Unit 2
English Around the World
Warming up and Reading
Words and expressions
Why should I
learn English?
to use for business.
to use in school.
to write to pen friends.
to talk to
native speakers.
to read
English
books.
to listen to English
music and movies.
How much do you know about the English language?
1. It is an international language and widely used.
2. It is the official language of many countries and the UN.
3. It plays an important role as a first or second language.
4. It is learned by people in many non-English speaking countries.
in an international talk/meeting
In what situations is English used?
in schools
on the air
(on TV, on the radio…)
When we sing English songs.
When we listen to English.
Native language:It is the language that one or both your parents speak. You learn it as your first language /your native language/mother tongue.
English as a second language:It is the language used by government,schools, newspapers and TV, but people speak the language of their own country at home.
English as a foreign language
It is the language learnt as a school subject.
English
America
Ireland
China
Canada
The U.k.
Pakistan
Philippines
South Africa
New Zealand
Nigeria
Which countries used English as the official（官方语言） / native (本土语)/ foreign (外语)language?
Countries speak English as their mother tongue
Britain(UK)
America (USA)
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
the USA
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
the United Kingdom
Ireland
AMERICAN ENGLISH
AND
BRITISH ENGLISH
What are the two main groups of English?
B.E and A.E
Let’s go to the pictures!
Ok. But how shall we go to the movies?
Do you know the difference between B.E and A.E?
Why not go by Underground?
Er, but the subway station is far away.
British English
American English
vs
elevator/lift in a team/on a team rubber/eraser petrol/gas
Come on!
Yeah!
Do you want to come to my flat?
How far is your apartment? It is beautiful?
Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?
Wow, bar is a nice place.
Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Obama ?
Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.
Hey, let’s go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.
Great. I like football match very much.
Time to go home. Let’s go to the elevator together.
Oh no, the lift must be full of people this time.
Try to write down the words.
flat
apartment
pub
bar
tin
can
sweets
candy
biscuit
cookie
lift
elevator
match
game
football
soccer
autumn
fall
petrol
gas
1.Do you think that people from Britain and American can understand?
Why do you think so?
2.Is there any differences in written and spoken English in the countries?
colour
color
centre
traveled
travelled
center
dance
not
[dæns]
[da:ns]
[nat]
[nэt]
autumn
fall
I think
I guess
spelling
pronunciation
words
expressions
Difference 1
Difference 2
Which language do you prefer,
American English or British English?
Why?
Discussion
Free talk
Suppose girls are from Britain , and boys come from America. Talk about the differences between American English and British English with your partner.
Pre-reading
With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language.
Which country do you think has the most English learners?
* 英国 * 澳大利亚 * 巴哈马群岛 * 博茨瓦纳 （但国语是Setswana） * 加拿大 （连同法语） * 斐济 （但是国语是斐济语） * 香港 （连同汉语） * 印度 （连同孟加拉语， 泰卢固语， 马拉地语， 泰米尔语， 乌尔都语， Gujarati， Malayalam， 埃纳德语， Oriya， Punjabi， 阿萨姆语， 克什米尔语， Sindhi， 梵语） * 肯尼亚 （连同Kiswahili）
以英语作为官方语言的有 :
* 基里巴斯 * 尼日尔利亚 * 巴基斯坦 * 爱尔兰 （但是第二语言，第一语言是爱尔兰语） * 南非 （连同南非荷兰语， Ndebele， Northern Sotho， 梭托语， 斯威士语， Tsonga， 茨瓦纳语， Venda， 班图语，祖鲁语） * 新西兰 （习惯上的官方语言；其它法律规定的是毛利语） * 新加坡 （连同马来语， 泰米尔语和汉语。国语是马来语） * 菲律宾 （但国语是菲律宾语） * 冈比亚 * 美国
For those that speak English as their first language the USA or India must have the largest number of native speakers as they have the largest populations.
For those who learn English as their first foreign language China must have the largest number as it has the largest population.
Prediction
Read the title “The road to modern English” and predict (预测) what the passage is mainly about?
Scan the text to find or make out a
key sentence for each paragraph.
Skimming
Paragraph 2
Many people all over the world speak English.
Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Why has English has changed over time?
Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
Paragraph 5
English is now spoken wide in Asia.
English had the most speakers in the 17th century.
English developed when new settlers and rulers came to Britain.
Languages frequently change.
T
F
F
Read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why.
1
Careful reading
The language of the government is
always the language of the country.
5.English is one of the official
languages used in India.
6.This reading describes the
development of the English language.
T
T
F
Make a timeline of the development of English, using the passage to help you.
2
During the 5th century AD
Between AD 800 and 1150
By the 1600s
English was based more on German.
English was influenced by Danish and French invaders.
3.Shakespeare used a wider vocabulary than ever before.
1620
From 18th century
1765-1947
By 19th century
4.British settlers moved to America in the “May flower”.
5.British colonized Australia.
6.English spoken in India.
7.Dictionaries standardized the spelling of English.
1. Why do so many people want to learn English?
use computers and the internet
to trade
to learn in western universities
to read academic journals
……
3
In pairs discuss these questions.
as a result of China’s growing economic power
as a result of China’s growing influence in the UN
to trade with China
to move some branches of Western companies into China.
…….
2.Why do you think more people in the world now want to lean Chinese?
Development of English
the end of the 16th century
the next century
today
Conclusion
time
place
Language can change with time.
Language can change when cultures communicate with each other.
Discussion
How does a powerful country influence a language, such as the USA.
Will Chinese English become one of the world’ English? Why?
Has Chinese changed over the time? How? Why?
Choose any one of it to have a discussion.
Assignment
1. Try to remember the English meaning of the new words in Reading I.
2. Prepare for the next class.
3. Finish the exercises on WB.
Some backgrounds of Am. E & Br. E
American English and British English
The differences between American English and British English
How come the differences:
1.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.
2.In 1776 America became an independent country.The language began to change.The language in America stayed the same,while the language in England changed.
3.At the same time, British English and the American English stared borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words.
4.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. And he changed the spelling of some words.
英语与美语的差异