the-road--to-modern-English

Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldLead-inHowmuchdoyouknowaboutEnglish?A.Englishisthethirdmostspokennativelanguageintheworld,afterStandardChineseandSpanish.B.Itisaco-officiallanguageoftheUnitedNations,theEuropeanUnionandmanyotherworldandregionalinternationalorganizations.C.Itisthemostwidelylearnedsecondlanguageandiseithertheofficiallanguageoroneoftheofficiallanguagesinalmost60sovereignstates.Therearemorepeoplewhohavelearneditasasecondlanguagethantherearenativespeakers.WhysomanypeoplelearnEnglishintheworld?Q1:WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?ChinaQ2:Whichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemostwidelyusedlanguage?EnglishTheroadtomodernEnglishPredict:1.Whathappenedontheroad?2.HasEnglishbeenthesameallthetime?SkimmingQ1:Thepassagemainlydevelopsby_____.A.spaceB.timeC.logicQ2:Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Finallybythe19thcenturythelanguagewassettled.ManypeopleallovertheworldspeakEnglish.Nativespeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.EnglishisnowspokeninSouthAsiaandmanyothercountries.WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?ScanningParagraph1Q1:HowmanypeoplespeakEnglishattheendofthe16thcentury?AboutfivetosevenmillionpeoplespokeEnglish.Q2:WhenandWhydidEnglishbegintobespokeninmanyothercountries?Inthe19thcentury,peoplefromEnglandmadevoyagestoconquerotherpartsoftheworld.ScanningQ3:Whatdevelopmentorchangesreferredtointhisparagraph?ThenumberofpeoplespeakingEnglish_______withtimegoingby.increasesScanningParagraph2Thereappeared___kindsofpopularEnglish.BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishtwoScanningParagraph3-4WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?MakeatimelineofthedevelopmentofEnglish.AD450--1150Englishwasbasedon_______AD800--1150andsettlersenrichedtheEnglishlanguage.Shakespearemadeuseofawidervocabulary.___________SomeBritishsettlersmovedtoAmerica.Later____________Englishbegantobespokenin_________.Thelanguagewassettled.NowEnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguage____________.GermanFillintheblanksDanishFrenchBythe1600’sIn1620Australiainthe18thcenturyBythe19thcenturyinSouthAsiaScanningParagraph5What’sthepresentsituationofEnglishinAsia?Whatisthemainideaofthepassage-THEROADTOMODERNENGLIGH?Thepassageshowsus_________andthe___________ofEnglish.Englishhas________overtimeanditis_______alloverthe______.thehistorydevelopmentchangedspokenworldDiscussion1.WhydoyouthinkpeopleallovertheworldwanttolearnEnglish?TolearninWesternuniversitiesTousecomputersandtheinternetToexpandtradescaleDiscussion2.DoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaspopularasEnglishintheworldinthefuture?Giveyourreasons.AsaresultofChina’sgrowingeconomicpowerAsaresultofChina’sgrowinginfluenceintheUNandotherinternationalorganizationsTotradewithChinaTomovesomebranchesofWesterncompaniesintoChina