WHY IS ENGLISH SO POPULAR?

1. WHY IS ENGLISHSO POPULAR?

2. Look at these events. Match the pictures and the phrases. a) to find a job abroad b) to go on holiday abroad c) to earn a lot of money d) to become a politician e) to travel everywhere in the world f) to watch films in the original language g) to go abroad on an exchange programme h) to read books in the original language i)to get access to the Internet j)to make friends with people from other countries k) to communicate with people from other countries l) to work as a secretary m) to make presentations at international conferences

3. It may ruin your life! Don’t learn English!

4. Вы сможете путешествовать по всему миру и везде общаться с людьми

5. Вы всегда будете узнавать новости первыми

6. Вы получите доступ к информации по любому предмету

7. Вы узнаете все о своей любимой музыкальной группе

8. И хуже всего: вы найдете фантастическую работу и заработаете много денег

9. READ THE STATISTICS. MATCH IT WITH THE FACTS FROM THE TEXT. • 1. CNN broadcasts to more than 210 countries. • 2. In 2000, nineteen out of twenty of the most popular movies in the world were American. • 3. A billion (1,000,000,000) websites in the Internet are in English. • 4. English is the language most spoken around the world.

10. WHY IS ENGLISHSO POPULAR?

11. Plurals are easier • Tables – столы • Cats – кошки • Eyes - глаза • Trees - деревья

12. Genders are simplershe – womenhe – menit – all the other wordsEnglish words don’t change so much I read this book. We read this book.You read this book. He (she, it) readsthis book. They read this book.

13. A lot of english words are like German • German • MeineFreundinistneunJahre alt. • Wirgehen in die Schule. • Sieistinteressant. • English • My friend is nine years old. • We go to school. • She is interesting.

14. The roots of the english language

15. The british empire at its zenith in 1919

16. Hometask:write a composition“Why is English so popular”