Unit2 English Around the World Reading: The Road to Modern English

Careful-reading:

Scanning: paragraph 3 How has the language changed? TimeWhat happenedChanges in the language At first (About AD450 and 1150) Then gradually between AD 800 and 1150 by the 1600’s Later in the 18th Task 4 It was ruled by Germans more like German some new settlers Less like German more like Danish/ French enrich the language Shakespeare broadened the vocabulary. have a larger vocabulary English began to be spoken in both countries British people were taken to Australia

Answer following questions. (Para.5) India was ruled by Britain from 1765 to And during that time English became the language for government and education. Why does English become a second language in India?

Careful Reading: True or False? English had the most speakers in the 17 th century. English developed when new settlers and rulers came in Britain. Languages frequently change. The language of the government is always the language of the country. English is one of the official languages used in India. Chinese speak English as their first language. English is spoken as the first language in Singapore and Malaysia. An American could not understand what an Australian says. China has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world. The reading describe the development of the English language F T F F T F F F T T Task 5

Fill in the blanks. At the end of the 16th century, about seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in ________. As people from England started ______ to other parts of the world, English began to be ______ in many other countries. Now more people speak English than ever_______. ________English speakers can understand each other even ___they don’t speak _____same kind of English. _________, they may not be able to understand everything. England moving spoken beforeNative if theHowever Task 7

All languages change when ________ communicate with each other. Now American English and Australian English have their own_______. English is also spoken in many other countries in Africa and______, such ____ South Africa, India, Singapore and Malaysia. Today the number of the people in China ___ increasing _______. In future Chinese English will become one of the world Englishes. cultures identity Asia as is rapidly

1.Read the passage as fluently as you can. HOMEWORK