Lectcure12《英语词汇学》学习课件.ppt

Lecture 12 English as an international language 讲授题目： English as an international language 所属章节：《现代英语词汇学概论》之第11章 计划学时： 2 periods 教学方法： 传统讲授法 参考资料：《英语词汇学教程》、《现代英语词汇学》 教学目的和要求：通过本讲的学习，学生对英语主要变体的形成、特点，分类以及英国英语和美国英语的区别有一定的了解和领会。 12.1 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 (西印度群岛—中美洲一岛群，包括大安的列斯群岛、小安的列斯群岛和巴哈马群岛) 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. 12.1 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 ……… 12.1 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 (undoubtedly) one language, with two major national dialects. There is no superiority or inferiority as regards BrE and AmE. 12.2 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. 12.2 Growth of American English Colonial America The original thirteen colonies Virginia, Maryland, North C