(共27张PPT)
Take in some kind of languages & reading skills
Impress yourself with some sentences
Practice speaking
Suggestions
TIPS
How many kinds of languages are there in the world?
More than 3000 languages are spoken in the world.
The World’s Top Ten Languages
1.What do you think the numbers after the names of the languages mean?
The number of people who speak the language worldwild.
2.The article is probably taken from
A.an English teaching book
B.a business book
C.a science book
Take in some kind of languages & reading skills
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1.Hindustani will never become the first world language because_____.
the population of India will never overtake the population of China
B. it includes a huge number of dialects
C. too many people speak English in India
2. 750 million is the total number of people who
speak English as a ________ or ________
language,and English is the ________ language
in more than 75 countries.
Careful-reading (task 1 para.1-4 )
1.Hindustani will never become the first world language because_____.
the population of India will never overtake the population of China
B. it includes a huge number of dialects
C. too many people speak English in India
Careful-reading (task 1 Para.1-4 )
2.750 million is the total number of people who speak
English as a ________ or ________ language,
and English is the ________ language in more
than 75 countries.
English is the most widely used language in the world.
Why in so many countries?
I think one reason is that it used to be the colonial language. Many countries used to be the colonies of the British empire.
It is because of the influence of colonialism. 殖民主义
first
second
official
Careful-reading (task 1 Para.1-4 )
1. Chinese Mandarin, or putonghua, to give it
its real name, is spoken by the vast majority
of the population of China.
绝大多数的中国人都讲官方语言,或者更确切得说,讲普通话。
Careful-reading (task 2 para.1-4 )
2. It is predicted that the population of India
could one day overtake the population of China .
据预测,印度的人口可能有一天会超过中国。
Translation
catch up with, go beyond
Careful-reading (task 3 Para.5-11 )
Read the text carefully and complete the following chart.
Language number Regions UN
Spanish
Russian
Arabic
French
Spain , Latin America, the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba
425million
277 million
Russia and nearby countries, such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
256million
North Africa, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt
129 million
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, some islands in the Caribbean Sea
YES
YES
YES
YES
Language number Regions UN
Spanish
Russian
Arabic
French
Complete the passage with the correct form
of the words and expressions in the box.
establish expand furthermore
include overtake romantic
roots special status
Careful-reading (task 4 Consolidation )
The total of 750 million English speakers(1)_________
people who speak it as a first or second language. In
some countries, English has(2)_______, which usually
means that business is done in English. (3)_________,
the use of English has (4)________ even more because
80% of Internet websites are in English. Unlike French,
English doesn’t have its (5)________ in Latin, although
there are a lot of English words which come from Latin.
English is not as (6)_______ a language as French, but
it has (7)_______ itself as the world’s main language of
International communication. However, the number of
English speakers probably won’t (8)______ the number
of speakers of putonghua.
includes
special status
Furthermore
expanded
roots
romantic
established
overtake
Why are more and more foreigners taking up
learning Chinese Mandarin?
Practice speaking
reasons
Politics
Economy
Daily life
Give Sheldon some suggestions on Chinese mandarin learning.
Suggestions
1.Find a teacher
The teacher must know what to do or what not to do to make Sheldon feel confident and still eager to learn.
2.Find something he like and do it in Chinese mandarin. Such as listening to some Chinese songs.
3. Establish a routine. Practice it everyday.
My Suggestions to Sheldon
Assignment
Write an e-mail to Sheldon to give him some suggestions on Chinese mandarin .