课件9张PPT。Unit2 English around the world Warming up and Speaking Background It's not clear how many people around the world use English as a second language. Numbers vary from 350 million to one billion. English is spoken in the following countries: Australia, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Guyana, Ireland, Israel, Lesotho, Liberia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon, Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tonga, UK, USA, Vanuati, Zimbabwe and many Carribean states.
Some sources estimate the number of speakers over 300 million, others over 650 million! But let's have a look at the countries where English is an official language! countries where English is the first and often only language of most people countries where besides English as a native language there is at least one other significant native tongue countries where English is not native, only official language Teaching Aims
Learn and master the words and phrase in the short essay. Help the students to know more kinds of English and some difference between British English and American English. Asking and answering How many countries and regions are there in the world?
How many languages are used as the working languages of the United Nations?
It was thought that there were more than 3000 before. But it is found in recent years that there are more than 5000languages in the world. Only 13 languages are used by above 55 million people. Chinese, French, Russian, English and Spanish. Why should we learn English ? Which kind of English do you want to understand? Why? ?? If you have a chance to visit an English country? Are you can understand each other? Why or why not?
??How can learning English help China in the future?
Can you tell some difference between British English and American English? Summary and Homework In this class, we have talked about something about English, I know different students have different answers, but we have no enough time. After class, do more practice as we did in class and try to speak more English as you can.