lead-in: 1.are you good at english? what do you think is the most difficult part of studying english...
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Lead-in:
1.Are you good at English? What do you think is the most difficult part of studying English pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary or something else?2. Do you think English has always stayed the same? Give some examples.
1. What is the article about?
2. What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?
3. Is English still changing?
Fast-reading
English and its history.
Old English, Middle English and Modern English.
Yes.
Careful reading
What were the big events in
English history during all
these times?
The Angles,Saxons,Jutes
The Vikings
The first kind:
The second kind:
The third kind:
The Development of English
Old English Middle English
Modern English
Part 1 Old English
Saxon
Time Events
Before the middle of the 5th century
People in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.
At the end of the
9th century
The Vikings invaded Britain and brought their languages
By the 10th century
Old English was the official language of England.
Part 2 Middle English
Henry IV
In 1066
By the latter half of the 14th century
In 1399
English was adopted by all classes in England
Henry IV became King of England and used English for all official occasions.
Time EventsThe Normans conquered
England and took control
of the country.
Part 3 Modern English
The Renaissance
During the
Renaissance
in the 16th century
Modern English Began.
Time Events
Read the whole passage again and answer the following questions.
1.Where did the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes come from?
2.Why can similar pairs of words be found in the English language?
The European mainland.
Because each word or phrase came from a different language.
Careful-reading: C 1
3.What was the German plural form replaced by?
4.Which King of England used English for all official occasions?
5.When did Modern English appear?
The French way of making plurals.
King Henry IV.
The Renaissance
Read the whole passage again and answer the following questions.
Match the new words.
confusing
created
Consisted of
Took control of
replaced
raised
a. was made up ofb. kept( an animal)c. took the place ofd. had power overe. difficult to understandf. caused something to exist
Careful-reading: D 1
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the following words and dates from the passage
1. Before the middle of the _____________, people in Britain did not speak English.
2. The original language spoken in Britain was___________.
3. Three groups of people came to Britain from the ___________.
5th century
Celtic
European
Post-reading: C 2
10th century French European 5th centuryAngles Celtic 1066
4. The _________, the Saxons and the Jutes spoke languages that made up Anglo-Saxon.
5. Normans spoke ___________.6. The Normans entered England in
__________.7. By the ______________, Old English was
the official language of English.
Angles
10th century
1066
French
10th century French European 5th centuryAngles Celtic 1066
What are the words for their meat?
pork/ bacon
beef
mutton
Post-reading: D 2
Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
• There are many different ______ of English depending on where people live. When Old English was developing, it ___________ an Anglo-Saxon base _____ with many words from other languages. Before people could write, they used poems to record the history of England. Old English became the ______ language of England in the 10th century. English __________ has lots of similar words for the same thing and that is because so many different people from other
dialects
consisted of
mixed
Post-reading: E
consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongueofficial dialects meat mixed
officialvocabulary
Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
• Countries came to England. Another thing that happened in English is that there are different words for animals and the _______ which comes from them. This is because the English _______ cooked for the French. King Henry IV’s __________ was English and he was the first king to use English after the Normans came to England in 1066.
meatservants
mother tongue
Post-reading: E
consisted of vocabulary servants mother tongueofficial dialects meat mixed
Reading strategy: reading a history article
dates, years, e.g. the 5th century…help you understand a sequence of events and how pieces of information relate to the text
What should you notice? Why?
What can you do when you read a history article?
Make a time chart, listing relevant information such as times, places and events…
Discussion:1.Languages borrow words from each
other. List some. e.g. Chinese words from English: English words from Chinese:
2.Do you think it possible for Chinese to be the most widely used language some day? Why or why not?
Assignment
1. Review the words learned today
2. Finish A1 & A2 on P98
3. Find the noun clauses in this text