1、Unit 2Unit 2 Exploring P1 Starting outP1 Starting out Which language has the largest number of native speakers? Look and say Because China has the largest population in the world. Chinese 1,390million Which language has the largest number of learners? English 1,500 million Among these 1,500 million
2、English learners, do you know how many learners are there in China? Complete the table according to Chart 3 What conclusion can you draw from Chart 3? 50 million 200 million 300 million The number of English Learners in China is increasing greatly. 1. Why do you think many people in China learn Engl
3、ish? 2. Will this trend continue in the future? 3. Why has English, instead of other languages, become the global language nowadays? 4. What characteristic does English have as a global language? Group discussion Watch and say 1. Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first lan
4、guage? 2. Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video? Answers: 1. The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. 2. More than a third of English words come from French, such as fruit, table, crocodile, invasion. hus - _ scip - _ cu - _ cild - _ kn
5、ifr - _ gg - _ kaka - _ Celtic north west three tribes Germany Vikings 1066 FrenchGermany many other places house ship cow child knife egg cake Note taking Watch and complete the table below. fruit table crocodile invasion In history, invasions shaped part of English language. But what contributes t
6、o the development of English language nowadays? ReviewReview 课时重点回顾 1. native speaker 2. invasion 3. invader 4. tribe 5. original 6. a third 7. ahead of 8. It has been estimated that 讲本族语的人；母语使用者 武装入侵；侵略；侵犯 侵略者 部落 原来的；起初的；最早的 三分之一 早于；领先；在-前面 据估计 Self-evaluation 1.What have you got from the charts? 2
7、.What do you know about the history of English? Can you retell it? 3.What is the future of the English language? 各个击破 Homework Introduce the history of Chinese characters to your foreign friend Tom who is learning Chinese. (You can get information on the Internet and sort it out by drawing a timeline.)
