1. LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE Hučíková, V8A 22. 11. 2014 Gymnázium Jiřího Ortena

2. CONTENT WHY TO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES? TYPICAL FEATURES OF ENGLISH HISTORY OF ENGLISH VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

3. business education travel(l)ing self-development REASONS TO LEARN ENGLISH

4. FEATURES Indo-European language family 3 groups of speakers easy grammar spoken x written

5. The Romans – Old Latin The Anglo-Saxons – Old English The 6 th century – +Greek The Vikings – Danish and Norwegian The Normans – French 14 th century – Ancient Greek The Elizabethan era – Arabic,… 17th century – → varieties of English

6. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH BRITISHAMERICANCANADIANAUSTRALIAN Indian English, African English, … + Cockney

7. colour dialogue programme color dialog program Have you got? At the weekend Do you have? On the weekend bathroom, public school..

8. biscuitcookie sweetscandy flatapartment holidayvacation universitycollege trouserspants tubesubway

9. sources 23. 11. 2014 http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/issues_gl obal.html http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/issues_gl obal.html http://www.e-junkie.info/2011/07/history-of- english-in-10-minutes-these.html http://www.e-junkie.info/2011/07/history-of- english-in-10-minutes-these.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language