HowmanyyearshaveyoulearnedEnglish?Pre-readingTestfor“English”1.WhichcountryhasthemostEnglishlearnersintheworld?A.SingaporeB.ChinaC.MalaysiaD.NetherlandsB2.WhendoesEnglishhavethemostspeakers_________.A.nowB.inthetimeofShakespeareC.inthe12thcenturyA3.EnglishisonlyspokeninBritain?(T/F)FAmerica,Australia,Canada,NewZeelandandBritainIndia,SouthAfrica,Singapore,MalaysiaandChina(Nativelanguage）（Foreignlanguage）4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Englishasalanguagealwaysstaythesame.B.Englishchangeonlyafterwars.C.Englishnolongerchange.D.Englishchangewhencultureschange.DThedevelopmentofEnglishMainideaParagraph1ThespreadoftheEnglishlanguageintheworld.Paragraph2Paragraph3,4Paragraph5NativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon'tspeakthesameEnglishAlllanguageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.EnglishisalsospokenasaforeignorsecondlanguageinSouthAsiaandSouthAfrica.Thepassagemainlytellsus_____•AabriefhistoryoftheEnglishlanguage•BthedifferencebetweenBritishEnglishlanguageandAmericanEnglish.•CthedifferentkindsoftheEnglishlanguageintheworld.ACarefulreadingPara1DevelopmentofEnglishtheendofthe16thcenturythenextcenturytodayPeopleEnglandManyothercountriesMorepeoplespeakinmorecountriesPara2ABritishpersonsay“flat”,butwhatdoesanAmericancallit?ApartmentThedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.vocabularyvocabularyspellingspellingpronunciationpronunciationautumnfallautumnfalltyphoontornadotyphoontornadoIthinkIguessIthinkIguesscolourcolorcolourcolorcentrecentercentrecentertravellertravelertravellertravelerdance[da:ns]dance[ddance[da:ns]dance[dæns]æns]not[not]not[na:t]not[not]not[na:t]BrEAmEBrE&Am.ETheycanunderstandeachother.Para3-4WhyhasEnglishchangedovertime?•Alllanguageschangewhenculturesmeetandcommunicatewithoneanother.Para3-4Characteristicsofeachtime.AD450-1150800-1150Bythe1600’sLaterinthe18thcenturyGermanlesslikeGerman;morelikeDanishandFrenchAmericanEnglishAustralianEnglish…In1620Bythe19thcenturyWassettledSamuelJohnson（1709—1784)“TheDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage”(OneoftheEnglishlanguage’sbiggestinfluences).NoahWebster（1758-1843）“TheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage”WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.Para5WhereisEnglishusedasaforeignorsecondlanguage?SouthAsia,India,SouthAfrica,Singapore,MalaysiaandChina.FactsaboutthetextPostreading1.EnglishisspokenasthefirstlanguageinSingaporeandMalaysia.2.NativeEnglishspeakerscannotunderstandeachotherbecausetheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.3.NoahWebsterwrotetheAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage.4.Englishhadthemostspeakersinthe17thcentury.5.ThisreadingdescribesthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.FFFTT1.WhydomanypeoplespeakEnglishatpresent?2.WillEnglishbetheworldlanguageforever?Whyorwhynot?
