Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (Start with a free chat with Ss about learning English.)

T: How many years have you learnt English?

How many languages do we speak?

What do you find difficult in learning English? (Ss may have different ideas, but they may consider vocabulary as their most difficult one.)

Do you think it necessary for us Ss to master such a foreign language?

(---With the development of globalization, English has become an international tool for people to communicate with each other. And we are the future of our homeland, so it's our duty to prosper our country; therefore, to master a foreign language becomes a necessity.)

In which countries is English used as the native language?

Do you think the Englishes spoken all around the world are all the same ?Enjoy BBC and VOA

Step 2 discussion

Activity 1. Ss discuss in groups about the differences between British English and American English, and give some examples.

Activity 2. Ss guess which of the following words is British English and which is American English:

apartment/flat bathroom/toilet can/tin candy/sweet

check/banknote (cheque) elevator/lift fall/autumn game/match line/queue penal /pen friend mad/angry mail/ post

mom/mum movie(film)/film pants /trousers repair/mend

sick/ill cookie/biscuit crazy/mad drugstore/chemist's gas/petrol

Step 3 warming up

T: Now let's enjoy a dialogue between two foreigners.

T: Which language do they speak?

Why do they misunderstand each other?

(There exist differences between Englishes. The different Englishes make up the world Englishes.)