1、Unit2 Reading(1)Lead in1.This is an_class.English2.Do you like English?3.Do you want to know its history?Learning aims1.Get to know the development of the English language and have a better understanding of the text.2.Learn how to read a history article.Please go through the reading strategy and tel
2、l me how to read a history article.Self-guidance(1)1.Notice the dates and years2.Make a time chart,listing important information such as times,places and events,etc.Reading a history articleSelf-guidance(2)Please go through the passage and finish time chart.Old English10th10thend of 9thend of 9ththe
3、nthenbefore 5thbefore 5thevents10661066LatterLatter halfhalfofof 14th14th1399139916th16thMiddle EnglishModern Modern EnglishEnglisheventsTime chart 10th10thend of 9thend of 9ththenthenbefore 5thbefore 5theventslanguageoccupied occupied by the two by the two Germanic Germanic groupsgroupsthe the Viki
4、ngs Vikings began to began to move tomove tobecame became official official languagelanguageSpoke Spoke CelticCelticOld English13991399latter latter half of half of 14th14th10661066eventslanguage Middle EnglishNormans Normans defeated defeated and took and took controlcontrolHenry Henry became becam
5、e King King and and usedusedhad come had come into into widespread widespread useuseTime chartappeared appeared during the during the RenaissanceRenaissancekeep on keep on changingchanging16th16thModern Modern EnglishEnglishCooperation and discussionOld EnglishMiddle EnglishModern EnglishDiscussDisc
6、uss the format of Old English in groupsDiscuss Frenchs influence on Middle English in groups and give some examplesDiscuss two questions about ModernEnglishCelticLanguages of Angles and Saxons Old EnglishLanguages of VikingsFrenchs influence on English:1.More words with similar meanings3.French ways
7、 of making plurals2.Words for meat and animalsMiddle Englishreply answerthe same meaning(回答）Old FrenchOld EnglishMore words with similar meanings.Examples Words for animalsWords for their meatox/cowpigpork/baconsheepmuttonbeefEnglishFrenchExamples GermanicwayFrench wayhouseshoemanchildMaking plurals
8、housenhousesshoenshoesmenchildrenWhen did Modern English appear?When did Modern English appear?What new factors are included in What new factors are included in Modern English?Modern English?During the Renaissance During the Renaissance in the 16in the 16thth century.century.Latin and Greek words,La
9、tin and Greek words,pronunciations and new pronunciations and new words and new ways being words and new ways being invented.invented.Self-assessmentEnglish and its historyOld EnglishIn the middle of the 5th century,the language 1._ in Britain was Celtic.Then Britain was 2._ by the Angles and the Sa
10、xons,who brought their language into Old English.At the end of the 9th century,the Vikings created Old English,3._ their languages with Anglo-Saxon.By the 10th century,Old English,had become the 4._ language of English.Middle EnglishIn 1066,England was 5._ by the Normans,but French didnt take the 6.
11、_ of English as the first language.By the latter half of the 14th century,English had been 7._used among all classes in England.8._ EnglishVocabulary and pronunciation also went 9._ great changes during the Renaissance.It is 10._ that English will continue developing in the future.spokenmixingofficialdefeatedplacewidelyModernthroughcertainoccupiedHomeworkFinish Part D,E on Page 24.
