Unit 2 English around the World

     the end of the 16th century-------- the next century ------------ today
      who promoted the spread of english?
     people. when they moved, they carried english to different places.
  (2) t: although they speak english, yet sometimes they can not understand each other well, why?
--------- because there exist differences between different englishes, not only in vocabulary, but also in pronunciation and spelling. (hot/mum/honour/ honor/neighbour/neighor…..)
  (3) t: how do these differences come about? (why does english change over time?)
--------- because of cultural communication.
ask  ss to find out the characteristics of each time according to the time axis.
ad450-1150: german
1150-1500: less like german; more like french
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.