1. English around the World

2. Australia
South Africa
Singapore
New Zealand
Canada
Ireland
India
Britain
America
As we all know, a great number of countries speak English as their official language.

3. Group discussion Why is English important? Because … Because of …
widely use the Olympic Games/ UN trade

4. __________ _____ (因为)the wide use of the Internet and computers, English is becoming more and more important.
Because of

5. official
Because English is one of the __________ (官方的) languages of the Olympic Games and the United Nations (UN).

6. Because English also _____ ___ _________ ___ ___ (起重要作用) tourism and trade.
plays an
important part in

7. Because English plays an important role in the international films, TV and radio programs.

8. Do you want to come up to my flat?
Obama, President of US
How far is your apartment? Is it beautiful?
Brown, the former Prime Minister of UK

9. Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very
exciting.
Great. I like football match very much.

10. Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.

11. Differences in vocabulary usage:
Chinese
B. E
A. E 公寓 电梯 比赛 足球
apartment
flat
lift
elevator
game
match
soccer
football

12. Other differences Am.E Br.E colour color metre spelling meter
travelled
traveled
dance [da:ns] [dæns]
neither [ˈni:ðə] [ ˈnaɪðə]
either [ˈaiðə] [ˈiðɚ]
pronunciation
Do you think the differences of English were in the past greater or smaller?

13. The Road to Modern English
Reading
The Road to Modern English ?

14. Skimming Main ideas understand cultures communicate settled foreign
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Skimming
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

15. 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.
Today, more people speak English than ever before.

16. T or F
Para 2
Native English speakers cannot understand each other because they don’t speak the same kind of English. F
Native English speakers can … even if …
Para 3-4
Why has English changed over time?
Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.

17. Para 3-5 Find out the time of the change of the English language. Time
changes that happened

18. Para 3-5 Find out the time of the change of the English language. Time
changes that happened to English AD AD
In the 1600s
In 1620
In the 18th century
By the 19th century
Now

19. Timetable Time changes that happened based German ruled less
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
ruled AD
less
make use of
By the 1600s
America
In 1620
Australia
In the 18th century

20. Timetable Time changes that happened dictionary identity India
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
Malaysia
South Africa
China

21. All languages change when cultures _____________ with one another
All languages change when cultures _____________ with one another. The English spoken between about AD 450and was ________ ______Today. Actually, it _____ _____ more ___ German than the English we speak ___ ______. From 1150 to 1500,it became more like French because those who ______ England spoke French. By the 1600’s, Shakespeare _____ ____ ____ a wider ___________ than____ ______. After Noah Webster’s dictionary, American has its own ________. Today ___ _______ ___ people learning English in China is increasing _________.
communicate
different from
was based on
at present
ruled
made use of
vocabulary
ever before
identity
the number of
rapidly

22. Discussion
At present, the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. China has a large number of English learners now.
Q: What causes（引起） the phenomenon(现象)? What do you think of the phenomenon?
Only time will tell whether Chinese English develops its own identity.

23. *Read the first paragraph. *Read the last paragraph.
Reading skills:
In order to find the main ideas, what should you read?
*Read the title.
*Read the first paragraph.
*Read the last paragraph.
*Read the first and last sentence of every paragraph.
*Read any headings and sub-headings.

24. Reading skills:
Scan:
to read something quickly to find specific information. Usually in scanning you have a question in your mind and you read a passage only to find the answer, ignoring unrelated information.
*Use headings and any other aids that help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for.