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课件网) 11 U5 Languages around the World Period one: Listening and speaking Learning Objectives 1 To explore the languages around the world； 2 To practise listening skills for details, main idea, and inference as well as identifying pronouns and what they refer to; 3 3 To talk about which foreign language you want to learn and why. 11 hello the CN tower the Brandenburg Gate the Louvre Museum Red Square the Taj Mahal the Royal Palace France Russia Germany Spain Canada What countries do the pictures stand for Which languages are spoken in these countries Activity 1 Pre-listening English, French German French Russian English, Hindi Spanish India 11 Korea Korean Japan Japanese Denmark Danish Egypt Arabic Pre-listening Let's try and know more 2. How many languages are there in the world Russian Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish Arabic English French √ √ Listen to a speech, tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the UN. Activity 2 Tip 1: Listen for specific details: When you are listening to the tape, you should pay attention to the names of the languages and the numbers mentioned in the passage. While-listening 1. How many languages are there in the world Nearly 7,000. 2. How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language Around 2.8 billion. 11 1. What is the main topic of this speech A. How many languages there are in the world. B. Why many people like to learn English. C. Why people learn a foreign language. 2. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning A. It is wise just to learn English well. B. It is very useful to learn one or more foreign languages. C. It is no use learning other foreign languages. Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. Activity 3 Tip 2: Listen for main idea and inference（推理） When listening to the tape, you should focus on the text as a whole. Inference involves you drawing a conclusion that is not directly stated in the text. 11 There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language. Many students choose to _____ that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means better job chances in the future. The UN has _____: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages. Listen to the speech again. What do the italicised words(斜体) refer to in the sentences Activity 4 Tip 3: Listen for identifying pronouns and what they refer to. Pronouns (it, they, she, etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. Pay attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to. 1. they: many students who choose to study a UN language 2. it: studying a UN language. 3. they: the six official UN languages study one of the languages six official languages To some students, it seems that the only foreign language to learn is English. There a ... ...
