外研版选修8 Module 4 Which English ? Reading and vocabulary 课件（29张PPT）

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Module 4
Which English

Reading &Vocabulary (1)
（the first period）
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Activity 1 Lead-in
Different people in diffrent countries
speak different Englishes.
British English & American English
In Module 1, Book 5
Activity 2 Review
1. vocabulary
2. spelling
3. grammar
4. pronunciation
Four ways in which British and American English differ:
In how many countries is English an official language?
Activity 3 Scanning
More than 60.
Which statements best express the main idea of the first three paragraphs?
Activity 4 Fast Reading
1.Para. 1:
A. Everybody is unique.
B. One can be recognized by his use of English.
C. English varies from speaker to speaker.
D. Every language has different speakers.
2. Para. 2:
A. English is officially spoken.
B. English varies from place to place.
C. English accent reveals one’s identity.
D. Different countries speak different Englishes.
3. Para. 3:
A. Standard English varies with speakers.
B. Everyone’ English is correct.
C. The English-speaking situation is confusing.
D. In English, correctness gives way to communication.
C
B
D
Activity 5 Careful Reading
Try to finish the mind-map of
the structure of the passage.

Task 1
the mind-map
Which English
General Introduction
Reasons
Result
Examples
Australian English
Jamaican English
Singlish
Activity 5 Careful Reading

Task 2
Complete the sentences by filling the blanks.

Reasons
1. Everybody’s ____　___　_________　
is different.
use 　 of 　 language
2. The English _____________, as well as
_________ and vocabulary is different
from______ to ______.
pronunciation
grammar
place
place
3. The process of _____, __________,
and business produced many Englishes.
trade
exploration

Result
There is not really a ____________ or
_____________ to follow.
standard form
perfect model

Examples (Features)
Australian English
1. It has traces of both＿＿＿＿ and＿＿＿
　speech patterns.
2. Many of the＿＿＿＿＿words ＿＿＿
into the language.
3.The main differences lie in individual
＿＿＿and ＿＿＿＿＿ patterns.
Irish
cockney
Aboriginal
passed
intonation
sounds

Examples (Features)
Jamaican English
1. It has some of the _____________ features
of the African languages.
grammatical
2. Another feature is that it has the _______
of rap music.
rhythm

Examples ( Features)
Singlish
1. Sentences in Singlish often ________
the word lah.
end with
2. The variety __________________ in
particular by Malay and the Chinese
dialect Hokkien.
has been influenced
Activity 6
Further Understanding

Choose the best answer according to the passage:
1. According to the writer, you can know who it is when someone call you because____.
this person’s voice is different from others
this person uses different words from others
either A or B
Both A and B
D
2. We learn from Para.2 all the following EXCEPT that _________.
English spoken by people in different areas sounds different
B. English pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary can change quickly from place to place
C. you can tell which part of the world a person comes from by their accent
D. British English and American English are similar　　
D
3. There are different Englishes in the world. But it is impossible to tell which English is correct because _______.
most people don’t agree that there is a right or wrong way to speak English
the development of English has produced many different Englishes
English is widely spoken and it is impossible to provide a model to follow
people only pay attention to how they can communicate
C
4. It is NOT mentioned in Para. 4 that Australia is a country____.
where British government once sent its prisoners to work
which is one of the youngest nations in the world
whose English is sometimes hard to understand for people from other English-speaking countries
where there are unusual plants and animals
Ｃ
5. In the last part of the passage, the writer mainly wants to tell us that ____.
the English spoken in a certain country is influenced by the mother tongue of the speakers
Jamaican English has features of some African languages
many people in Singapore are bilingual
Jamaican English and Singaporean English are quite different to British English
A

Activity 7 Summary
Task1: What have we learned in this period?
General Introduction
Examples

Task2: Does Chinese influence English?
If so, in what ways?
Some Chinese words have passed into English
dictionaries:
Kungfu Tofu Mahjong Typhoon Taichi Ping-pong Dim sum Taikonaut Shangrila Lichi
Yin Yang Effect.....
Some Chinese words will probably passed into
English dictionaries:
Tuhao Dama Mao-tai Fengshui
Gelivable Ungelivable Niubility

Some more Chinglishes:
You can you up!
No zuo no die!
People mountain people sea!
Some Chinglish has become standard English:
Long time no see!
------- Jacky Chan

Activity 8 Discussion
Will Chinglish become standard

English some day? Why (not)?
Your reasons:
1.
2.
3.
......

Activity 9 Assignment
Task 1 Paraphrase the following sentences.
1. You could say that there are as many varieties of
English, Chinese, or any other language for
that matter, as there are speakers of it.
2. It is also quite easy to tell British and American
English apart.
3. Perhaps correctness doesn’t matter — as long as
speakers can understand each other — it is
communication that counts.
Task 2
Fill in the blanks with the words and phases coming from the text. (Finish them on your learning plan.)