1. English Around the World

2. Warming up Chinese Minnan dialect English方言
English
How many languages can you speak?
…and so on
Wenzhou dialect

3. Question:
In which countries English is used as the native language?

4. English-speaking countries
U.K.
U.S.A.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
English-speaking countries

5. Are the English spoken all around the world the same ?
Find out the synonyms (同义词） in the following conversation.

6. A:Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.
B: Great. I like football match very much.
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7. The differences between British English and American English. BrE AmE
football soccer
match game
vocabulary
color
spelling
colour
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pronunciation
[dæns]
dance
[da:ns]

8. The Road ?to Modern English

9. Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Para5
Skimming:Match the topic sentences with each paragragh.(3mins)
All languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.
Para1
The spread of English in the world.
Para2
Native speakers can understand each other but not everything.
Para3
English is also spoken as a foreign or second language .
Para4
Two big changes in English spelling happened .
Para5

10. Learning tip:
The first sentence and second sentence of a paragraph usually is the topic sentence.

11. Para. 1 Read para.1 carefully and answer the following questions.
1. When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?
2. Why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries at that time?
In the 17th century.
Because people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world.

12. Para. 2 Find the synonyms（同义词） in the conversation.
British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?
American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.
Synonyms: flat apartment （公寓）

13. Para. 3 rule v. 统治，控制 be based on 根据，以…为依据 at present 现在，目前 Events
Time
Events AD
The English was spoken in England. It was based more on __________than the English we speak at present. AD
Because the people who ________ England spoke first Danish and later French, English became _________ like German.
In the 1600s
_______________ made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
In 1620
Some British settlers moved to ___________.
In the 18th century
Some British people were taken to _________.
Para. 3
German
ruled
be based on 根据，以…为依据
at present 现在，目前
rule v. 统治，控制
less
Shakespeare
America
Australia

14. F T F T Para. 4&5 T or F Only time will tell.
1.Samuel Johnson’s dictionary gave a separate identity to American English spelling.
2.From 1765 to 1947, English became the language for Indian government.
3.We’re sure that Chinese English will develop its own identity.
4. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers.
Noah Webster F T
Only time will tell. F T

15. Who can be the millionaire?
The four groups will do a competition together.
There are four different questions that have different amout of money. Each group can choose one question. If the group can offer the right answer, they get the money. If the group gives the wrong answer,they lose the money.

16. Q1:Ture or False ($ 500,000)
1. The language of the government is always the language of the country.
2. English is one of the official languages used in India. F T

17. Q2:Which of the following statement is true?
（$300,000）
Languages always stay the same
B. Languages change only after wars
C. Languages no longer change
D. Languages change when cultures change

18. Q3: ($300,000)
The text mainly tells us ____.
A. that old English is different from
the English today
B. how Modern English came into being
C. English and its history
D. that English will keep changing

19. Q4: How did American English spelling get the separate identity

20. Noah Webster wrote The American
Dictionary of the English Language,
which gave a separate identity to
American English spelling.

21. Why do people all over the world want to learn English?
Discussion $800,000
Why do people all over the world want to learn English?
(The group who can offer the best answer is able to get the money.)

22. For trade
For learning foreign culture
For entertainment
For passing the exams
For surfing the internet
English is one of the official language of the Olympic Games and the United Nations.
English is an international language.

23. Post reading voyages spoken Native if
Retell the passage and fill in the blanks.
At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in ________ .As people from England made_______ to conquer 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 the same kind of English .
England
voyages
spoken
before
Native if

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

25. English-speaking countries
U.K.
U.S.A.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
English-speaking countries