Unit 2 English around the worldReading,北京市第五中学 刘凯,刘凯老师新浪微博： 输入：“北京英语教师刘凯” ,Questions: With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language. Which country do you think has the most English learners? Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.,Suggested answer: 1. America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, India 2. 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.,The road to modern English,The road,Modern English,the development of English language,What kind of English before Modern English?,?,3. Guess according to the title.,1. English spoken in some other countries 2. changes of English 3. the change of English speakers 4. different kinds of Englishes,北京凯旋国际教育英语备课组,New words and expressions: 1. made voyages 2. because of that 3. native English speakers 4. apartment 5. actually 6. AD 7. was based on 8. at present 9. gradually 10. Danish 11. vocabulary 12. made use of 13. spelling 14. latter 15. identity 16. fluent 17. such as 18. Singapore 19. Malaysia,北京凯旋国际教育英语备课组,16th century, the amount of English speakers in England; conquer, spoken in other countries,American and British English,Language change: more German_ less like German_ Shakespeare_ America _ Australia,19th the language was settled: two main kinds of English,Spoken in other countries: South Asia, India, ,Notes about the reading,Why do many people speak English? Inferred answer from the text: England was strong and made voyages to conquer other parts of world. Britain ruled some countries and taught them English. What other factors affected the use of language? international role economic development development of democracy the image in the world cultural development,Homework Reread the passage and list the reasons why English is spoken in many countries. Review the words and expressions in the passage and try to use it in the sentences with context.,Vocabulary Learning,北京凯旋国际教育英语备课组,Discussion in pairs (1) Can you recognize the differences between AE and BE in vocabulary spelling? Make a list. (2) Can you recognize the differences between AE and BE in vocabulary usage? Make a list. (3) Do you think it is important whether you learn AE or BE? Why? (4) Can you recognize which accent is AE and which is BE? Give an example.,Differences in vocabulary usage,Differences in vocabulary spelling,Make dialogues according to this example. British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes. Id like to come up to your apartment.,北京凯旋国际教育英语备课组,From the Indian-born linguist Braj Kachru,1. Inner circle means USA and UK make use of English as the first language. 2. Outer circle means countries such as India, once ruled by the British and use English as their own language. 3. The expanding circle means that in some countries, such as China, Russia, English is used as a foreign language.,England (UK),Ireland,America (USA),Canada,Singapore,South Africa,Spain,Malaysia,Denmark,France,India,China,Russia,Questions 1. Whats the official language of each country? 2. Some African countries speak English, why? 3. Why do some Asian countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, also speak English? 4. English is spoken in Canada.Is there any other language frequently spoken there?,Because of the influence of strong American economics, a number of people prefer to use American English instead of British English. Actually, American English comes from the British English. Internet also mainly use American English because America plays an important part in the world.,China is a country with the largest population in the world. At present, many young people choose to learn English. Many of them can speak English fluently and have become fluent English speakers. Now the number of English speakers in China is so large that some Chinese words are used in the world, such as Toufu, Kongfu.,北京凯旋国际教育英语备课组,because at this time, at this moment Shes busy at present and cant speak to you. 她现在很忙，不能跟你谈活。 2) At present he is a professor of mathematics at Cambridge. 目前他是剑桥大学的数学教授。,Ex.2: It is not easy for Chinese person to speak English as fluently as a native English speaker. One reason is that English has a large vocabulary. It also has different usage in different English speaking countries. If you use “flat” instead of “apartment”, people in American will know you have learned British English. If you use the word “elevator” instead of “lift” in Britain, people will know you have studied American English.,Key answer: come up, At present, Because of, such as, make use of,AIts used to take people upstairs and downstairs in the high buildings. What is i