English around the World

Australia South Africa Singapore New Zealand Canada Ireland India Britain America As we all know, a great number of countries speak English as their official language.

Group discussion Why is English important? Because … Because of … widely use the Olympic Games/ UN trade

__________ _____ (因为)the wide use of the Internet and computers, English is becoming more and more important. Because of

official Because English is one of the __________ (官方的) languages of the Olympic Games and the United Nations (UN).

Because English also _____ ___ _________ ___ ___ (起重要作用) tourism and trade. plays an important part in

Because English plays an important role in the international films, TV and radio programs.

Do you want to come up to my flat? Obama, President of US How far is your apartment? Is it beautiful? Brown, the former Prime Minister of UK

Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting. Great. I like football match very much.

Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together. Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.

Differences in vocabulary usage: Chinese B. E A. E 公寓 电梯 比赛 足球 apartment flat lift elevator game match soccer football

Other differences Am.E Br.E colour color metre spelling meter travelled traveled dance [da:ns] [dæns] neither [ˈni:ðə] [ ˈnaɪðə] either [ˈaiðə] [ˈiðɚ] pronunciation Do you think the differences of English were in the past greater or smaller?

The Road to Modern English Reading The Road to Modern English ?

Skimming Main ideas understand cultures communicate settled foreign Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Skimming Main ideas The spread of the English language in the world. understand Native speaker can __________ each other. cultures All language change when __________ ____________ with one another. communicate settled English was _______ by the 19th century. foreign English is spoken as a _______ language or ________ language in Africa and Asia. second

Para 1 1.How many people spoke English at the end of the 16th century? 2.When and why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? 3. Did English have the most speakers in the 17th century? about five to seven million In the 17th century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world. Today, more people speak English than ever before.

T or F Para 2 Native English speakers cannot understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. F Native English speakers can … even if … Para 3-4 Why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

Para 3-5 Find out the time of the change of the English language. Time changes that happened

Para 3-5 Find out the time of the change of the English language. Time changes that happened to English AD 450-1150 AD 800-1150 In the 1600s In 1620 In the 18th century 1765-1947 By the 19th century Now

Timetable Time changes that happened based German ruled less The English was spoken in England. It was ________more on ___________than the English we speak at present. The people who ________ England spoke first Danish and later French, English became _________ like German. Shakespeare was able to ______________ a wider vocabulary than ever before. Some British settlers moved to ___________. Some British people were taken to _________. based German AD 450-1150 ruled AD 800-1150 less make use of By the 1600s America In 1620 Australia In the 18th century

Timetable Time changes that happened dictionary identity India Samuel Johnson wrote his __________. Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of English Language and gave a separate ___________to American English spelling. English was spoken in ______ as well as in Africa and Asia. It became the language for _______________ and education in India. English is also spoken in ______________, ____________, ________________, ________and so on. dictionary By the 19th century identity India 1765-1947 government Singapore Now Malaysia South Africa China

All languages change when cultures _____________ with one another All languages change when cultures _____________ with one another. The English spoken between about AD 450and 1150 was ________ ______Today. Actually, it _____ _____ more ___ German than the English we speak ___ ______. From 1150 to 1500,it became more like French because those who ______ England spoke French. By the 1600’s, Shakespeare _____ ____ ____ a wider ___________ than____ ______. After Noah Webster’s dictionary, American has its own ________. Today ___ _______ ___ people learning English in China is increasing _________. communicate different from was based on at present ruled made use of vocabulary ever before identity the number of rapidly

Discussion At present, the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. China has a large number of English learners now. Q: What causes（引起） the phenomenon(现象)? What do you think of the phenomenon? Only time will tell whether Chinese English develops its own identity.

*Read the first paragraph. *Read the last paragraph. Reading skills: In order to find the main ideas, what should you read? *Read the title. *Read the first paragraph. *Read the last paragraph. *Read the first and last sentence of every paragraph. *Read any headings and sub-headings.

Reading skills: Scan: to read something quickly to find specific information. Usually in scanning you have a question in your mind and you read a passage only to find the answer, ignoring unrelated information. *Use headings and any other aids that help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for.