江苏省2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit2 Language welcome and reading课件 牛津译林版必修.pptVIP

Help save the treasure of our language . * Unit 2 LanguageWelcome to the unit and reading Do you think that language is the only way people communicate? What other methods of communication can you think of? Brainstorming emoticon = emotion + icon :-） :–( laugh smile angry nervous happy cry Blind people can read by touching letters in raised dots called Braille.A Frenchman - Louis Braille invented this special language, so it was named after him. Do you think Louis Braille is a great man? google What’s the most widely used language in the world? What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article? 2. In what way is English still changing? Old English, Middle English and Modern English. English is still changing in many ways, such as in vocabulary and pronunciation. 1. Notice ______ and _______ 2. Make a _________, listing______________ dates years Reading strategy (P23) time chart important information a ______ article history 3. Help you understand the ________of events and how pieces of information ____________ the rest of the text. order relate to by the 10th at the end of the 9th then before the middle of the 5th events The Angles and the Saxons occupied Britain The Vikings began to move to Britain Old English became official language People Spoke Celtic Old English 1.Celtic 2.Languages of the Angles and the Saxons Old English was formed like this 3.Languages of the Vikings Old English A mixture 1399 latter half of 14th 1066 events Middle English The Normans defeated England and took control Henry Ⅳ became King and used English had come into widespread use Middle English The________ language influenced English most: ______ _____ with _______ meanings Way of ______ _______ __________ Middle English French More words similar making plural forms Examples Words for animals Words for their meat cow pig pork/bacon sheep mutton beef Old English Old French words with similar meanings Examples