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(共20张PPT)
Listening and Speaking
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Listening and Talking
Unit 5 Languages around the world
Lead-in
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. —Frank Smith
一种语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。 ——弗兰克·史密斯
China
China has more than 300 languages spoken. These languages are popular in Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. The popular language is Mandarin Chinese spoken by more than 955 million people. However, Standard Chinese is the official language. Cantonese is also very popular.
Exploring languages around the world
Before you listen, match each photo with the correct country name. Then discuss which languages are spoken in these countries.
Hello!
Bonjour!
Hallo!
здравствуйте!
iHola!
!
France
Germany
Canada
Russia
India
Spain
Listening and Speaking
①. What's the main topic of this speech
A.The official languages of the UN.
B. Learning a foreign language.
C. One American girl.
②. What's the speaker's attitude towards foreign language learning
Listen for main ideas
opinion/feeling
A. objective (客观的)
B. supportive
C. doubtful (怀疑的)
Learning English is very useful, but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible.
Listen for details
1. How many languages are there in the world
2. How many UN’s official languages are there
3. How many billion people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language
nearly 7000 languages
six
around 2.8 billion
They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second language.
United Nations
4. Why do many students choose to study one of the UN official languages
As they think it means better job chances in the future.
The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.
Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN.
Reference:
Pronouns(it, they, she. etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned
earlier.
Pay attention to the context to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.
Students Language(s) they choose Reasons
many students One of the languages that are spoken at _______ better ___________
an American girl _______ Her _____________ were from Denmark.
another young lady _______ She had _______ from ___________
the UN
job chances
Danish
French
grandparents
friends
French spoken countries
Why do you learn English
job
family
friends
Listen again and sum up the reasons
Listen for details
Listen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers. Circle the official languages of the United Nations (UN).
Russian Chinese Korean Japanese
Spanish Arabic English French
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Six official languages used in the United Nations
English
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish
French
Russian
Listen to the speech again and answer the questions.
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 is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning
There are nearly 7,000 languages in the world.
Learning a foreign language.
About 2.8 billion people.
It’s very useful to learn one or more foreign languages.
Group discussion: Which other language(s) do you want to learn Why
My father is doing business with Russians. I’d like to learn Russian so I can help him in the future.
Perhaps I should study French. I think it sounds beautiful, and I know it’s used in many countries.
I like watching Japanese cartoons, so I’d like to learn Japanese.
A: What language do you want to study
B: I really want to study French. I think that the French language sounds beautiful.
A: Why Do you want to go to France some day
B: Yes, I’d love to. Also, French is used by many international organizations around the world. Do you know that FIFA’s full name is in French
A: Oh, I remember that. But I don’t know how to pronounce it.
Group discussion: Which other language(s) do you want to learn Why
Why do you want to learn …
I want to learn …, because...
I want to travel to… /I like to learn...
I am crazy about culture in...
It is an international language.
I plan to do business with...
I am interested in working in transnational corporation (跨国公司)
Useful expressions
Example
1. They① think it means better job chances in the future.
2. They② are spoken by around 2.8 billion people…
Read and discuss
1.What are the numbers mentioned in the speech
2.What is the speaker’s purpose of mentioning the two numbers
Read the tape script and find out the following answers:
There are nearly 7,000 languages in the world.
2.8 billion people speak UN’s official languages as their native or second languages.
To prove the diversity of languages in the world and the wide spread
of the UN’s official languages.
Read and discuss
3.What are the facts mentioned in the speech
4.What is the speaker’s purpose of mentioning the girl who chose to learn Danish
Read the tape script and find out the following answers:
The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
To support the idea that some students choose to study a language because of family.
Read and discuss
1.How many reasons did the speaker mentioned about learning foreign languages How do you know
Two major reasons are mentioned. I can tell from the link words in
the passage: Many students choose to…; Some students, though,
choose to…
Read and discuss
2.How exactly do the topic sentence and the link words help us when we give a speech
The topic sentence states the focus of a passage or a paragraph, and the link words build the frame and help readers understand the passage or a paragraph in a logical way.
Discussion Time
Summary:
1.Predicting the content
2.Focus on the key words
3.Listen for main ideas
4.Listen for details
Listening Strategies:
5.Pay attention to the pronouns (it,they, she, etc.)
1.Work in pairs to polish the dialogue you have made up in Activity5.
2.Write down 5 reasons why people study a foreign language.

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