Revision

1、Dictate some word spelling

2、Test some word study.

Lead-in: Questions

1、What language do you mainly speak?

2、Can you speak any other languages? Can you speak a little for us?

3、Do you know how many languages there are in the world?

4、Do you think that language is the only way people communicate?

5、What other method or methods of communication can you think of?

Picture-reading

1、Now please turn to page 21 and look at the five pictures. Tell me what kind of language each picture uses.

(P.1 written language P.2 emoticons P.3 sign language P.4 Braille P.5 animal language)

2、Questions:

Pic. 1 1) What is your mother tongue / first language?

2) Do you know which language has the largest number of speakers? And which language is most widely used in the world?

3) Do you like the English language? Why or why not?

4) If you can choose, which language would you like to learn? Why?

5) In English study, which part is most difficult, vocabulary, pronunciation or grammar?

Pic. 2 1) What is an emoticon? (A special Internet language)

2) What does this emoticon stand for? (A beaming smile)

3) When do people use this kind of language? (When they are talking on the Internet or sending short messages)

4) Have you ever used this kind of language?

5) Could you give some more examples?

Pic. 3 1) What does this sign language mean in both Britain and USA? (Good luck)

2. Do you think the same sign means the same to people all over the world?

3) Can you show me some examples and explain them? (OK、money、zero)

4) Who needs to use sign language in their daily lives?

5) Have you ever used sign language?

6) Is it helpful for you to communicate with others?

Pic. 4 1) What is Braille? (A special language for blind people.)

2) Who invented it? (A Frenchman called Louis Braille)

3) Have you ever heard about him?

4) What did he do for blind people?

(He invented a special language for them, so it was named after him.)

Pic. 5 1) Why do bees fly in circles? (To inform their partners about food and danger)