Unit 2 English around the

world

1.Do you know what language is the most widely spoken and used in the world nowadays?

2.Can you make a list of the countries that use it as an official language?

English

Warming-up

The U.S.A. Great Britain

Australia Canada

The countries that use English as an official language

SingaporeIndia

South Africa New Zealand

The countries that use English as an official language

3.Do you think if the people in those countries speak and use the English language in the same way?

Warming-up

Watch a period of video and experience the differences between British English and American English.

Man: Excuse me, could I take the elevator to the 7th floor?

Woman: Pardon? Why not the 6th floor? Your room number is 705. And you’d take what?

Man: I mean, I’d like to take the lift to Room 705 on the 6th floor. We say the 7th floor instead of 6th floor in the US.

Woman: Oh, sorry. Come this way, I’ll show you the lift.

Where are the man and the woman from?

BrE AmE

The differences between British English and American English.

vocabulary

spelling

pronunciation

autumntyphoon I guess

colorcentertraveler

dance [da:ns]

falltornadoI think

colourcentre

traveller

dance[dæns]

Read and find out the key sentence .

1.Many people all over the world speak English.

2.Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

3.Why has English changed over time?

4.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.

5.English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in south Asia.

Why are so many people speaking English in the world?

What happened to American English at that time?

What languages influence the development of English?

In what else country is English also spoken as a foreign or second language?

time Language developmentTimeline of the development of English

During the 5th century AD

AD 800-1150

1620

18th century

19th century

reading

based more on German

influenced by Danish and then by French; vocabulary enriched

British settlers moved to America; English spoken there

British taken to Australia; English spoken there

language settled;spelling difference happened

True or false1 English had the most speakers in the

17th century.2 English developed when new settlers and

rulers came to Britain.3 Languages frequently change.4 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.

Scanning

1. The text mainly tells us_________________.

Critical thinking

2. The text is developed mainly by ____.

3. The tone of the writing is ______.

the history of English

time

neutral

At first, only people in England spoke English. Later,

people from England made _______ to other parts and

_____________ that English began to be spoken in many

other countries. Today, more countries use English as

their ______ languages. ______ English speakers can

understand each other. ________, all languages change when ________ communicate with one another. At first, it was more _____ on _______, and _______ French and Danish, which helped to enrich its _______.They all have their own ________. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia, ______ ______Malaysia and Singapore.

SUMMARY:

At first, only people in England spoke

English. Later, people from England made

_______ to other parts and ________

______ that English began to be spoken in

many other countries. Today, more

countries use English as their _______

languages. ______ English speakers can

understand each other

SUMMARY:

voyages

official

Native

because

of

_______, all languages change when ________ communicate with one another. At first, it was more _____ on _______, and ________French and Danish, which helped to enrich its _______.They all have their own ________. English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia, ______ ______ Malaysia and Singapore.

cultures

identity

basedGerman

vocabulary

Actually

gradually

suchas

Large number of speakers / international role / economic development / development of democracy / the image in the world / cultural development

Discussion

1. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?

2. Why do you think more people in

the world now want to learn Chinese?