2. Brainstorming: How much do you know about English? How much do you know about English? 1.What’s the English for “ 生病的 “ ？ 2.What’re the plural （复数的） forms of these words? book book bus bus child child 3.Do you sometimes find the English rules confusing? 4. Has English borrowed words from other languages ， such as Chinese? languages ， such as Chinese? buses books children children

4. 1. Notice ______ and _______ 2. Make a _________, listing______________ datesyears Reading strategy (P23) time chart important information a ______ article history 3: Help you understand the ________of events and how pieces of information ____________ the rest of the text. order relate to

5. Prevision checking 1 What is the article about? 2 What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? 3 In what ways i s English still changing? English and its history. Old English, Middle English and Modern English. English is still changing in many ways, such as in vocabulary and pronunciation.

6. Match the times with the events. 1.Before the middle of the 5th century, 2.Old English had become the official language of England 3.Modern English appeared 4.In 1399, 5.The Normans took control of the country in the 16th century in 1066 Henry IV became King of England people in Britain spoke Celtic. by the 10th century Pair work

7. Modern English(L51-L58) Task 1: Read together and answer the following questions Read together and answer the following questions 1. Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people? 2.Where did the word English come from? Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to Britain. It came from the word Engle,as it was spelt in Old English.

8. Old English(L5-L22) Task 1: Find and say something about the words. Celtic: the Angles and the Saxons: the Vikings: Careful reading L14: people from Northern European countries L8 :a language spoken by people in Britain before the middle of the 5th century before the middle of the 5th century L9 :two Germanic groups from the European mainland European mainland

9. 3.Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? 4. Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English? These words with similar meanings developed because each word came from a different language. The French-speaking Normans,who took control of England in 1066.

10. 5.Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English? The words for the animals came from Old English,while the words for the meat came from Old French.

11. Time Events Before the middle of the 5 th century People in Britain all spoke _____________________. During the period from the middle of the 5 th century to the end of the 9 th century ___________ developed from the mixing of the languages of three Germanic tribes --the Angles,the Saxons,and the Jutes with Celtic. At the ___ of the 9 th centuryThe Vikings_______________ _________________________. By the 10th centuryOld English was the________language of England. a language called Celtic. Anglo-Saxon end invaded Britain and brought their language. official

12. Occupied

13. at the end of the 9th century Vikings Moved to and brought…

14. A time chart by the10th at the end of 9th then before the middle of the 5th events times the Angles and the Saxons/a mixture of their languages the Vikings /mixed with the official language Celtic Old English

15. 1.Celtic 2.Languages of the Angles and the Saxons Old English was formed like this 3.Languages of the Vikings Old English A mixture

16. Middle English(L23-L51) Task 1: True or false statements 1.Many things played a part in the development of Middle English. Middle English. 2.The Norman Conquest affected English as much as the Angles and the Saxons’ Victory. Angles and the Saxons’ Victory. 3.The English language didn’t borrow words from French. 4.Adding an-s to house and shoe is the Germanic way of making plurals. making plurals. 5. After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke English while common people speak French. English while common people speak French. T F F F F didn’t affect did did French FrenchEnglish

17. Examples Words for animals Words for their meat cow pig pork/bacon sheep mutton beef Old English Old French Task 2:

18. Task 3: Task 3: Ways of making plurals Germanic way (Old English) French way (Old French) house shoe man child housen shoen men children houses shoes x x

19. Middle English Latin and Greek Modern English How was Modern English formed?

20. English and its history Old English Before the middle of the 5 th century, the language 1_____in Britain was Celtic. Then Britain was 2____________ by the Angles and the Saxons, who brought their language into Old English. At the end of the 9 th century, the Vikings moved to Britain, 3_______ their languages with Old English. By the 10 th century, Old English, had become the 4________ language of English. Middle English In 1066, England was 5__________ by the Normans, but French didn ’ t 6________ English as the first language. By the latter half of the 14 th century, English had been 7________used among all classes in England. Modern English Vocabulary and pronunciation also went 8_________ great changes during the Renaissance. It is 9________ that English will continue 10_____________ in the future. spoken mixing official defeated replace widely changing through certain occupied Consolidation: Fill in the blanks with one proper word

22. Watch a short video and find what kind of English is talked about.

23. 1. English is a language with so many confusing rules, because. A. English has a long history B. England is separated from the European mainland. C. the English population is large D. the English nation consists of people from different cultures. 2. The oldest language in Britain is __________ A. Celtic B. Old English C. Norwegian D. Old French 3. Which of the following statements is the most accurate( 准 确 )?______ A. English is easy to understand though it keeps changing. B. English stays almost the same after many foreign invasions( 侵略 ). C. English nowadays is hard to understand, according to the article, because people make it similar to Old English. D. English is changing all the time and will keep on changing. D A D Choose the best answer

24. A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O my luve(love) is like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June: O my luve is like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune! As fair thou(you) art (are), my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry: Till a’ the seas gang(go) dry, my dear, An the rocks melt wi’ (with) the sun; And I will luve thee(you) still, my dear, While the sands o’life shall run. And fare thee weel(well),my only luve, And fare thee weel awhile; And I will come again, my luve, tho’it were ten thousand mile! Enjoy a poem

25. Discussion 1. 1.wars 2. 2. cultures 3. the differences of dialects( 方言 ) 4. modern science and technology… What may affect a language?

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30. Homework 1.Make a time chart of the history of English. 2.Underline the difficult sentences in it.