高一英语知识点：英语模块1Unit 2 English around the wolrld (Reading

　　Step 1

　　Write the following on the blackboard and guess the full names

　　ESL TOEFL L1 FL

　　L1=use the language as his or her monter tongue or native language

　　L2= Use the language as a second language

　　EFL=English as a Foreign Language

　　Official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other territory

　　In the following countries,what catalogries does English belong to?

　　Ireland

　　Canada

　　Britain

　　Singapore

　　India

　　China

　　Malaysia

　　Step 2

　　Look at the title The road to modern English

　　What does modern road mean?

　　How can you get the quick answer with thie long passage?

　　Step 3

　　Read for thegist of each paragraph.

　　1.Many people all over the world speak English.

　　2.Native speakers can understand each other even if they don't the same kind of English.

　　3.Why has English changed over time?

　　4.Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.

　　5.English is now spoken in south Asia.

　　Step 4.Read carefully

　　Make a timeline of the development of English.

　　During the 5th centuryAD

　　Between about AD 800 AND 1150:

　　By the 1600s

　　1620:

　　From the 18th century:

　　By 19th century:

　　Step 5.

　　Exercise 1 T OR F

　　Step 6. Discussion

　　1.What happened when c county was conquered by people speaking anothe country?

　　Give examples

　　2,What do you think is the purpose of this passage?

　　3.Does the writer think the spread of English is a good or a bad thing?