新人教版高中英语必修1Unit 2 English around the world--period 2 reading and language points(ppt).pptVIP

2. Which of the following statement （陈述） is true ？A . Language always stay the same B . Language changed only after warsC . Language no longer change D . Language change when cultures change 3. From AD 450 to 1150 , English sounded more likeA . French. B . Chinese.C .German. D . Russian. 4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken around A . 1400’s. B . 1150’s. C . 450’s. D . 1600’S. 5. Which country has the fastest growing number of English speaker in the world? A . Australia B . China C . India D . Britain  Noah Webster and Americas First Dictionary Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758, Noah Webster came of age during the American Revolution and was a strong advocate(主张） of the Constitutional （美国宪法）Convention（会议）. He believed fervently（热诚、热情） in the developing cultural independence of the United States, a chief part of which was to be a distinctive American language with its own idiom, pronunciation, and style. In 1806 Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, the first truly American dictionary. Immediately there after he went to work on his magnum opus（巨著、杰作）, an American Dictionary of the English Language, for which he learned 26 languages, including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit, in order to research the origins of his own countrys tongue. This book, published in 1828, embodied a … Skimming reading : discuss the following questions 1. Why does China have the largest number of English speakers? 2. Is English still changing now? Why? 3. Why is the number of people learning English in China increasing rapidly? Main ideas for paragraphs Why India has a very large number of English speakers? 1.why do you think people all over the world want to learn English? 2. Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese? 3.Will Chinese become one of the world languages in the future? Give your reasons.