English around the world教案

the first period
new words：main idea of each para-graph：
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●活動與探究
this activity is to make research into differences between different kinds of world english and some words from other languages in english.
divide students into two groups to do research and fill the following table in their free time.
differences pronunciation
spelling
meaning
usage
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words from other languages chinese
japanese
french
spanish
german
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●備課資料
soon there will be no such thing as “wrong” english
in this article：senior indian journalist gautaman bhaskaran says that english is so flexible that one day there will be too many variations around the world.
english is a victim of its own success.the other day the times in london displayed a cartoon showing an excited schoolboy flaunting his test scores：“i done good in english.”days later，editors of the oxford dictionary of english rued the spread of what they termed “greengrocer’s english”.grammar and syntax，they regretted，were going out of fashion.
others in england—in the oxford university press，the bbc and so on—said the incorrect use of cliches were marring the smooth flow of a great language whose ability to imbibe and absorb has been one important reason for its success.
this success also stems from the language’s unique position of being the only one spoken in most parts of the world.really，english has no boundaries.even in countries such as japan and china，which were not colonized by britain，english is making a determined “conquest”.
unfortunately，such a conquest is not always welcome because a language sometimes doubles as a political weapon.at some point it ceases to be just a means of communication and english is a classic example of this.
it has always led a troubled life.it has been disliked，even hated，largely because the people who originally spoke english conquered，colonized and terrorized half the world，or just about.the animosity to the language continues，at least in some places.
the bitterness that the french，for instance，have for english is a good example of a language being giving a quasi-political role in society.
fortunately，this aversion does not run as it did some years ago，and there is a growing realization that english is the lingua franca.china and japan，among a host of other nations，have been making serious efforts to promote the language.
some months ago there was a hue and cry in singapore over the spread of “terrible english” which the authorities called “singlish”.“down with it!” they said，and urged singaporeans to learn correct english，the phenomenal flexibility of which has often made things difficult for those who have to use it every day.