1、Unit 2 Great people Study skills I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. understand differences between formal and informal language; 2. use formal and informal language correctly. II. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty To u
2、nderstand and use formal and informal language in a correct way. III. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in 1. A letter to a friend T: When we speak or write to different people, do we use the same style of text? Please read a thank-you letter from Sandy. T: Who do you think Sandy is writing to, a frie
3、nd or an unfamiliar person or a teacher? T: When we write or speak to a friend, we use informal language. 2. A letter to an unfamiliar person T: What about this letter? Who is Sandy writing to? T: We use formal language with unfamiliar people or teachers. Step 2 Presentation 1. Different greetings a
4、nd endings T: What are the differences between formal and informal language? Can you find it? T: We use different greetings and different endings. (1) Different greetings T: Well, can you classify these greetings? Which are formal? Which are informal? (2) Different endings T: And when we write to ot
5、hers, we use the endings differently. 2. Using idioms T: What other differences can you find? We can use idioms like “It rains cats and dogs.” in informal language. Well, what are idioms? T: Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each
6、 word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you dont understand the culture behind it, e.g. It rains cats and dogs. T: Usually we use idioms in spoken English. They are informal. What idioms do you know? T: Do you know these idioms? What do they mean? T: Language is wonderful. Re
7、ad more, and you will learn more. 3. Using contractions and abbreviations T: What about contractions and abbreviations? T: Contractions are short forms of words when apostrophe replace letters, e.g. well, shes, cant. Abbreviations use only the first letters of a name or phrase, or leave out letters
8、to shorten a word, e.g. UK, Dr. They are both used in informal language. T: What other contractions and abbreviations do you know? Work in groups. T: Perfect! Many hands make light work! Step 3 Practice 1. Classify the expressions T: Now can you classify the expressions correctly? T: So formal langu
9、age is used for unfamiliar people or teachers while informal language is for friends and parents. 2. Improve kittys letter T: Kitty is writing to J. K. Rowling, the British writer, to tell her something about Harry Potter. Please read her letter. T: Does Kitty need to improve her letter? Why? T: To
10、Kitty, J. K. Rowling is an unfamiliar person. She shouldnt (use informal greetings or endings.) She shouldnt (use contractions or abbreviations.) She shouldnt (use idioms.) She should sign her full name. T: Please rewrite Kittys letter. T: Good job! Read it by yourselves. Step 4 Production Writing a
11、 letter to the headmaster T: Work in groups. Write a letter to the headmaster and advise him to organize a school trip. Pay attention to your expressions. You can use the following expression as an example. IV. Homework Write a letter to your headmaster to recommend yourself as chairperson of the Students Union.
