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Unit 2 Language – A Vehicle in Communication ● Part I Warming up ● Part II What Makes a Good or Bad student? ● Part III Some Facts about English ● Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation
PartI Warmingup Unit 2 Language-avehide in communication ection A ords hrases 4 Direction: You are going to hear some statements about language facts. Supply the missing information 4 1. There are more than 2, 70o languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialect. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation vocabulary, or meaning 4 2. The language in which a government conducts business is the_-officiallanguage_of that country eople spe ak English. That's 20% of the worlds population 4 400 million people spea k匚ngi glish as their first anguage. or the other 600 million it's eithera secon language or a_ foreign__language 15. There are more than_500,000 words___in the Oxford dictionary. _-80% nglish vocabulary comes fron other language 80% all information in the world's_computers_is in English
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Section A Words & Phrases Direction: You are going to hear some statements about language facts. Supply the missing information. 1. There are more than ___________ in the world. In addition, there are more than __________. A dialect is a ___________ variety of a language that has a different _____________, vocabulary, or meaning. 2. The language in which a government conducts business is the ______________ of that country. 3. __________ people speak English. That’s _________ of the world’s population. 4. _______________ people speak English as their ______ language. For the other ____________ it’s either a ________ language or a ________ language. 5. There are more than _____________ in the Oxford dictionary. ________ of all English vocabulary comes from _______ language. 6. ______ of all information in the world’s _________ is in English. Page 1 2,700 languages 7,000 dialect regional pronunciation official language One billion 20% 400 million first 600 million second foreign 500,000 words 80% other 80% computers
PartI Warmingup Unit 2 Language-avehide in communication ection A ords hrases 4 Direction: You are going to hear some statements about language facts. Supply the missing information 17. Somalia is the only__ Afric can country in which the entire population speaks the same anguage, Somali 8. More than 1,0oo different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa 09. When the American spaceship Voyage began its journey in_1977 carried a gold disc. On the disc, there were messagesin_55_languages. Before all of them, the was a__message form the Secretary general of__ the united Nations nglis
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Section A Words & Phrases Direction: You are going to hear some statements about language facts. Supply the missing information. Page 2 7. Somalia is the only _______________ in which the entire population speaks the ________ language, Somali. 8. More than ______ different languages are spoken on the continent of ________. 9. When the American _________ Voyage began its journey in ______, it carried a gold disc. On the disc, there were messages in ____ languages. Before all of them, there was a _________ form the Secretary General of __________________ in English. African country same 1,000 Africa spaceship 1977 55 message the United Nations
PartI Warmingup Unit 2 Language-avehide in communication ection B ords hrases You are going to hear a short talk about learning styles. Comple te the owing explanations earning stule s Different ways of learning that different people have 2.Hearing learners: P eople who learn best by listening 3. Visual learners: P cople who learn best by reading or looking at pictures 4.丁 actile le arners: Pcople who learn best by touching and doing things
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Section B Words & Phrases Direction: You are going to hear a short talk about learning styles. Complete the following explanations. Page 3 1. Learning styles: _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 2. Hearing learners: _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 3. Visual learners: _________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 4. Tactile learners: ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. Different ways of learning that different people have People who learn best by listening People who learn best by reading or looking at pictures People who learn best by touching and doing things
PartI Warmingup Unit 2 Language-avehide in communication Section C Words & Phrases Direction: Now listen to another talk about language learning styles. F ocus on the four basic learner"types. Match Column A, the learner types, with Column B learning languages ColumnA Column B 1. Communicative learners a. Watching listening to native speakers and having conversations nautical learners 3. Authority-oriented learners b. Playing games, looking at pictures and talking in pairs, etc 4.C oncrete learners udying grammar and I finding their st d. Having teachers explain everything and writing everything down in the
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Section C Words & Phrases Direction: Now listen to another talk about language learning styles. Focus on the four basic learner “types.” Match Column A, the learner types, with Column B, ways of learning languages. Page 4 Column A 1. Communicative learners 2. Analytical learners 3. Authority-oriented learners 4. Concrete learners Column B a. Watching & listening to native speakers and having conversations. b. Playing games, looking at pictures and talking in pairs, etc. c. Studying grammar and finding their own mistakes. d. Having teachers explain everything and writing everything down in the notebook
Part Il What makes a good or bad student Unit 2 Language-a vehide in communication 4 Words& Ph rases Section A Direction: Bcfore you listen to the conversation, pleasc list some of the things good student or bad student will do in the classroom good student A bad student
Part II What makes a good or bad student Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Words & Phrases Section A Direction: Before you listen to the conversation, please list some of the things that a good student or bad student will do in the classroom. Page 5 A good student A bad student
Part Il What makes a good or bad student Unit 2 Language-a vehide in communication Words Phra ection B Direction: Now listen to the conversation in which a teacher described the sort of hings a good student or a bad student does or does not do in the classroom. n the following chart, some facts have been given to you. The symbol " O"stands for major Points while the symbol O"stands for supporting details. Complete the chart major Agood student a bad student ONot afraid to make mistakes ● Passive Interested in the mistakes he makes and ◇ not speaking up much having them corrected ●匚 ager to experiment with every new thing g Rarely asking the teacher why this and why not something else Relying entirely on the teachers trying to use something new Just accepting what the teacher gives him Playing ith the language and doing nothing more with it ◇ testing Imse ●|nwl ng to stick his neck out DOing more off his own bat afraid to make mistakes o Working outside the classroom OIn variably deciding the other person is More likely to be right than himself g Onot too sure about the test KIL Page6
Part II What makes a good or bad student Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Words & Phrases Section B Direction: Now listen to the conversation in which a teacher described the sort of things a good student or a bad student does or does not do in the classroom. In the following chart, some facts have been given to you. The symbol “●” stands for major points while the symbol “◇” stands for supporting details. Complete the chart. Page 6 A good student A bad student ●Not afraid to _____________ ◇interested in the mistakes he makes and having them corrected ●Eager to experiment with ____________ _________ ◇trying to use something new ◇playing with _____________ ◇testing himself ●Doing more off his own bat ●________________________________ ◇reading books ●_______ ◇not speaking up much ◇rarely asking the teacher why this and why not something else ◇relying entirely on ___________ ◇just accepting what the teacher gives him and doing nothing more with it ●Unwilling to _______________ ◇afraid to make mistakes ●In variably deciding the other person is ___ __________________________ ◇not too sure about the test make mistakes every new thing the language Passive stick his neck out More likely to be right than himself the teachers Working outside the classroom
Part Ill Somefacts about English Unit 2 Language-a vehide in communication 4 Words& Ph rases Section A 4 Direction: Listen to an interview talking on some facts about English. Focus on the things that make English difficult to learn. Supply the missing information □ Things that make English difficultto lea hodgepodge dioms argest vocabulary Informa d English ermanIi renc Greek&Latin nglo. axon French Irregularity in spelling& pronunciation
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Words & Phrases Section A Direction: Listen to an interview talking on some facts about English. Focus on the things that make English difficult to learn. Supply the missing information. Page 7 Things that make English difficult to learn Hodgepodge ___________ in informal English Largest ____________ Germanic French Greek & Latin Anglo-Saxon __________ Irregularity in ________ & ___________________ Idioms vocabulary French spelling pronunciation
Part Ill Somefacts about English Unit 2 Language-a vehide in communication 4 Words& Ph rases Section B Direction: Now listen again. Decide whether the state ments are truc or false Put Tn for true or Fn for false in the brackets. Then discuss the following questions 1(F )1. The English language is a mixture of different languages. This feature has nothing good but only to make it more difficult to learn (T)2. According to the speaker, some words from the French have more prestige than those form the Old English although they mean the same thing (F )3. Canadian English is close to American in some words and idioms. Bu ut the spelling and pronunciation reflect Dritish usage Questions for discussion Do you agree that English will eventually be the world nonage F not which anguage do yo think will be? 4 2. From your experience, what is particularly difficult to learn about English?
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication Words & Phrases Section B Direction: Now listen again. Decide whether the statements are true or false. Put “T” for true or “F” for false in the brackets. Then discuss the following questions. Page 8 ( ) 1. The English language is a mixture of different languages. This feature has nothing good but only to make it more difficult to learn. ( ) 2. According to the speaker, some words from the French have more prestige than those form the Old English although they mean the same thing. ( ) 3. Canadian English is close to American in some words and idioms. But the spelling and pronunciation reflect British usage. Questions for discussion: 1. Do you agree that English will eventually be the world language? If not, which language do you think will be? 2. From your experience, what is particularly difficult to learn about English? F F T
PartLY anguage tudu an anguage pp preciation irection L isten to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language 4 1. to excel in O The university excels in sports and social activitics, debating, drama, music and much more 4 2to sit an examination After that, you can leave school at sixteen or you can go on and sit yourUniversity ntrance Examination, which then give s you entree into a university 13. on the ground that Many people whose practical experience and ability would have been enormousLy useful to their employers have been rejected on the ground thatthey are insufficiently ualified
Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation Direction Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units. Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language. Page 9 1. to excel in . . . ● The university excels in sports and social activities, debating, drama, music and much more. 2. to sit an examination ● After that, you can leave school at sixteen or you can go on and sit your University Entrance Examination, which then gives you entré e into a university. 3. on the ground that . . . ● Many people whose practical experience and ability would have been enormously useful to their employers have been rejected on the ground thatthey are insufficiently qualified
