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课件网) Unit 5 Languages around the world Listening and speaking Broaden students view; Develop the ability of getting the key word and the main idea when listening; Study how to express one’s attitude towards learning language; Enable students to pay attention to what pronouns refer to; Cultivate sense of speaking and thinking in English and make up a dialogue about why to learn other language. Learning objectives: Spain _____ Germany _____ France _____ Explore languages around the world Russia _____ Canada _____ India _____ ① 3 4 2 6 1 5 学 科 网 创原家独 Warming up Chinese _____ 1st listening Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations. Russian _____ Spanish _____ Arabic _____ Korean _____ French _____ English _____ Japanese _____ √ √ √ √ √ √ Listening tips: Don’t try to catch every word in the speech. Instead, listen for key words and phrases. Write down the key words you listen as quickly as possible. 2nd listening 1. What is the main topic of this speech 2. How many languages are there in the world 3. How many billion people speak the UN's official languages as their native or second language 4. What's the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. Listening tips: ①Before you listen , you can read the questions. It will help you focus on getting the key word easily. Guess the meaning of “ billion, native, attitude”. ②Try to catch the main ideas instead of trying to remember and translate each word you hear. Add more information to your notes and then answer the question accordding to them. 2nd listening 1. What is the main topic of this speech Learning a foreign language. 2. How many languages are there in the world Around 7000 languages 3. How many billion people speak the UN's official languages as their native or second language 2.8 billion people 4. What's the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning Learning a foreign language is very useful./It’s very useful to learn one or more foreign languages. Listen to the speech again and answer the questions. 3rd listening 1. They think it means better job chances in the future. Many students choose to learn _____ in the UN. 2. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people. The UN has 6 official languages: _____ Listen to the speech again. What do the pronouns refer to in the sentence Listening tips: : Pronouns refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. one of the languages that are spoken Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spain 4th listening To some students, it seems that_____ is English. There are, _____, nearly 7,000 languages in the world. After Chinese, the language _____ isn’t English--it’s Spanish! Learning English is very useful, but it is wise to learn _____ _____, if possible. There are _____people learn a foreign language. Many s ... ...
