Module4LanguagesoftheWorldPartTwo:TeachingResources第二部分:教学资源Section1:AtextstructureanalysisofTheWorld’sTopTenLanguagesI.TypeofwritingandsummaryofthetextTypeofwritingThisisapieceofdescriptivewritingMainideaofthepassageThepassageintroducessomeinformationabouttenmajorlanguagesintheworld.Mainideaofthe1stparagraphChineseiswiththemostnativespeakersbutisalsospokenbysomeforeigners.Mainideaofthe2ndparagraphEnglishhasalargespeakingpopulationandisspokeninmanycountries.Mainideasofthe3rdparagraphHindustaniismostcommonlyspokeninHindi.Mainideaofthe4thparagraphSpanishisspokeninalmosteverycountryinLatinAmericanandhasthesamerootswithFrench,ItalianandPortuguese.Mainideaofthe5thparagraphRussianisspokeninmanycountries.Mainideaofthe6thparagraphArabicisoneoftheoldestlanguagesintheworldandisalsospokenbyMuslins.Mainideaofthe7thparagraphBengalihasitsnativespeakersinBangladeshandWestBengal.用心爱心专心Mainideaofthe8thparagraphWiththeindependenceofPortugal,Portugueseisexpandedallovertheworld.Mainideaofthe9thparagraphMalay–IndonesianisspokeninMalaysiaandIndonesia.Mainideaofthe10thparagraphFrenchisoftencalledthemostromanticlanguageintheworldandisspokeninmanyothercountriesbesidesFrance..AⅡdiagramofthetext.AretoldpassageofthetextⅢApossibleversionChinesePutonghua,whichiscalledMandarinbyforeigners,isspokeninthecountrywiththebiggestpopulation.ItisalsooneofthesixofficiallanguagesoftheUnitedNations.Englishalsohasalargespeakingpopulation.TheUnitedStateshasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers.Englishhasspecialstatusinmorethan75countries.HindustaniisIndia’smainlanguage.AlthoughthepopulationofIndiacouldonedayovertakethatofChina,theimportanceofEnglishinIndiawouldpreventHindustanifrombecomingthemostspokenlanguageoftheworld.SpanishisspokeninalmosteverycountryinLatinAmericaandhasthesamerootswithFrench,ItalianandPortuguese.RussianisnotonlyspokeninRussiabutalsoinsomenearbycountries.ItisoneofthesixlanguagesintheUnitedNations.Arabic,whichismainlyspokeninNorthAfricaandtheMiddleEast,isalsospokenbymanyMuslinsallovertheworld.BengaliisspokenasanativelanguageinBangladeshandaregionofIndia,Bengal.About900yearsago,PortuguesewasonlyspokeninPortugal,butwiththeindependenceofPortugal,its用心爱心专心Theworld’stoptenlanguagesPutonghuaEnglishHindustaniSpanishRussianArabicBengaliPortugueseMalay-IndonesianFrenchuseexpandedallovertheworld.Malay-IndonesianisspokeninMalaysiaandIndonesia.French,whichisoftencalledthemostromanticlanguageintheworld,isspokeninsuchcountriesasFrance,Belgium,SwitzerlandandinsomeislandsintheCaribbeanSea.用心爱心专心
