1. English around the world
Unit 2
English around the world

2. Do you know what language is the most widely spoken and used in the
Warming-up
Do you know what language is the
most widely spoken and used in the
world nowadays?
2.Can you make a list of the countries
that use it as an official language?
English

3. The U.S.A. Great Britain Australia Canada
The countries that use English as an official language
The U.S.A.
Great Britain
Australia
Canada

4. India Singapore South Africa New Zealand
The countries that use English as an official language
India
Singapore
South Africa
New Zealand

5. 3.Do you think if the people in those
Warming-up
3.Do you think if the people in those
countries speak and use the English
language in the same way?
Watch a period of video and experience the differences between British English and American English.

6. Where are the man and the woman from?
Man: Excuse me, could I take the elevator
to the 7th floor?
Woman: Pardon? Why not the 6th floor?
Your room number is 705.
And you’d take what?
Man: I mean, I’d like to take the lift to Room
705 on the 6th floor. We say the 7th
floor instead of 6th floor in the US.
Woman: Oh, sorry. Come this way, I’ll show
you the lift.

7. The differences between British English and American English.
BrE
AmE
fall
autumn
typhoon
I guess
vocabulary
tornado
I think
colour
color
center
traveler
spelling
centre
traveller
dance[dæns]
pronunciation
dance [da:ns]

8. 1.Many people all over the world speak English.
Read and find out the key sentence .
1.Many people all over the world speak English.
2.Native speakers can understand each other even
if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
3.Why has English changed over time?
4.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
5.English now is also spoken as a foreign or second
language in south Asia.
Why are so many people speaking English in the world?
What languages influence the development of English?
What happened to American English at that time?
In what else country is English also spoken as a foreign
or second language?

9. time Language development
reading
Timeline of the development of English
time
Language development
During the 5th
century AD
based more on German
influenced by Danish and then
by French; vocabulary enriched AD
British settlers moved to
America; English spoken there
1620
British taken to Australia;
English spoken there
18th century
language settled;
spelling difference happened
19th century

10. 1 English had the most speakers in the 17th century.
Scanning
True or false
1 English had the most speakers in the 17th century.
2 English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain.
3 Languages frequently change.
4 The language of the government is always the language of the country.
5 English is one of the official languages used in India.
6 This reading describes the development of the English language.

11. 2. The text is developed mainly by ____.
Critical thinking
The text mainly tells us_________________.
the history of English
time
2. The text is developed mainly by ____.
3. The tone of the writing is ______.
neutral

12. SUMMARY:
At first, only people in England spoke English. Later, people from England made _______ to other parts and _____________ that English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more countries use English as their ______ languages. ______ English speakers can understand each other.
________, all languages change when ________ communicate with one another. At first, it was more _____ on _______, and _______ French and Danish, which helped to enrich its _______.They all have their own ________.
English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia, ______ ______Malaysia and Singapore.

13. SUMMARY:
At first, only people in England spoke English. Later, people from England made _______ to other parts and ________ ______ that English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more countries use English as their _______ languages. ______ English speakers can understand each other
voyages
because of
official
Native

14. Actually
_______, all languages change when ________ communicate with one another. At first, it was more _____ on _______, and ________French and Danish, which helped to enrich its _______.They all have their own ________.
English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia, ______ ______ Malaysia and Singapore.
cultures
based
gradually
German
vocabulary
identity
such as

15. 1. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?
Discussion
1. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?
2. Why do you think more people in
the world now want to learn Chinese?
Large number of speakers / international role / economic development / development of democracy / the image in the world / cultural development