Unit 2 English Around the World

1. Unit 2 English Around the World

2. Warming up and Reading Words and expressions

3. Some advice on how to learn english • A. make use of every chance to speak english and say it frequently, so that you can say it fluently just as the native speaker. • B. remember more vocabularies, gradually, you will know more than spelling, including the meaning of the words. • C. Although you are not very good at english at present, insist on(坚持） working hard, you will be successful.

4. Native language:It is the language that one or both your parents speak. You learn it as your first language /your native language/mother tongue.

5. Englishas a secondlanguage:It is the language used by government,schools, newspapers and TV, but people speak the language of their own country at home.

6. English as a foreign language It is the language learnt as a school subject.

7. Which countries used English as the official（官方语言） / native (本土语)/ foreign (外语)language? Pakistan South Africa America English Ireland The U.k. Canada Philippines China New Zealand Nigeria

8. Countries speak English as their mother tongue Britain(UK) America (USA) Canada South Africa Australia New Zealand

9. Canada the United Kingdom theUSA Ireland Australia South Africa New Zealand

10. to use for business. to use in school. Why should we learn English? to study In western universities. to talk to native speakers. to listen to English music and movies. To learn about other Countries.

11. English is so important, shouldn’t we work hard???? • ANSWER!!!!

12. How much do you know about the English language? 1. It is an international language and widely used. 2. It is the official language of many countries and the UN. 3. It plays an important role as a first or second language. 4. It is learned by people in many non-English speaking countries.

13. In whatsituations is English used? in aninternational talk/meeting

14. on the air (on TV, on the radio…) in schools

15. When we sing English songs. When we listen to English.

16. AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH

17. What are the two main groups of English? B.E and A.E

18. Do you know the difference between B.E and A.E? Why not go by Underground? Let’s go to the pictures! Ok. But how shall we go to the movies? Er, but the subway station is far away.

19. British English American English vs Come on! Yeah! elevator/lift in a team/on a team rubber/eraser petrol/gas

20. Do you want to come to my flat? How far is your apartment? It is beautiful?

21. Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday? Wow, bar is a nice place.

22. Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some biscuitsandsweets. What about you, Obama? Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.

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

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

25. Try to write down the words. apartment flat pub bar can tin candy sweets biscuit cookie elevator lift game match soccer football autumn fall gas petrol

26. colour color center centre spelling traveled travelled [da:ns] dance [dæns] pronunciation not [nat] [nэt] Difference 1 Difference 2 autumn fall words I think I guess expressions

27. 1.Do you think that people from Britain and American can understand? Why do you think so? 2.Is there any differences in written and spoken English in the countries?

28. Pre-reading • With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. • Which country do you think has the most English learners?

29. 以英语作为官方语言的有 : * 英国 * 澳大利亚 * 巴哈马群岛 * 博茨瓦纳 （但国语是Setswana） * 加拿大 （连同法语） * 斐济 （但是国语是斐济语） * 香港 （连同汉语） * 印度 （连同孟加拉语， 泰卢固语， 马拉地语， 泰米尔语， 乌尔都语， Gujarati， Malayalam， 埃纳德语， Oriya， Punjabi， 阿萨姆语， 克什米尔语， Sindhi， 梵语） * 肯尼亚 （连同Kiswahili）

30. * 基里巴斯 * 尼日尔利亚 * 巴基斯坦 * 爱尔兰 （但是第二语言，第一语言是爱尔兰语） * 南非 （连同南非荷兰语， Ndebele， Northern Sotho， 梭托语， 斯威士语， Tsonga， 茨瓦纳语， Venda， 班图语，祖鲁语） * 新西兰 （习惯上的官方语言；其它法律规定的是毛利语） * 新加坡 （连同马来语， 泰米尔语和汉语。国语是马来语） * 菲律宾 （但国语是菲律宾语） * 冈比亚 * 美国

31. For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations. For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number as it has the largest population.

32. Prediction Read the title “The road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about?

33. Skimming Scan the text to find or make out a key sentence for each paragraph.

34. English is now spoken wide • in Asia. Paragraph 1 B. Many people all over the world speak English. Paragraph 2

35. C. Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 D. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. Paragraph 5 E. Why has English has changed over time?

36. DETAILED READING • Para1. How many people speak English? • About 5-7million people spoke English. • When and why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries? • People from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world.

37. Scatter, is from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! • Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! • O Wind, If Winter comes , can Spring be far behind?

38. Para3&4. Why has english changed? • Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. • What are the two big changes in english spelling? • First Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language.

39. Make a timeline of the development of English, using the passage to help you. 2 During the 5th century AD • English was based more on German. • English was influenced by Danish and French invaders. Between AD 800 and 1150 3.Shakespeare used a wider vocabulary than ever before. By the 1600s

40. 4.British settlers moved to America in the “May flower”. 1620 From 18th century 5.British colonized Australia. 1765-1947 6.English spoken in India. By 19th century 7.Dictionaries standardized the spelling of English.

41. Para 5 • Why does India have a very large number of fluent English speakers? • Because it was ruled by Britain from 1765 to 1947. • What about in China? • The number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.

42. Careful reading Read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why. 1 • English had the most speakers in the 17th century. • English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain. • Languages frequently change. F T F

43. 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. F T T

44. Summary: • English has changed and____ when cultures meet and ____ with each other. From AD450 to 1150, new settlers to England enriched the English language and enlarged its___. In 1620, British people began to move to other countries, and___, English was spoken in many other countries. By the 19th century, American English spelling

45. got a separate____ when Noah Webster wrote his dictionary. At ___, more people speak English as their first,___ or a foreign language than ever before. People in South Asia ___ as India, Singapore speak ___English. China may have the___ number of English learners.

46. In pairs discuss these questions. 3 1. Why do so many people want to learn English? • use computers and the internet • to trade • to learn in western universities • to read academic journals • ……

47. 2.Why do you think more people in the world now want to lean Chinese? • as a result of China’s growing economic power • as a result of China’s growing influence in the UN • to trade with China • to move some branches of Western companies into China. • …….

48. More people speak in more countries Many other countries England Development of English today the next century the end of the 16th century

49. Conclusion Language can change with time. time Language can change when cultures communicate with each other. place

50. Discussion How does a powerful country influence a language, such as the USA. Will Chinese English become one of the world’ English? Why? Has Chinese changed over the time? How? Why? Choose any one of it to have a discussion.