Unit2:EnglishAroundtheWorldUsingLanguageCanyoufindtheCanyoufindthetopicsentencetopicsentenceineachineachparagraph
paragraph
1:ThereisnosuchathingasStandardEnglish
2:AmericanEnglishhasmanydialectswhosewordsandexpressionsaredifferentfrom“standardEnglish”
3:Geographyplaysapartinmakingdialects
Readpara1andanswerQ1:Inthewriter’sopinion,istherestandardEnglish
Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish
Q2:WhydomanypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish
Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish
Reading:2
Readpara2-3andcompletethechartbelow:Whatisadialect
AmericanEnglishdialectsmentioned__________,southern,________Americanand________dialectsWhydoestheUShavesomanydialects
CanAmericansunderstande