1. English around the World

2. 1.Which language is spoken by the largest number of people
Quiz:
1.Which language is spoken by the largest number of people
in the world?

3. 2.Which language is most
widely used in the world?

4. 3.How many people speak English in the world today ?

5. as their first language 375 million
as a second language
or a foreign language
750 million
more than 1.1 billion
speak English
Half of the world’s
population
(by 2050)
will be using it.

6. 4.Can you think of some English –speaking countries?

7. English Around the World
Canada
the United Kingdom
the USA
Ireland
India
Philippines
Singapore
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Map of the world

8. Do they speak the same English ?
World Englishes include Canadian, British,American, Australian and Indian English.

9. Do you know the differences between American English and British English?
&
British English

10. Let’s go to the pictures!
OK. But how shall we go to the movies?
Let’s go to the pictures!
Why not go by underground?
Er, but the subway station is far away.

11. B.E.
A.E.
B.E.
A.E.
apartment
mail
post
flat
sweet
candy
store
shop
lift
elevator
rubber
eraser
gas
petrol
ill
sick
fall
autumn
penfriend
penpal

12. shampoo
sushi
tofu 寿司
India
China
Japan

13. There are many differences between different Englishes
There are many differences between different Englishes How did they come about(产生)? Why has English changed over time? What will world Englishes be like in the future?
Modern English ?
ROAD

14. 自 主 学 习 A. Narration（记叙文） B. Exposition（说明文） C. Argumentation （议论文）
Task 1
Skimming to get general ideas
The writing style of the article______.
A. Narration（记叙文）
B. Exposition（说明文）
C. Argumentation （议论文）
2. The text is developed mainly by ____.
A. place B. time C. people

15. 主 学 自 习 Main ideas understand cultures communicate settled foreign
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Para 5:
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

16. 反 馈 练 习
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.
比以往；比以前
Today, more people speak English than ever before.

17. 习 反 馈 练
T or F
Para 2
Native English speakers cannot understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English.
即使，尽管 F
Native English speakers can … even if …
在---期间(during)
Para 3-4
Why has English changed over time?
Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

18. 自 主 学 习 Timeline of the development of English Time
changes that happened
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
目前；现在
ruled AD
less 利用
make use of
By the 1600s
America
In 1620
In the 18th century
Australia

19. 自 主 习 学 Timeline of the development of English Time
changes that happened
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
government
Singapore
Now
South Africa
Malaysia
China

20. 合 作 探 究 Para 5 1.Read Para.5 and find out why India takes
English as a second language.
India
was ruled by Britain
2.Do you know any other kinds of English
formed for this reason?
South African English
Singapore English
Malaysian English

21. Consolidation 1.English has/had the most speakers___. A. now
B. when the British ruled many parts of the world
C. in the time of Shakespeare
D. in the 12th century
2.Which of the following statement is true?
A. Languages always stay the same
B. Languages change only after wars
C. Languages no longer change
D. Languages change when cultures change

22. 3. From AD 450 to 1150, English sounded more like_____?
A. French B. Chinese
C. German D. Russian
4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around ______?
A. 1400’s B. 1150’s
C. 450’s D. 1600’s
5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speakers in the world?
A. Australia B. China
C. India D. Britain

23. 后 作 业 课
Homework:
Read the passage at least twice and make a list of the useful expressions.
Try to understand the difficult sentences.