Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 10 - Lesson 4: Continued

Good morning every bodyOur worldBritish americanBritishEnglishCaribbeanWestAfricanEastAfricanIndianSouth EastAsianAustralasianLesson 4: ContinuedPeriod 8: Discuss the lesson.Friday, November 9th2007.P 33/1. History of English.2. The modern English now.3. The use of English now.History of English Our programme tonight is about “The English language” First let’s have a look at its history. Two thounsand years ago the British Isles were inhabited by speakers of Celtic languages. Next to Celtic languages was Latin which was the language of government from 43 BC. To about AD. 410 in the areas which are now England and Wales. Between the fourth and seventh centuries AD., the Anglo-Saxons arrived. They spoke a Germanic language which forms the basis of modern EnglishBBC world servicereadHistory of English2000 years ago43 B.C410 A.D700 A.DnowCelticLatinGermanic languageEnglish 2000 years ago people in the British isles spoke . from .. to .. they spoke . and between .. and . century the Anglo Saxon arrived they spoke ....... and now people speak ..1. How many languages have been used in Britain?2. Which language forms the basis of modern English?The modern English nowread English is much different from the language which was once brought across the North sea by the Anglo-Saxons. Although the Anglo-Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it is the way in which those words are put together to make sentences that would be hardly recognizable to them. Many people say it is the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings and the spontaneous creation of new words that have made English an effective medium of international communication.The modern English nowCelticLatinGermanModern EnglishThe way to put the words together to make sentencesThe flexibility of function of individual wordsThe assimilation of borrowingsThe spontaneous creation of new wordsRead In the world to day, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue, It ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China. Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language. About the same number use it as a second language. It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75 % of the world’s mail is in English, 60 % of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English and more than half of the world’s periodicals are printed in English. It is the English language that is used as an official language in 44 countries, and as the language of business, commerce and technology in many others. English is now an effective medium of international communication. However, it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic that causes difficuties to foreigners. A mumber of world varieties of English exist: British American, Caribbean, West African, East African, Indian, South East Asian, Australasion among others, having distinctive aspect of pronunciation and usage, by which they are recognized.As a mother tongue English ranks . only to.. BBC radio station percents of the .. broadcast in English. 75% of the . is in English. More than.. are printed in English.The use of English nowIt is the language of ..British AmericanCaribbeanSouth East AsianIndianWest AfricanEast AfricanAustralasianLook at the world map and find the regions which use EnglishHomework1. New words2. Structures+. Relative pronoun: “Which”+. structure: “It is that ”3.Prepare the review lesson one: Exercise 1, 2.Exercise 1: Find a suitable word for each blank.Exercise 2: Using the suggested words to complete the conversation.Good bye everybodyOur worldBritish americanBritishEnglishCaribbeanWestAfricanEastAfricanIndianSouth EastAsianAustralasian