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课件网) 人教版2019必修第一册 Unit 5 Languages Around the World Listening and Speaking Learning objectives: At the end of this lesson, students are able to: 1. Talk about some countries and the languages spoken in these countries; 2. practise listening for main idea, details, and inference as well as identifying pronouns and what they refer to; 3. talk about which foreign language you want to learn and why; 4. notice differences in word pronunciation and stress between native English speakers from different countries. Lead-in: Match each photo with the correct country name. France___ Russia___ Germany___ Spain___ Canada___ India___ 5 1 4 2 3 6 Listening and Speaking : Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Russian Chinese Korean Janpanese Spanish French English Arabic √ √ To some students, it seems that the only foreignanguage to learn is English. There are, however, nearly7,000 languages in the world. After Chinese, thelanguage with the most native language speakers isn’t English-it's Spanish! Learning English is veryiseful, but it is wise to learn at least one other foreignlanguage, if possible. There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language. Many students choose to study one of thelanguages that are spoken at the UN. As they think it means better job chances in the future. The UNhas six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, Englsh, French, Russian, and Spanish. They are spoken byaround 2.8 billion people as their native or secondlanguages. Some students, though, choose to study a language because of family or friends. One American girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark. When she was little, her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark, Another young lady started learning French because she had several friends from African countries where French is spoken. What do you think Which other language would you choose to study and why Listening and Speaking : Listen to the speech and answer the questions. 1. What is the main topic of this speech Learning a foreign language. 2. How many languages are there in the world Nearly 7,000. 3. How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language Around 2.8 billion. 4. What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning It’s very useful to learn one or more foreign languages. 1 million =1,000,000 1 billion = 1,000,000,000 Listening and Speaking : What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences 1. They think it means better job chances in the future. 2. They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people 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. Listening and Speaking : What do the italicised words refer to in the sentences 1. They think it means better j ... ...
