unit 2 warming up.ppt

The top 10 most spoken languages (2008) English around the world 171coutries speak English in the world Official language of 53 countries One of the most spoken languages 4.Can you think of some English –speaking countries? 5. Can you guess the following countries that speak English as their native language according to their national flags(国旗） ? Are the English in these countries the same? There are more than one kind of English. In some important ways, they are very different from one another. They are called world Englishes. * * Period 1Warming up and Reading I Unit 2 English around the world 1.Which language is spoken by the largest number of people in the world? Quiz: Chinese (Mandarin) = 1,210,000,000 Hindustani = 366,000,000 Spanish = 358,000,000 English = 341,000,000 Arabic = 300,000,000 Portuguese = 250,000,000 Bengali = 207,000,000 Russian = 167,000,000 Japanese = 125,000,000 German = 100,100,000 2.Which language is most widely used in the world? English as the first language English as the second language More than 340 mln More than 1 bln ? ? 3.How many people speak English in the world today ? 375 million 750 million more than 1.1 billion Half of the world’s population (by 2050) as their first language as a second language or a foreign language speak English will be using it. the USA Canada New Zealand Australia South Africa the United Kingdom Ireland India Philippines Singapore Map of the world English Around the World Great Britain Australia New Zealand Ireland The U.S.A Canada . India Singapore South Africa Canadian Australian English British World Englishes American Indian Singapore British English American English What are differences between British English and American English? Do you want to come to my flat? How far is your apart-ment? It is beautiful Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday? Wow, bar is a nice place. Wow, I want a tin of Coko, some biscuits and sweets. What about you, Bush? Well, I want a ca