Reading
English and its history
UnitUnit
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WenShu high school Liu Jing
Skim over the text in 2 minutes and answer the 3 questions on page 22,excerise A.
Skim over the text in 2 minutes and answer the 3 questions on page 22,excerise A.
1 What is the article about ?
2 What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?
3 In what way is English still changing?
It’s about English and its history.
Old English, Middle English and Modern English.
English is still changing in many ways, such as in vocabulary and pronunciation.
1 Why does English have so many rules that confuse people?
2 Where did the word “English” come from?
3 Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? Please give us an example
1 Why does English have so many rules that confuse people?
2 Where did the word “English” come from?
3 Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? Please give us an example
1 Why does English have so many rules
that confuse people?
Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought with them to Britain.
It came from the word “Engle”, as it was spelt in Old English.
2 Where did the word “English”
come from?
3 Why can words with similar meanings be found in the English language? Please give us an example
Because each word came from a different language.
E.g. sick----- used by the Angles and the Saxons
ill ------- used by the Norwegians
languageslanguages
before mid-5th before mid-5th
thenthen
end 9thend 9th
2G tribes (A, S)
2G tribes (A, S)
CelticCeltic
VikingsVikings
DenmarkDenmark NorwayNorway
10th10th
languageslanguages
official languageofficial language
Old English
Old English
Why puzzled?
1 What is middle English?
2 Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English?
3 Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English?
4 What’s the differences between the Old English’s way of making plural and Middle English way? Please give some examples.
1 What is middle English?
2 Who made the greatest contribution to the development from Old English to Middle English?
Middle English is the name given to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries
The French-speaking Normans, who took control of England in 1066.
3 Why are many of the words for animals different from those for meat in English?
The words for the animals came from Old English, while the words for the meat came from Old French.
What are the words for their meat?
pork/ bacon beef
mutton
4 What’s the differences between the Old English’s way of making plural and Middle English way? Please give some examples.
In Old English, the Germanic way of making words plural was used. For example, they said housen instead of houses, and shoen instead of shoes.
After the Normans took control, they began using the French way of making plural, adding an –s to house and shoe.
What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?
What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?
FrenchFrenchsimilar words
※ words for animals & food
What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?
What are the factors that contributed to the development of middle English?
Henry IVHenry IV
FrenchFrenchsimilar words words for animals & food
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※ official occasions
plurals
When did Modern English appear?When did Modern English appear?
What new factors are included in Modern English?What new factors are included in Modern English?
During the Renaissance in the 16th century.
During the Renaissance in the 16th century.
Latin and Greek words, pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented.
Latin and Greek words, pronunciations and new words and new ways being invented.
Time EventsBefore the middle of the 5th century
Then
At the end of 9th century
By the 10th century
In 1066
By the latter half of the 14th century
In 1399
During the Renaissance in the 16th century
People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic
The Angles and the Saxons occupied Britain
The Vikings began to move to Britain
The Normans defeated England and took control of the country
English was used by all classes in England
Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official events
Modern English appeared
Old English had become the official language of England
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