Unit 2 Language

Module 3

What’s the title of the unit?

Welcome to

the unit

Language.

How many languages are there in the world?

     

6,000 languages are used in the world now.

Chinese Russia

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English

Spanish

Japanese Tibetan

French Arabic

Greek German

Do you know other forms of language ?

:-) smiley face

:-( sad face

:'(:-|

crying face

disappointed face

emoticon

:-O Wow!

8-| bookworm

=:O frightened

:}{: kisses

(X)

(Z)

3:-o

*<:-)

mp

ap

co

What does

this mean?

Be quiet !

victory

signlanguage

Who needs to use sign language intheir dailylife?

The deaf.

whistle

nurse

house

Louis Braille

was born in 1809 in France. When he was young, he had an accident. Then he became blind.It was he who invented Braille.Who is he?

Braille Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821by Louis Braille.It’s the only waythrough which the blind can learn to read and write.

Do you believe animals can “talk”?

             

                

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Pair Work

Look at the illustrationsat p. 21, and talk about the various forms of language

1.Can you think of other ways that information can be exchanged?2.Do you think English is important? Why or why not?

Group work

3.Do you have any

effective methods for

studying the English

language to share

with your classmates?

1.Music is not like most other art ______.

2. I ____________ her mother ____ her safe arrival.

3.Where can I ______________ my RMB for dollars?

Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases from the box below.

broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle, stand for

formsinformed of

exchanged

4. They have _______________ the news by radio.5. The letters “x” and “y” often _______ ______unknown numbers in mathematics.6. His back is ________.7. Look, the children are dancing _____ ________.

transmitted

stand for

broad

in circles

broad, transmit, exchange, form, inform…of, in circle, stand for

Homework

1.Find more information on the Internet or in books.

2.Preview the reading text.

Goodbye,

everybody !