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LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLDListeningandSpeaking1.Doyouknowwherethephotowastaken?2.Whatlanguagesdoyouthinkareofficiallyusedthere?France______Russia______Germany______Spain______Canada______India______France______Russia______Germany______Spain______Canada______India______CanadaEnglish\FrenchCNTVTowerCN電視塔BrandenburgGate勃蘭登堡門GermanyGermanNeuschwansteinCastleListenfordetails1.Howmanylanguagesarethereintheworld?2.HowmanyUN’sofficiallanguagesarethere?3.HowmanybillionpeoplespeaktheUN’sofficiallanguagesastheirnativeorsecondlanguage?nearly7000languagessixaround2.8billion

Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguage.UnitedNations4.WhydomanystudentschoosetostudyoneoftheUNofficiallanguages?Astheythink

it

meansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,andSpanish.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Reference:Pronouns(it,they,she.etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontexttohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.StudentsLanguage(s)theychooseReasonsmanystudentsOneofthelanguagesthatarespokenat_______better___________anAmericangirl

_______Her_____________werefromDenmark.anotheryounglady

_______Shehad_______from___________theUNjobchancesDanishFrenchgrandparentsfriendsFrenchspokencountriesWhydoyoulearnEnglish?jobfamilyfriendsListenagainandsumupthereasons

ListenfordetailsSpeakingThinkaboutotherlanguage(s)youwanttolearnandwhy.MyfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians.I’dliketolearnRussiansoIcanhelphiminthefuture.PerhapsIshouldstudyFrench.Ithinkitsoundsbeautiful,andIknowit’susedinmanycountries.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons,soI’dliketolearnJapanese.Post-listeningFamilyPersonalinterestPersonaldevelopmentMatcheachphotowiththecorrectcountryname,andtellwhichlanguagesarespokeninthesecountries.France______Russia______Germany______Spain______Canada______India______342615English,FrenchFrenchRussianGermanHindi,EnglishSpanishListentothespeechagainandchoosethecorrectanswers.1.Whatisthemaintopicofthisspeech?A.Learningaforeignlanguage.B.TheimportanceofLearningEnglish.C.Thereasonsoflearningaforeignlanguage.2.Whatistheattitudeofthespeakertowardsforeignlanguagelearning?n.態(tài)度;看法A.PositiveB.NegativeC.Ambiguous模棱兩可的，含混不清的Listenagainandwritedownwhattheitalicizedwordsreferto.Theythink

it

meansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople…Reference

Pronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.studentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguagestudying

a

UNlanguagethesixofficialUNlanguagesTosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguage

tolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn’tEnglish—it'sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplelearnaforeignlanguage.ManystudentschoosetostudyoneofthelanguagesthatarespokenattheUN.Astheythinkitmeansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.TheUNhassixofficiallanguages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,Russian,andSpanish.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeopleastheirnativeorsecondlanguage.

Somestudents,though,choosetostudyalanguagebecauseoffamilyorfriends.OneAmericangirlchosetolearnDanishbecausehergrandparentswerefromDenmark.AnotheryoungladystartedlearningFrenchbecauseshehasseveralfriendsfromAfricancountrieswhereFrenchisspoken.Whatdoyouthink?Whichotherlanguageswouldyouchoosetostudy?Andwhy?Groupdiscussion:Whichotherlanguage(s)doyouwanttolearn?Why?MyfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians.I’dliketolearnRussiansoIcanhelphiminthefuture.PerhapsIshouldstudyFrench.Ithinkitsoundsbeautiful,andIknowit’susedinmanycountries.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons,soI’dliketolearnJapanese.Languageislikeabridgethatconnectsallthecornersoftheworld.SpeakingThinkaboutotherlanguage(s)youwanttolearnandwhy.MyfatherisdoingbusinesswithRussians.I’dliketolearnRussiansoIcanhelphiminthefuture.PerhapsIshouldstudyFrench.Ithinkitsoundsbeautiful,andIknowit’susedinmanycountries.IlikewatchingJapanesecartoons,soI’dliketolearnJapanese.Post-listeningFamilyPersonalinterestPersonaldevelopmentPairworkSample1A:Whatlanguagedoyouwanttostudy?B:Ireallywanttostudy...BecauseifIlearn....Iwill...Whataboutyou?A:Mychoiceis...because...Sample2A:Whichlanguagedoyouwanttolearn?B:Iwillchoose...tostudy.Thereasonisthat...Andyou?A:Iwouldliketolearn...because...

Whichotherlanguagewouldyouliketolearn?Why?Listenagainandwritedownwhattheitalicizedwordsreferto.Theythink

it

meansbetterjobchancesinthefuture.Theyarespokenbyaround2.8billionpeople…Reference

Pronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refertosomethingorsomebodymentionedearlier.Payattentiontothecontextofwordstohelpyouunderstandwhatthepronounsreferto.studentswhochoosetostudyaUNlanguagestudying

a

UNlanguagethesixofficialUNlanguagesTosomestudents,itseemsthattheonlyforeignlanguage

tolearnisEnglish.Thereare,however,nearly7,000languagesintheworld.AfterChinese,thelanguagewiththemostnativelanguagespeakersisn’tEnglish—it'sSpanish!LearningEnglishisveryuseful,butitiswisetolearnatleastoneotherforeignlanguage,ifpossible.Therearemanyreasonswhypeop