html5-img
1 / 15

an unknown author

ENGLISH -the WORLD LANGUAGE. ENGLISH is a language that came from nowhere to Conquer the World . an unknown author. English – a mother tongue. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United States of America Canada

aizza
Download Presentation

an unknown author

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ENGLISH -the WORLD LANGUAGE ENGLISH is a language that came from nowhere to Conquer the World an unknown author

  2. English – a mother tongue • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • The United States of America • Canada • Australia • New Zealand

  3. South America Africa South-eastern Asia The former British colonies, nowadays Members of the British Commonwealth English - an official or semiofficial language

  4. English - an international language • The UN (United Nations Organization, NewYork, USA) • International events (political, scientific,cultural,sport etc.)

  5. English –a foreign language Schools collegesuniversitiescourses

  6. Ancient world Latin a dead language In science (biology, medicine) XXIst century English A modern language Lingua franca

  7. Approximate 2007 figures • World population6.5 billion people • People speaking English as a first language 350,000,000 • People who often use English as an extra language 300,000,000 (some experts say 1,000,000,000)

  8. English in the world • a mother tongue • official/semiofficial • international • foreign • modern • widespread

  9. sea-faring history-история мореплавания contributors –внесшие вклад loanwords –заимствованные слова have been borrowed –были заимствованы was invaded –была захвачена were descended –произошли Fall to disuse –выходить из употребления Regained –вновь обрел Persian Arabic Scandinavian Danes Norwegians Danish King Canute William the Conqueror Normans Vikings Listen to the text and say what is the text about

  10. English - an international language German French Chinese English Vocabulary Danish Italian Norwegian Persian Arabic

  11. Match the words and the languages they come from Sofa,alcohol,admiral,tea, Prime Minister,Government, window,dirty , Persian, Arabic,Chinese,French,Scandinavian sofa, alcohol, coffee, Prime Minister,Government,tea, pyjamas,call, die, get, skill, sky, egg, happy, ugly, take, them, window

  12. Why Learn English? • It is a subject in the curriculum • To study at a university/college • To study/ work or live abroad • To get a better job in the future • To do business • To read books, magazines and newspapers in English • To understand films and songs in English • To travel abroad • To communicate with people of the world • It is a chance to meet new people and friends

  13. Homework • P.152.ex 2. Read the text, write out all the new words and phrases, find other reasons of popularity of English in the world.

  14. Learning English has a beginning but no end • r H. Palmer English language methodologist

More Related