Lead-in:

1.Are you good at English? What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or something else?2. Do you think English has always stayed the same? Give some examples.

1. What is the article about?

2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?

3. Is English still changing?

Fast-reading

English and its history.

Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

Yes.

Careful reading

What were the big events in

English history during all

these times?

The Angles,Saxons,Jutes

The Vikings

The first kind:

The second kind:

The third kind:

The Development of English

Old English Middle English

Modern English

Part 1 Old English

Saxon

Time Events

Before the middle of the 5th century

People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.

At the end of the

9th century

The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages

By the 10th century

Old English was the official language of England.

Part 2 Middle English

Henry IV

In 1066

By the latter half of the 14th century

In 1399

English was adopted by all classes in England

Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions.

Time EventsThe Normans conquered

England and took control

of the country.

Part 3 Modern English

The Renaissance

During the

Renaissance

in the 16th century

Modern English Began.

Time Events

Read the whole passage again and answer the following questions.

1.Where did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from?

2.Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language?

The European mainland.

Because each word or phrase came from a different language.

Careful-reading: C 1

3.What was the German plural form replaced by?

4.Which King of England used English for all official occasions?

5.When did Modern English appear?

The French way of making plurals.

King Henry IV.

The Renaissance

Read the whole passage again and answer the following questions.

Match the new words.

confusing

created

Consisted of

Took control of

replaced

raised

a. was made up ofb. kept( an animal)c. took the place ofd. had power overe. difficult to understandf. caused something to exist

Careful-reading: D 1

Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the following words and dates from the passage

1. Before the middle of the _____________, people in Britain did not speak English.

2. The original language spoken in Britain was___________.

3. Three groups of people came to Britain from the ___________.

5th century

Celtic

European

Post-reading: C 2

10th century French European 5th centuryAngles Celtic 1066

4. The _________, the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon.

5. Normans spoke ___________.6. The Normans entered England in

__________.7. By the ______________, Old English was

the official language of English.

Angles

10th century

1066

French

10th century French European 5th centuryAngles Celtic 1066

What are the words for their meat?

pork/ bacon

beef

mutton

Post-reading: D 2

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

• There are many different ______ of English depending on where people live. When Old English was developing, it ___________ an Anglo-Saxon base _____ with many words from other languages. Before people could write, they used poems to record the history of England. Old English became the ______ language of England in the 10th century. English __________ has lots of similar words for the same thing and that is because so many different people from other

dialects

consisted of

mixed

Post-reading: E

consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongueofficial dialects meat mixed

officialvocabulary

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

• Countries came to England. Another thing that happened in English is that there are different words for animals and the _______ which comes from them. This is because the English _______ cooked for the French. King Henry IV’s __________ was English and he was the first king to use English after the Normans came to England in 1066.

meatservants

mother tongue

Post-reading: E

consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongueofficial dialects meat mixed

Reading strategy: reading a history article

dates, years, e.g. the 5th century…help you understand a sequence of events and how pieces of information relate to the text

What should you notice? Why?

What can you do when you read a history article?

Make a time chart, listing relevant information such as times, places and events…

Discussion:1.Languages borrow words from each

other. List some. e.g. Chinese words from English: English words from Chinese:

2.Do you think it possible for Chinese to be the most widely used language some day? Why or why not?

Assignment

1. Review the words learned today

2. Finish A1 & A2 on P98

3. Find the noun clauses in this text