1. 新课标人教版课件系列
《高中英语》
必修2-2.4

2. English Learning
The lecturer: Li you-xian
Oct 12,2004

3. Unit 2
English around
the world

4. Warming Up
Pre-reading
Reading
Homework

5. Warming Up Questions: 1. What is our first/native language?
key words: native language, native speaker
2. Do all Chinese people speak Chinese in the same way?

6. Look at these pictures and answer questions
Tony Blair
Prime Minister
of the UK
George Bush President of the US
John Howard Prime Minister
of Australia
Who are these people?
Where are they from?
Paul Martin
new Prime Minister of Canada

7. Suppose(假设)these four men are having a secret interview with nobody else around, do you think they can understand what each says? Why?
Do you think they speak the same kind of English ?

8. Pre-reading Discuss the following questions in groups of four:
1. How many people speak English in the world?
Tips: English-speaking countries;
countries where English is spoken as a second or foreign language
2. Why do so many people speak English?

10. English-speaking countries: the UK, the US, Ireland(爱尔兰），Canada,Australia,New Zealand etc
Countries where English is the second language: India, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines(菲律宾), South Africa etc.
Why do so many people speak English?
Reasons:
historical（历史的） reasons --- British rule in the past
the working language in UN and the Olympic Games
the development（发展) of world trade(贸易), tourism(旅游) etc.
the use of computers, the Internet
satellite TV&radio programme, Hollywood films

11. Reading
How did different kinds of English come about?

12. Task 1 Read the text quickly and tell True or False :
( )1.English began to be spoken in many other countries in the 16th century.
( )2.Native English speakers found it difficult to understand each other because they speak different kinds of English.
( )3. The American Dictionary of the English language gave American English its own identity .
( )4. English was the official language in India from 1765 to 1947. F F T T

13. Task 2 Listen to the tape and do Comprehending on Page 10 SB

16. Singapore
Malaysia
印度名胜：泰姬陵
Hongkong
the Great Wall

17. Difficult sentences in the text:
The English spoken between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.( 这里的两个过去分词短语都作定语,分别修饰其前面的名词,相当于 定语从句which was/is spoken… .)
One big change in English happened when Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language, giving American English its identity(= the dictionary made American English known to the world ).
Actually, it was based more on German than present day English.
base(v.) base sth on sth 以某事物为另一事物的基础，根据，证据等
He based his reports on the facts he collected.
The film is based on the 9 ·11 Event.
Only time will tell.(= The answer can only be known in the future)

18. Task 3 Read the text again and tell the main idea of each paragraph: 1
Task 3 Read the text again and tell the main idea of each paragraph: 1. Which of the following best describes the main idea of Paragraph 1? A. How English began to be spoken in other countries outside England. B. China has the largest number of English speakers. C. More and more people speak English in the world.

19. 2. Tell the main idea of Paragraphs 2-4 by filling in a key word in each blank:
Native
_________ English speakers can understand each other but not__________.
everything
changed
how
Why and _____ English has ________in English-speaking countries
second
English is also spoken as a _______ or _______ language in many countries
foreign

20. Task 4. Fill in the correct information according to the text:
Para-graph
Main idea
Facts 1
How English began to be
spoken_________England
England---________coun-tries--- more speakers than ever before 2
Native English speakers
can____________ each
other but not________
Examples of ________ &American English
other
outside
British
understand
everything

21. English is also spoken as a ______ or _____ language in many countries
Para-
graph
Main idea
Facts 3
Why and how English has________ in English-speaking countries
AD : :
1600’s:
___________English 4
English is also spoken as a ______ or _____ language in many countries
*Asia:_____ _______
Malaysia
*South Africa
*Others: China
Based on German
More like French
changed
Wider vocabulary by
Shakespeare
American
Australian
India
Singapore
second
foreign

22. How did different kinds of English come about?
Conclusion:
How did different kinds of English
come about?
Key words: At first, only in England, later, moved, other
countries, today, more and more English speakers; native
English speakers, understand, not everything; change,
cultures, communicate with, British /American/Australian
English, identity, also, second/foreign language, many other countries…

23. Task 5 : Retell the text by finishing the passage below:
The Road to Modern English
At first, only people in ______ spoke English. Later, peo-
ple from England _____ to other parts, so English began to ______________ in many other countries. Today, more and more people speak English as their first, ______ or foreign language. __________English speakers can ____________
each other but not ___________. All languages ________ when cultures ____________with one another, so there are _________ English, American English, Australian English and so on. They all have their own __________. English is also spoken as a second or foreign language in many other countries. Maybe Chinese English will become one of the _______Englishes in the future.
England
moved
be spoken
second
Native
understand
everything
change
communicate
British
identity
world

24. Homework: Retell the text in about ten sentences
2. Go over the new words of the unit and do Part 1-3 of Learning about Language on Page 11