period 2 reading The road to modern English

UnitTwo:Englisharoundtheworld(Reading)TheroadtomodernEnglishPre-readingquestions:1.DoyouthinkitimportantforyoutolearnEnglish?Why?2.WhydosomanypeoplespeakEnglish?3.WhichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemostEnglishlearners?Pre-readingReadthetitle“TheRoadtoModernEnglish”andpredict(预测)whatthepassageismainlyabout?TheroadtomodernEnglishTheroadthedevelopmentofEnglishlanguageMoreandmorepeoplespeakEnglish.NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeacheveniftheydon'tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.Para1:Para2:①Attheendof…②Laterinthenextcentury…③Today…Englishischangingovertime.(cultures&places)Englishisspokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinmanycountries.Para3-4:Para5:A.HowtolearnEnglishwellB.ThebriefhistoryofModernEnglishC.ThewaytoEnglandD.ThedifferencebetweenModernEnglishandOldEnglishChoosethemainideaofthetext.BCarefulreading:Para1--DevelopmentofEnglishattheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodaypeopleEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesIfanAmericanistalkingtoanEnglishman,_______.A.TheywillhavealmostnodifficultyinunderstandingB.TheywillhavealotofmisunderstandingsbetweeneachotherC.TheAmericanfindsitdifficulttounderstandtheEnglishmanD.TheEnglishmanfindsitdifficulttofollowtheAmericanPara2AWhydoesEnglishchangeovertime?Becauseofculturalcommunication.ReadPara3andanswerthequestion:TheroadtomodernEnglishAD450-1150Englishwasbasedmoreon_______.AD800-1150Englishbecame_____likeGermanBecausethosewho_____EnglandspokefirstDanishandlaterFrench.Inthe1600's_____________madeuseofawidervocabularythaneverbefore.GermanThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagelessruledShakespearePara3-5HowhasEnglishchangedovertime?TheroadtomodernEnglishIn1620SomeBritishsettlersmovedto_________.Laterinthe18thcenturySomeBritishpeopleweretakento__________.1765-1947Englishbecamethelanguagefor_________________________.AmericaAustraliagovernmentandeducationTheroadtomodernEnglishBythe19thcenturyTheEnglishlanguagewassettled.Twobigchangesin_______________happened:SamuelJohnsonwrotehis__________andNoahWebsterwrote_________________________________________________NowEnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguage_________________________________andsoon.EnglishspellingdictionaryTheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.inSouthAsiaChinaSouthAfrica…Findoutthecharacteristicsofeachtimeaccordingtothetimeaxis.AD450-1150800-1150ThetimeADELwaswrittenInthe1600’slaterGermanlesslikeGerman;morelikeFrenchShakespeare’sEnglishAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglishSamuelJohnsonBorn:September18,1709WriteadictionaryOneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostprofoundinfluences.TwoimportantpersonsinPara4NoahWebsterBorn:October16,1758Died:May28,1843WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.WhyisIndiamentionedinthelastparagraph?A.BecauseIndiaisatypicalcountrywhospeaksEnglishasasecondlanguagebecauseofitslongbeingruledbyBritain.B.BecauseIndiahasaverylargenumberofEnglishspeakers.C.BecauseIndiaisacountrywhereEnglishplaysaveryimportantroleinsociallife.D.BecauseIndiahasalonghistoryofcommunicationwithBritain.Para5AEnglishisusedas…AfirstlanguageAsecondlanguageAforeignlanguageintheUK,USA,Canada,Australia,SouthAfrica,IrelandandNewZealandandsoon.inIndia,Pakistan,NigeriathePhilippines,andHKandsoon.inChina,andsoon.timeplaceLanguagecanchangewithtime.Languagecanchangewhenculturescommunicatewitheachother.ConclusionFlowChartTheRoadToModernEnglishEnglishisnotallthesameEnglishchangesovertimeTheendof16thCThenextcenturyTodayMorelikeFrenchShake-speare’stimeEnglishspeakersincreasingEnglishspreadinAsiaandAfricaAmEAustralianEnglishIndiaOthercoun-triesChinaBasedonGerman