1、 Learn by“viewing”.Get information from charts,data and videos;Learn to analyze data in charts;Learn to get useful information from a video;Learn to present the information from charts and videos;As we all know,most people think English is very important in our daily life,so many people want to lear
2、n it.Can you tell me why?Why do so many people want to learn English?To use it at school.To read English books.To listen to English music and watch English films.To use it for business.To talk with native speakers.To write to foreign friends.Discuss with your partners about your ways of getting info
3、rmation.Which way do you like best?Why?In our daily life,we have many ways to learn English or get information in English.listen to English programs/songs watch English movies watch English TV plays read English magazines/newspapers charts/graphs Activity 1Look at the three charts and answer questio
4、ns.How to read a chartThe title of a chart will tell you what the chart is about.Know clearly about what different color blocks represent(代表代表).Compare the figures.Chart 1Which language has the largest number of native speakers?Chinese has the largest number of native speakers.Which language has the
5、 largest number of learners?English has the largest number of learners.Chart 2Chart 3What can you learn from Chart 3?It tells us the number of English learners in China is increasing.Why do you think more and more people in China learn English?Whats the advantage of each chart?u A bar chart can show
6、 the figures clearly and is easy for us to find out the comparison of numbers.u A pie chart can show the scale(比例比例)of different part clearly.u A ring chart can show the figure scales to each other.Activity 2Watch the video and answer the questions.Strategies of getting useful information in a video
7、.Find out key words in the questions.Connect information in the questions to guess what the video is about.Watch the video and take notes when necessary.1.Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?The UK,Ireland,the USA,Canada,New Zealand and Australia.2.Where do a
8、third of English words come from?What examples are given in the video?More than a third of English words come from French.For example,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.Watch the video again and try to retell the history of English.Activity 3Observe(观察观察)the following chart.Try to describe the
9、 chart with the expressions you have learnt in this class.This is a chart about the purpose of surfing the Internet.Observe the chart and find out what it is mainly about.Compare the data in the chart.Add your opinions after the statement of the charts.Preview the passage Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple.
