim the text. Their skimming is based on the task of questions on page 22 concerning the general idea of the text.
is the article about?
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are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?
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3 .In what way is English still changing?
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Step 3 Skanning
did the word e from?
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can words with similar meanings be found in the English language?
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does the English language have