Period1Lead-in:1.AreyougoodatEnglish?WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofstudyingEnglish-pronunciation,grammar,vocabularyorsomethingelse?2.DoyouthinkEnglishhasalwaysstayedthesame?Givesomeexamples.1.Whatisthearticleabout?2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?3.IsEnglishstillchanging?Readandanswerthequestions.Englishanditshistory.OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.Yes.Readandanswerthequestions.1.WheredidtheAngles,theSaxonsandtheJutescomefrom?2.WhycansimilarpairsofwordsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?3.WhatwastheGermanpluralformreplacedby?4.WhichKingofEnglandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions?5.WhendidModernEnglishappear?2.Becauseeachwordorphrasecamefromadifferentlanguage.1.TheycamefromtheEuropeanmainland.3.ItwasreplacedbytheFrenchwayofmakingplurals.4.KingHenryⅣ.5.DuringtheRenaissanceinthe16thcentury.FillintheblankswiththefollowingwordsanddatesfromthepassageEuropean5thcenturyCeltic1.Beforethemiddleofthe_____________,peopleinBritaindidnotspeakEnglish.2.TheoriginallanguagespokeninBritainwas___________.3.ThreegroupsofpeoplecametoBritainfromthe___________.5thcenturyCelticEuropean10thcenturyFrench1066Angles4.The_________,theSaxonsandtheJutesspokelanguagesthatmadeupAnglo-Saxon.5.Normansspoke___________.6.TheNormansenteredEnglandin__________.7.Bythe______________,OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEnglish.Angles10thcentury1066FrenchReadingstrategy:readingahistoryarticledates,years,e.g.the5thcentury…helpyouunderstandasequenceofeventsandhowpiecesofinformationrelatetothetextWhatshouldyounotice?Why?Whatcanyoudowhenyoureadahistoryarticle?Makeatimechart,listingrelevantinformationsuchastimes,placesandevents…TimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBy10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyTimeEventsBeforethemiddleof5thcenturyAttheendof9thcenturyBy10thcenturyIn1066Bythelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissancein16thcenturyPeopleinBritainallspokealanguagecalledCeltic.TheVikingsinvadedBritainandbroughttheirlanguages.OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.TheNormansconqueredEnglandandtookcontrolofthecountry.EnglishwasadoptedbyallclassesinEngland.HenryIVbecameKingofEnglandandusedEnglishforallofficialoccasions.ModernEnglishbegan.Trueorfalse:1.OldEnglishconsistedofanAnglo-SaxonbasepluswordsfromthelanguagesofFrenchandNorway.2.In1066,theNormanstookcontrolofthecountryandEnglishwasreplacedwithFrench.3.ThewordsformostanimalscomefromoldEnglishjustbecausetheanimalswereraisedandcookedbyEnglishservants.TFFDenmarkwasn’t4.EnglishwasusedforallofficialoccasionsaftertheNormanConquest.5.PeoplefromdifferentplacessometimesmisunderstandeachotherthoughtheybothspeakEnglish.FTthekingofEngland.HenryⅣbecamebeefmuttonpork/baconox/cowpigsheepThewordfortheanimal:Thewordforthemeat:ox-oxenchild—childrenman-menshoe--shoesfoot–feettooth---teethshoe-shoenhouse-housenhouse—housesTicktheGermanwayofmakingplurals.Discussion:1.Languagesborrowwordsfromeachother.Listsome.e.g.ChinesewordsfromEnglish:EnglishwordsfromChinese:2.DoyouthinkitpossibleforChinesetobethemostwidelyusedlanguagesomeday?Whyorwhynot?Homework:1.DoPartEonP25.2.ReadthearticleinPartBonP97,WB.3.Prepareforthelanguageitems.4.LearnmoreaboutEnglishanditshistoryonthiswebsite.Period2CompletethepassageonP25.AnswerstoPartE:1.dialects2.consistedof3.mixed4.officia...
