Lead-in: 1.How many years have you learnt English? 2. Are you good at English? 3. What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English ---- pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or something else?

 1. What is the article about?  2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?  3. Is English still changing? skimming English and its history. Old English, Middle English and Modern English. Yes

Part 1 Old English Saxon

TimeEvents Before the middle of the 5th century People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic. At the end of the 9th century The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages By the 10th century Old English was the official language of England.

Part 2 Middle English Henry IV

In 1066 By the latter half of the 14th century In 1399 English was adopted by all classes in England Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions. TimeEvents The Normans conquered England and took control of the country.

Part 3 Modern English The Renaissance

During the Renaissance in the 16th century Modern English began. TimeEvents

TimeEvents Before the middle of 5th century At the end of 9th century By the 10th century In 1066 By the latter half of 14th century In 1399 During the Renaissance in the 16th century The Vikings invaded Britain Old English was the official language of England. Norman conquest English was adopted by all classes in England. Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions. Modern English began. People in Britain all spoke Celtic

languages before mid-5 th then end 9 th 3 G tribes (A, S, J) 3 G tribes (A, S, J) Celtic Anglo-Saxon (base of old English) Vikings Scandinavian Denmark Norway 10 th languages official language Old English

lift uppick up the same meaning ( 拿起） NorseAnglo-Saxon phrases with similar meaning

Henry IV Frenc h similar words words for animals & food ※ ※ official occasions plurals What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English? the Norman Conquest

replyanswer the same meaning ( 回答） French Old English words with similar meanings

pork / bacon beef mutton pig ox/cow sheep AnimalsMeat Old English French

house pl. shoe shoes houses housen shoen man/men ox/oxen foot/feet tooth/teeth child/children German wayFrench way

What new factors are included in this period? Latin, Greek words, dialects and new words being invented

Questions Match Cloze

1.Where did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from? 2.Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language? The European mainland. Because each word or phrase came from a different language. 3.What was the German plural form replaced by? 4.Which King of England used English for all official occasions? 5.When did Modern English appear? The French way of making plurals. King Henry IV. The Renaissance

Match the new words. confusing created consisted of took control of replaced raised a.was made up of b. kept( an animal) c. took the place of d. had power over e. difficult to understand f. caused something to exist

1. Before the middle of the _____________, people in Britain did not speak English. 2. The original language spoken in Britain was___________. 3. Three groups of people came to Britain from the ___________. 5th century Celtic European 10 th century French European 5 th century Angles Celtic The _________, the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon. 5. Normans spoke ___________. 6. The Normans entered England in __________. 7. By the ______________, Old English was the official language of English. Angles French th century

Language borrows words from each other, can you list some of them?

Chinese words from English: English words from Chinese: Coffee( 咖啡 ), sofa( 沙发 ), model( 模特儿 ), modern( 摩登 ), Sandwich( 三明治 ), hamburger( 汉堡 ), cartoon( 卡通 ) Pingpong, kongfu, tofu, lose face

1.Finish the exercises on P25 2.Rewrite the history of English into your own words. ( less than 200 words)

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. There are many different ______ of English depending on where people live. When Old English was developing, it ___________ an Anglo-Saxon base _____ with many words from other languages. Before people could write, they used poems to record the history of England. Old English became the ______ language of England in the 10 th century. English __________ has lots of similar words for the same thing and that is because so many different people from other dialects consisted of mixed Post-reading: E consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongue official dialects meat mixed official vocabulary

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Countries came to England. Another thing that happened in English is that there are different words for animals and the _______ which comes from them. This is because the English _______ cooked for the French. King Henry IV’s __________ was English and he was the first king to use English after the Normans came to England in meat servants mother tongue Post-reading: E consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongue official dialects meat mixed