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(共23张PPT)
Explore World Languages
Listening and Speaking
Learning Objectives
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Reflect on the motivation for learning foreign languages from different cultural perspectives.
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Master listening skills of using repeated words for main topic, identifying attitude through adjectives and reference；
Gain an overview of languages around the world；
At the end of the class, I will be able to...
Lead in — Quick Q&A
Lead in — Appreciate the Saying
Name: Frank Smith
Profession: psycholinguist
Achievement: psycholinguistic guessing game
One language sets you in a corridor(走廊) for life. Two languages open every door along the way.
-----Frank Smith
Language =
Listening — Listen for “Keys”
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 of foreign language learning
A. Objective. B. Supportive. C. Doubtful.
Tip1: Pay attention to repeated expressions to find main topic.
Tip2: Focus on adj. to identify attitude.
Example:
1. I can speak French.(verb.)
2. I speak French fluently.(adverb.)
3. French is useful.(adj.)
1. What is the main topic of this speech
A. The official languages of the UN.
B. Learning a foreign language.
C. Language learning strategies.
Tip1: Pay attention to repeated expressions to find main topic.
Listening — Listen for “Keys”
2. What is the speaker’s attitude of foreign language learning
A. Objective.
B. Supportive.
C. Doubtful.
Learning English is very _______, _____ it is_______ to learn at least one other foreign language, if possible.
useful
but
wise
Tip2: Focus on adj. to identify attitude.
Listening — Listen for “Keys”
Questions Type of information Answers
How many languages are there in the world
How many official languages are there in the United Nations
How many people speak the UN’s official languages as their native or second language
Numbers
nearly 7000
6
2.8 billion
Tip3: Pay attention to numbers when answering “How many” questions.
Listening — Listen for Details of “Keys”
Listening — Stories of “Door-Openers”
People Languages Reasons
many students _______________ for_________________
one American girl _______________ because of__________
another young lady _______________ because of___________
Danish
French
better job chances
a UN language
friends
grandparents
As they think it means better job chances in the future.
Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN.
What do they and it refer to here
Tip4: Pronouns(it, they, she, etc.) refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier. Pay attention to the context of the words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.
Speaking — Critical Thinking on “Keys”
Learning new languages
Vs
Translators
Which one is better
Speaking — Critical Thinking on “Keys”
Choices Advantages
Disadvantages
Learning a new language
Translator
Discuss with your partners and fill in the chart.
Now ask Frank Smith(AI) about this and enrich your chart.
Speaking — Critical Thinking on “Keys”
Which one touches your heart
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, it goes to his head; if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
-----Nelson Mandela
Speaking — Open Our “Doors”
Requirements
Choose one foreign language (besides English) you want to learn.
Use one or more adj. to describe the language.
Give your ideas(at least 2) on “what doors you open” (reasons/benefits).
4. Share it with your partners.
Who do you really want to have a close relationship with
Where do you really want to go
What do you really want to get
Useful Expressions
… is like a key, it opens door to… .
From my point of view, it is + adj. , because/ because of/ as…
It is wise to… .
I’m a huge fan of... .
I’m fascinated by the culture of... .
It helps me understand the history of... .
…
Speaking — Open Our “Doors”
Self-assessment
Wonderful Just so-so Not very good
1. Gain an overview of languages around the world.
2. Master listening skills of using repeated words for main topic, identifying attitude through adjectives and reference.
3. Reflect on the motivation for learning foreign languages from different cultural perspectives.
Now, I am able to:
Assignment
(compulsory) : Summarize your reasons for choosing a foreign language and send me an email at 1772949049@.
(optional ): Select a second foreign language of your interests and create a 2-3 minute multimedia promotional video.
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Listening and speaking
"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides." 语言施加着隐藏的力量，如同月亮影响潮汐。– Rita Mae Brown
"The pen is mightier than the sword." 笔胜于剑。（文胜于武）– Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic." 在我看来，请恕我直言，语言是我们最取之不尽的魔法源泉。– J.K. Rowling
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." 我的语言的界限就是我世界的界限。– Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." 语言是文化的地图。它告诉你那里的人从何而来，将去向何处。– Rita Mae Brown
"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."三思而后言，因为你的言语和影响会在他人心中播下成功或失败的种子。 – Napoleon Hill
"Language is the dress of thought." 语言是思想的外衣。– Samuel Johnson
"To have another language is to possess a second soul." 掌握另一门语言，就是拥有第二个灵魂。
– Charlemagne

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