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ereadingT:Just now,we’ve known that there’re many kinds of English in the why are there so many kinds?Ss:We don’t know.T:Anyway,we’ll find out the cause read the title of the passage “the road to modern English”.What do you think it will tell us?Sf:I guess it will tell us the development of English.Step 5 SkimmingT:Now let’s find out whether your answer is please read the passage fast in silence and find out the main idea of each paragraph.Suggested answer::Brief introduction of the change in English.:An example of different kinds of English.:The development of English.:English spoken in some other countries.Step 6 ScanningT:You’ve mastered the structure of the please read and 2 loud in detail.T:(several minutes later) Have you finished?Here’re some statements of which some are right while some them and then tell whether they are true or false,please find out the mistake and correct it.(slides: of the English speakers in the 16th century lived in England. and more people use English as their first or 2nd language. US has the largest number of English speakers. English speakers can understand everything because they speak the same kind of English.)Sg:The first one is true.Sh:The second one is true.Si:The third one is has the largest number of English speakers.Sj:The fourth one is English speakers may not be able to understand everything because they do not speak the same kind of English.T:You did a very good please read after the then fill in the form on the screen.The Road To Modern EnglishThe cause:Cultures municate with one anotherTimeThings that happenedBetween AD 450 and 1150Based on German1150 to 1500Less like German; more like French→why?→because Frenchmen ruled England thenIn the 1600’sShakespeare broadened the vocabulary.A big change in English,giving its own identity→why?→caused by “American Dictionary of the English language” written by Noah WebsterLaterBritish people brought English to AustraliaT:We know culture munication brings about changes in you think of any effect that Chinese has on English?Sk:In English there are some Chinese words such as gongfu,long time no see,...T:Great!With more closely munication of culture,English is changing more frequently.T:As we all know,English is spoken as the native language mostly in western what about English in some other parts of the world?After reading the last paragraph,would you please say something about the present situation of English in your own words?Sl:It is also spoken as a foreign or 2nd language in many other example,in India,it is used for government and some African and Asian countries,it is also spoken,such as in South Africa,Singapore and in China,the number of English speakers is increasing fast.T:Quite good.Step 7 DiscussionT:So far,we’ve known that English is being more and more important in has been an important subject for Chinese someone say that Chinese is a much more elegant it is more important for us to master it and it is not so necessary for us to master a foreign you agree with this opinion and why?Suggested answer:I don’t agree with the