文档介绍：English in a changing world
The Second Year Pack
English in a changing world
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Contents
1 Changing English in a Changing World:An Overview
2 English in the Past
3 The Spread of English Beyond Britain
4 Socal varieties of English
5 Trade Within and Across Language Barriers
6 Changing English since the Sencond World War
7 Emerging "New Englishes" : A Focus for Debate
8 English in a Shrinking World
Changing Eglish in a Changing World :An Overview
Unit One
Unit One
At the end of this unit,you should be able to do the following things,or do them better than you can now
explain why languages change as people change
recognise and describe examples of change
understand some of the special English vocabulary used in talking about language
explain what is meant by varieties of English
Unit One Changing English in a Changing World: An Overview
Difficult Points:
Differences among languages, dialects, and accents
Activity 1 Language Change and Language Use
Task 1
1. Languages change with time;
2. The number of languages in the world is 4000-5000;
3. No one can give a more exact number because (a) the number depends on what counts as a dialect and what counts as a language; (b) some languages have disappeared, and we know nothing about them;
4. When we speak of languages as living or dead, we use a metaphor (暗喻).
Task 2
Finding out How Language Changes in the Life of an Individual Person
Idiolect – your own individual language
Task 3
Analysing the Meaning of “Living” and “Dead” Language
Tim doesn’t like learning Latin because –
1 there is too much homework to do
2 it is hard to remember all the new vocabulary
3 there are no speakers of Latin to talk to
4 there seem to be no interesting things to read in Latin