Unit 2 English around the world Period 1Warming up and Reading I

Small Quiz Let’s do a small quiz to distinguish/tell the national flags of different countries which speak English as their native language.

Australia Great Britain Ireland New Zealand

Canada The U.S.A. India South Africa

Singapore 1. Are the English in those countries the same?

Do you know the differences between American English and British English? Listen to the dialogues. Find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning. & American English British English

spelling dance ask wheel not box words post, film, mail, movie, British English American English colour, favourite, color, favorite, spelling theatre, centre, theater, center, travelled, metre traveled, meter dance ask wheel pronunciation not box words post, film, mail, movie, I guess, fall autumn, I think, candy truck sweets lorry

words lift (电梯) elevator petrol (汽油) gas apartment flat (公寓) toilet British English American English lift (电梯) elevator petrol (汽油) gas apartment flat (公寓) toilet bathroom words subway underground(地铁) university(大学) college garbage rubbish(垃圾) dustbin(垃圾箱) trash can holiday vacation fortnight(两星期） two weeks

Do you know how many people use English as their native language, second language, or foreign language?

number of speakers example countries working situation the native language the foreign language the second language USA,Canada,Australia,south Africa, Ireland, New Zealand 375 million China and many other countries 750 million government,schools, newspapers,TV India, Pakistan,Nigeria,Philippines. 375 million

Fast reading: Read the text and find out the answers to the questions of Ex. 1 on page 10.

Pair work: 1. Read the text and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. (Work in pairs)

Describes the extension/development of English in the world. Native speakers can understand each other but not everything. The development of English as native language. Or: English has changed over time. English is spoken as a foreign or second language in many countries. Para 1: Para 2 Para 3 Para 4

German French 5—7million identity Australian Step 3. Intensive reading Activity 1. fill in the chart German AD450--1150 English was based on _______ 1150--1500 English was more like _________. At the end of the 16th century How many people spoke English? __________ In the 1600’s Shakespeare made use of a wider ___________ than before. 1828 American English gained its own_________. Now __________ English has its identity. French 5—7million vocabulary identity Australian

because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. Activity 2. Answer the following questions (1)What is the clue of the passage? (2) Why does India have a large number of English speakers? (3) When did people from England begin to move to other parts of the world? time because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. in the 17th century

Step 4 Read the passage again and decide the following statements are true or false. America has the largest number of English speakers French ruled England from 1150 to 1500. 3.Native English speakers cant’t understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. 4. Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language. 5. From 1765 to 1947 English was the language for government and education in South Africa. F T F T F

Discussion 1. Do you think it matters what kind of English you learn, why? 2. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? 3. Will Chinese English become one of the World English?

Homework Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I. Review Reading 1. 3. Finish the exercises on Page11. 4. Finish Exercise1~2 on Page49 on WB. 5. Try to recite the first paragraph of Reading1.