Reading(2)：Englishanditshistory.ppt

1、,English and its history,M3 U2 Reading,Objectives,To master some basic knowledge of how to read a history article To get a general idea of the changes of English,Brainstorming: How much do you know about English?,1.Whats the English for “生病的“？ 2.Whatre the plural（复数的） forms of these words? book bus

2、child 3.Do you sometimes find the English rules confusing? 4. Has English borrowed words from other languages，such as Chinese?,buses,books,children,typhoon,Feng Shui, Shanghai,lose face,tofu,Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a history article.,1. Notice dates and years.

3、2. Make a time chart, listing important information, such as times, places and events.,Reading a history article,Reading a normal text,different from,Reading strategy,1. Notice _ and _,2. Make a _, listing_,dates,years,Reading strategy (P23),time chart,important information,a _ article,history,3: He

4、lp you understand the _of events and how pieces of information _ the rest of the text.,order,relate to,Time chart,Prevision checking,1 What is the article about?,2 What are the three kinds of English discussed in the article?,4 Is English still changing?,3 Who controlled England in the 11th century?

5、,English and its history.,Old English, Middle English and Modern English.,The Normans.,Yes.,Comprehension,How many parts can we divide the text into?,Introduction ( para 1),Old English,Middle English,Modern English,How formed,A to the English language,How formed by giving examples in the order of ti

6、me,How formed by giving examples in the order of time,Conclusion,English is a language.,general introduction,Old English,Middle English,Modern English,living,Why does the English language have so many rules that confuse people? Because it is made up of the grammar and vocabulary that people from dif

7、ferent countries and cultures brought with them to Britain.,Introduction,Careful reading,Old English(L5-L22),Task 1: Find and say something about the words. Celtic: the Angles and the Saxons: the Vikings:,Careful reading,L14: people from Northern European countries such as,L8 :a spoken by people in

8、Britain before the middle of the century,L9 :two groups from the European mainland occupied England.,language,Germanic,Denmark and Norway,5th,Occupied,the 5th century,at the end of the 9th century,Vikings Moved to and brought,a language called Celtic.,English,end,moved to Britain and brought their l

9、anguage.,official,Old,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,A time chart,by the10th,at the end of 9th,then,before the middle of the 5th,events,times,the Angles and the Saxons/a mixture of their languages,th

10、e Vikings/mixed with Old English,the official language,Celtic,Old English,Middle English(L23-L51),Task 1: True or false statements 1.Many things played a part in the development of Middle English. 2.The Norman Conquest affected English as much as the Angles and the Saxons Victory. 3.The English lang

11、uage didnt borrow words from French. 4.Adding an-s to house and shoe is the Germanic way of making plurals. 5. After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke English while common people speak French.,T,F,F,F,F,didnt affect,did,French,French,English,Careful reading,Frenchs influence on English:,1

12、. More words with similar meanings,3. French ways of making plurals,2. Words for meat and animals,Middle English,cow,pig,pork/bacon,sheep,mutton,beef,Old English,Old French,Why ?,Task 2:,reply,answer,the same meaning (回答）,Old French,Old English,More words with similar meanings.,Task 3: Ways of makin

13、g plurals,housen,shoen,men,children,houses,shoes,x,x,1399,latter half of 14th,1066,events,language,Middle English,Normans defeated England and took control,Henry became King and used English,English had come into widespread use,Time chart,Modern English(L51-L58),Task 1: Read together and answer the

14、following questions 1.When did Modern English appear? 2.Why does Modern English include many Latin and Greek words? 3.What also changed a lot in Modern English? 4. What will people keep doing?,During the Renaissance in the 16th century.,People will keep inventing new words and new ways of saying thi

15、ngs.,Pronunciation,Because of the Renaissance.,Careful reading,Middle English,Latin and Greek,Modern English,How was Modern English formed?,1399,latter half of 14th,1066,events,language,Middle English,Normans defeated and took control,Henry became King and used English,English had come into widespre

16、ad use,Time chart,It appeared during the Renaissance,keep on changing,16th,Modern English,Compare,Match the times with the events. 1.Before the middle of the 5th century, 2.Old English had become the official language of England 3.Modern English appeared 4.In 1399, 5.The Normans took control of the

17、country,in the 16th century in 1066 Henry IV became King of England people in Britain spoke Celtic. by the 10th century,Pair work,spoken,mixing,official,defeated,replace,widely,changing,through,certain,occupied,Consolidation: Fill in the blanks with one proper word,Retelling,Practice time,Retell the

18、 story of the development of English language by drawing a time chart.,Middle English,Normans defeated and took control,Henry became King and used,had come into widespread use,French didnt replace,occupied by the two Germanic groups,the Vikings moved to,became official language,spoke Celtic,Old Engl

19、ish,appeared during the Renaissance,keep on changing,Modern English,History of English language,Write a short summary of English and its history according to what we have learned today.,英语是一门有许令人困惑规则的语言。在五世纪中叶以前，不列颠人说凯尔特语。后来，来自欧洲大陆的两个日耳曼部落入侵了不列颠。古英语是他们的语言混合而成的。然而，在1066年诺曼人征服英格兰以后，法语和英语在这个国家一起被使用，从而产生了许多意思相近的单词。 现代英语包括许多拉丁词汇和希腊词汇。发音也发生了巨大的变化。可以肯定的是，这样的变化过程还会持续，人们还会不断发明新的词汇和新的表达方式。,English is a language with many c