Unit 2
Language
– A Vehicle in Communication
● Part I Warming
up ● Part II What Makes a Good
or
Bad student? ● Part III Some Facts about
English
● Part IV Language Study and Language
Appreciation
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear some statements about language facts,
Supply the missing information,
1,There are more than ___________ in the world,In addition,there are more
than __________,A dialect is a ___________ variety of a language that has
a different _____________,vocabulary,or meaning,
2,The language in which a government conducts business is the
______________ of that country,
3,__________ people speak English,That’s _________ of the world’s
population,4,_______________ people speak English as their ______ language,For the
other ____________ it’s either a ________ language or a ________
language,5,There are more than _____________ in the Oxford dictionary,________
of all English vocabulary comes from _______ language,
6,______ of all information in the world’s _________ is in English,
Page 1
2,700 languages
7,000 dialect regional
pronunciation
official
language
One billion 20%
400 million first
600 million second foreign
500,000 words 80%
other
80% computers
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear some statements about language facts,
Supply the missing information,
Page 2
7,Somalia is the only _______________ in which the entire population speaks
the ________ language,Somali,
8,More than ______ different languages are spoken on the continent of
________,
9,When the American _________ Voyage began its journey in ______,it
carried a gold disc,On the disc,there were messages in ____ languages,
Before all of them,there was a _________ form the Secretary General of
__________________ in English,
African country
same
1,000 Africa
spaceship 1977
55
message the United Nations
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section B
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear a short talk about learning styles,
Complete the following explanations,
Page 3
1,Learning styles,
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
2,Hearing learners,
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
3,Visual learners,
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
Different ways of learning that different people have
People who learn best by listening
People who learn best by reading or looking at pictures
People who learn best by touching and doing things,
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section C
Words & Phrases
Direction,Now listen to another talk about language learning styles,Focus
on the four basic learner,types.” Match Column A,the learner types,with
Column B,ways of learning languages,
Page 4
Column A
1,Communicative learners
2,Analytical learners
3,Authority-oriented
learners
4,Concrete learners
Column B
a,Watching & listening to native
speakers and having
conversations,
b,Playing games,looking at pictures
and talking in pairs,etc,
c,Studying grammar and finding
their own mistakes,
d,Having teachers explain
everything and writing
everything down in the notebook,
Part II What makes a good or bad student Uni 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,Before you listen to the conversation,please list some of the
things that a good student or bad student will do in the classroom,
Page 5
A good student A bad student
Part II What makes a good or bad student Uni 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen to the conversation in which a teacher described the
sort of things a good student or a bad student does or does not do in the
classroom,In the following chart,some facts have been given to you,The symbol
“●, stands for major points while the symbol,◇, stands for supporting details,
Complete the chart,
Page 6
A good student A bad student
● Not afraid to _____________
◇ interested in the mistakes he makes
and having them corrected
● Eager to experiment with
____________ _________
◇ trying to use something new
◇ playing with _____________
◇ testing himself
● Doing more off his own bat
● _____________________________
___
◇ reading books
● _______
◇ not speaking up much
◇ rarely asking the teacher why this and
why not something else
◇ relying entirely on ___________
◇ just accepting what the teacher gives
him and doing nothing more with it
● Unwilling to _______________
◇ afraid to make mistakes
● In variably deciding the other person
is ___
__________________________
◇ not too sure about the test
make mistakes
every new
thing
the language
Passive
stick his neck out
More likely to be right than
himself
the teachers
Working outside the classroom
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,Listen to an interview talking on some facts about English,Focus
on the things that make English difficult to learn,Supply the missing information,
Page 7
Things that make English difficult to learn
Hodgepodge ___________
in informal
English
Largest
____________
Germanic French Greek & Latin Anglo-Saxon __________
Irregularity in ________
& ___________________
Idiom
s vocabulary
French
spelling
pronunciation
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,Decide whether the statements are true or
false,Put,T” for true or,F” for false in the brackets,Then discuss the following
questions,
Page 8
( ) 1,The English language is a mixture of different languages,This
feature has nothing good but only to make it more difficult to learn,
( ) 2,According to the speaker,some words from the French have more
prestige than those form the Old English although they mean the same thing,
( ) 3,Canadian English is close to American in some words and idioms,But
the spelling and pronunciation reflect British usage,
Questions for discussion,
1,Do you agree that English will eventually be the world language? If not,
which language do you think will be?
2,From your experience,what is particularly difficult to learn about English?
F
F
T
Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation
Direction
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and
present units,Pay special attention to the parts in bold type,Learn to appreciate
and use the language,
Page 9
1,to excel in,,,
● The university excels in sports and social activities,debating,drama,
music and much more,
2,to sit an examination
● After that,you can leave school at sixteen or you can go on and sit your
University Entrance Examination,which then gives you entrée into a
university,3,on the ground that,,,
● Many people whose practical experience and ability would have been
enormously useful to their employers have been rejected on the ground that
they are insufficiently qualified,
Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation
Direction
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and
present units,Pay special attention to the parts in bold type,Learn to appreciate
and use the language,
Page 9
4,off one’s own bat
● The good learner will do more off his own bat,He won’t rely entirely on
the teacher,
5,to spring up
● It seems that language schools are springing up everywhere,
6,a hodgepodge of,,,
● English is a hodgepodge of different languages,
7,to evolve into,,,
● the Norman Conquest in 1066 brought the French language to Britain and
helped English evolve into the language it is today.,
Language
– A Vehicle in Communication
● Part I Warming
up ● Part II What Makes a Good
or
Bad student? ● Part III Some Facts about
English
● Part IV Language Study and Language
Appreciation
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear some statements about language facts,
Supply the missing information,
1,There are more than ___________ in the world,In addition,there are more
than __________,A dialect is a ___________ variety of a language that has
a different _____________,vocabulary,or meaning,
2,The language in which a government conducts business is the
______________ of that country,
3,__________ people speak English,That’s _________ of the world’s
population,4,_______________ people speak English as their ______ language,For the
other ____________ it’s either a ________ language or a ________
language,5,There are more than _____________ in the Oxford dictionary,________
of all English vocabulary comes from _______ language,
6,______ of all information in the world’s _________ is in English,
Page 1
2,700 languages
7,000 dialect regional
pronunciation
official
language
One billion 20%
400 million first
600 million second foreign
500,000 words 80%
other
80% computers
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section A
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear some statements about language facts,
Supply the missing information,
Page 2
7,Somalia is the only _______________ in which the entire population speaks
the ________ language,Somali,
8,More than ______ different languages are spoken on the continent of
________,
9,When the American _________ Voyage began its journey in ______,it
carried a gold disc,On the disc,there were messages in ____ languages,
Before all of them,there was a _________ form the Secretary General of
__________________ in English,
African country
same
1,000 Africa
spaceship 1977
55
message the United Nations
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section B
Words & Phrases
Direction,You are going to hear a short talk about learning styles,
Complete the following explanations,
Page 3
1,Learning styles,
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
2,Hearing learners,
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
3,Visual learners,
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
____,
Different ways of learning that different people have
People who learn best by listening
People who learn best by reading or looking at pictures
People who learn best by touching and doing things,
Part I Warming Up Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Section C
Words & Phrases
Direction,Now listen to another talk about language learning styles,Focus
on the four basic learner,types.” Match Column A,the learner types,with
Column B,ways of learning languages,
Page 4
Column A
1,Communicative learners
2,Analytical learners
3,Authority-oriented
learners
4,Concrete learners
Column B
a,Watching & listening to native
speakers and having
conversations,
b,Playing games,looking at pictures
and talking in pairs,etc,
c,Studying grammar and finding
their own mistakes,
d,Having teachers explain
everything and writing
everything down in the notebook,
Part II What makes a good or bad student Uni 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,Before you listen to the conversation,please list some of the
things that a good student or bad student will do in the classroom,
Page 5
A good student A bad student
Part II What makes a good or bad student Uni 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen to the conversation in which a teacher described the
sort of things a good student or a bad student does or does not do in the
classroom,In the following chart,some facts have been given to you,The symbol
“●, stands for major points while the symbol,◇, stands for supporting details,
Complete the chart,
Page 6
A good student A bad student
● Not afraid to _____________
◇ interested in the mistakes he makes
and having them corrected
● Eager to experiment with
____________ _________
◇ trying to use something new
◇ playing with _____________
◇ testing himself
● Doing more off his own bat
● _____________________________
___
◇ reading books
● _______
◇ not speaking up much
◇ rarely asking the teacher why this and
why not something else
◇ relying entirely on ___________
◇ just accepting what the teacher gives
him and doing nothing more with it
● Unwilling to _______________
◇ afraid to make mistakes
● In variably deciding the other person
is ___
__________________________
◇ not too sure about the test
make mistakes
every new
thing
the language
Passive
stick his neck out
More likely to be right than
himself
the teachers
Working outside the classroom
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section A
Direction,Listen to an interview talking on some facts about English,Focus
on the things that make English difficult to learn,Supply the missing information,
Page 7
Things that make English difficult to learn
Hodgepodge ___________
in informal
English
Largest
____________
Germanic French Greek & Latin Anglo-Saxon __________
Irregularity in ________
& ___________________
Idiom
s vocabulary
French
spelling
pronunciation
Part III Some facts about English Unit 2 Language – a vehicle in communication
Words & Phrases
Section B
Direction,Now listen again,Decide whether the statements are true or
false,Put,T” for true or,F” for false in the brackets,Then discuss the following
questions,
Page 8
( ) 1,The English language is a mixture of different languages,This
feature has nothing good but only to make it more difficult to learn,
( ) 2,According to the speaker,some words from the French have more
prestige than those form the Old English although they mean the same thing,
( ) 3,Canadian English is close to American in some words and idioms,But
the spelling and pronunciation reflect British usage,
Questions for discussion,
1,Do you agree that English will eventually be the world language? If not,
which language do you think will be?
2,From your experience,what is particularly difficult to learn about English?
F
F
T
Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation
Direction
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and
present units,Pay special attention to the parts in bold type,Learn to appreciate
and use the language,
Page 9
1,to excel in,,,
● The university excels in sports and social activities,debating,drama,
music and much more,
2,to sit an examination
● After that,you can leave school at sixteen or you can go on and sit your
University Entrance Examination,which then gives you entrée into a
university,3,on the ground that,,,
● Many people whose practical experience and ability would have been
enormously useful to their employers have been rejected on the ground that
they are insufficiently qualified,
Part IV Language Study and Language Appreciation
Direction
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and
present units,Pay special attention to the parts in bold type,Learn to appreciate
and use the language,
Page 9
4,off one’s own bat
● The good learner will do more off his own bat,He won’t rely entirely on
the teacher,
5,to spring up
● It seems that language schools are springing up everywhere,
6,a hodgepodge of,,,
● English is a hodgepodge of different languages,
7,to evolve into,,,
● the Norman Conquest in 1066 brought the French language to Britain and
helped English evolve into the language it is today.,
