Period 2  Reading

in the 1600’s: shakespeare’s english
the time adel was written: american english
later: australian english
  (4) t: besides the countries where english is used as a native language, where else is english used as a foreign language?
---------- south asia, india, south africa, singapore, malaysia and china.
activity 1. fill in the chart
ad450--1150 english was based on _______
____________ english was more like french.
at the end of the 16th century   how many people speak english? __________
___________ shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary.
___________ american english gained its own identity.
later __________ english had its identity.
activity 2.  answer the following questions
(1)what is the clue of the passage?
(2) why does india have a very number of english speakers?
(3) when did people from england  begin to move to other parts of the world?
activity 3: choose the correct answers.
step 4 post-reading
  t: from the passage we can see english is widely accepted as a native, second or third language. no wonder the number of people learning english in china is increasing rapidly. will chinese english become one of the world englishes? ---------- “ only time will tell”.
 t: how do you understand this sentence?
 ---------- it means that something can only be known in the future.
 t: what can you infer from this sentence about the development of english in china?
 --------- it indicates that it remains to be seen just how much the chinese culture will influence the english language in the present country.
step 5. language focus:
1) even if=even though: in spite of the fact; no matter whether: he likes to help us even if he is very busy.
2) communicate with: exchange information or conversation with other people: he learnt to use body language to communicate with deaf customers.
3) actually=in fact: used when you are adding new information to what you have just said: we’ve known for years. actually, since we were babies.
4) be based on…:
5) make use of: use sth. available
6) only time will tell: to say that something can only be known in the future: will china’s national football team enter for the next finals of the world cup? only time will tell.
step 6 discussion
work in groups. discuss the question and then ask two groups to report their answers to the class.
1. why do you think people all over the world want to learn english?
possible answer:
the reasons why people all over the world want to learn english: