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.
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
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”?
watch video
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 !