Lectcure11.pptVIP

11.1 English as an international language Users of English English as a native language: Britain, the United States, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the West Indies and South Africa. ESL: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, and many other countries. EFL: Large numbers of people in the world speak and write English as a foreign language for the purpose of science, technology, and international communication. It has become a universal language of international communication. 11.1 English as an international language Varieties of English As an international language, the English language has a number of varieties. British English American English Australian English Canadian English Singapore English ……… 11.1 English as an international language Two major varieties of English British English (BrE) and American English(AmE) These two varieties differ in certain details, but there is no essential difference between them because of the similarities of the basic word stock, the basic grammar and the basic phonetic system. English is unmistakable one language, with two major national dialects. There is no superiority or inferiority as regards BrE and AmE. 11.2 Growth of American English Colonial America The establishment in 1607 of the settlement which the explorers called Jamestown marked the beginning of British colonization in America. By 1732 the original thirteen English colonies had been set up. The language the early immigrants brought with them was Elizabethan English, the language spoken by Shakespeare, Milton and Bunyan, which belonged to the early stage of Modern English. 11.2 Growth of American English Colonial America The original thirteen colonies Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut. 11.2 Growth of American English After independence Following American independence, famous persons like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjam