Unit 2 Wang Xueyi Longwan High School English Around the World England --- England, America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada,… --- India, Singapore, Malaysia,…

Unit 2

Wang XueyiLongwan High School

English Around the WorldEngland

--- England, America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada,…

--- India, Singapore, Malaysia,…

--- China,…

The first language

the second language

a foreign language

The Road toModern English

Why English changed.

English is spoken as a foreign language or second language in Africa and Asia.

Today more people speak English than ever before.

Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 5

English was settled.

Para 4

Para 1:

People from England made voyages to conquer (['kɔ

ŋkə]=rule) other parts of the world … (line 2-3)

EnglandAmerica

When? What happened?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Para. 3—Para. 4: Fill in the form

When? What happened?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

German

by the 1600’s

Para. 3—Para. 4: Fill in the form

English was less like German.

Some British settlers moved to America.

The language was settled.

Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

AD 450--1150 English was based on ________.

AD 800--1150

in 1620

in the 18th century Some British people were taken to Australia.

by the 19th century

Later

Finally

At first

Then

It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.

• be based on

If one thing is based on another, it is developed from it. ----Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary

house – houses shoe – shoesman – men child – children foot – feet tooth – teeth

Old English:The German way of making plurals.

The word “settled” (adj.) means ___________ A. was not changeable B. was dealt with C. calm down

2 changes in English spelling

Who made a great contribution to American English spelling? [.kɔntri'bju:ʃən] n. 贡献

The latter gave a separate identity to…..[ai'dentəti] n. who or what sb or sth is 身份，特征

was not changeable

Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.

2 persons

2 dictionaneries

2 changes in English spelling2 persons

2 dictionaries

Samuel Johnson Noah Webster

Para 5:

Which country probably has the most English learners?

A. Singapore B. China

C. India D. Malaysia

Chinglish

• Good good study, day day up.• You give me stop• If you want money, I have no; if you want

life, I have one. • Give you some colour see see.

• gelivable• ungelivable• don’train• vegeteal

=geili+vable 给力

=un+geili+vable 不给力

don’t+train= 动车

vegetable+steal= 偷菜

Why is Chinese English developed?

Will Chinese English develop its own identity?

Just remember:

Languages can change with __________ .

This reading tells us the d___________ of the English language.

development

time /…

The Road to Modern English

The Road to Modern English

The main idea? (Pay attention to the first or last sentence of

each paragraph!)

4. Summarizing

1. Predicting

2. Skimming

3. Closer reading

…

1. Read the passage aloud to understand it better.

2. Try to find some good expressions in it.

3. Finish Exx. (Part 2) in your homework book.