Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldListeningandSpeakingReadingandThinking
LanguageCompetenceStudentscanmastervocabulary,andusethemtosummarizetheChinesewritingsystemsdevelopmentandsignificance.LearningAbilityBooststudentsefficiencyingettingandanalyzingtextinformation,andindependentlyexplorelanguage-cultureknowledge.CulturalAwarenessStudentswillbetterunderstandthelong-standingChinesecultureintheChinesewritingsystem,andbuildculturalpride.ThinkingQualityStudentsshouldthinkcriticallyabouttheChinesewritingsystemsroleinconnectingpastandpresent,anditsimpactonnationalunityandculturalinheritance.LearningObjectives
TeachingFocusMasterkeyvocabularyandreadingstrategiestothoroughlyunderstandthedevelopmentandculturalconnotationsoftheChinesewritingsystem.TeachingChallengesItischallengingtouseEnglishaccuratelyandfluentlytoanalyzeanddiscusstheprofoundsignificanceoftheChinesewritingsysteminculturalinheritanceandnationalidentity,andtoexpresstheirowninsights.TeachingFocusandTeachingChallenges
Part1Listening
1.Doyouknowwherethephotowastaken?2.Whichlanguagesdoyouthinkareofficiallyusedhere?ThephotowastakenataUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblymeeting.English,Chinese,French,Spanish,Arabic,andRussianareofficiallyusedhere.Lookanddiscuss
Beforeyoulisten,matcheachphotowiththecorrectcountryname.Thendiscusswhichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries.Activity1CanadaGermanyFranceRussiaIndiaSpain
Listentoaspeechandtickthetwolanguageswiththemostnativespeakers.CircletheofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations(UN).Activity2
Listentothespeechagainandanswerthequestions.Activity31.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?Learningaforeignlanguage.2.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?Nearly7,000.3.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecond