外研社 Book 8 Module 4 Which English

Read the text quickly and silently. Find out the answers to the questions. ( a ) How many are there varieties are there? ( b ) In how many countries is English an official language? Many. There are varieties of more than 60 countries where English is the official language, plus many other local and varieties within those countries. More than 60.

Listen to the tape and find out which are not mentioned in the passage? A. the use of language E. learning B. official language F. the development of English C. pronunciation G. the English-speaking countries D. different Englishes H. the history of English Keys: E,F and H are not mentioned

Read the passage again and check the true statements. Finish activity 2 1.You can tell where someone comes from by the way they speak. 2. Most people agree there is only one correct way of speaking English. 3. Britain English is spoken in more than 60 countries across the world. 4. Australian English is only about 200 years old. 5. There are some Aboriginal words in English 6. Australian English is easy to understand. 7. The grammar of Jamaican English is the same as that of British English. 8. Singlish is the official language of Singapore. 9. Singlish contains words of Chinese origin. √ √ √ √

Skim each paragraph and find out the main idea. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Para 7 There are many varieties of English There are many accents in English. English is used as a means of communication the Australian accent and some words come from Australian native people The main difference between Australian English and other varieties of English. the features of Jamaican English the features of English spoken in Singapore.

Work in pairs and finish activity 4. 1.Why has English become an international language with so many varieties? 2.Why does the writer think communication is more important than correctness? 3.Why did How much is it sound like Emma Chissit to the English author? Because of hundreds of years of trade, exploration and business. Because the Australian pronunciation is different to the British pronunciation of English. Because it’s more important that people understand each other than they speak grammatically correctly.

4. Why do you think the Speak Good English movement was created in 1999? Because officials were worried that “Singlish” was becoming too far away from British English to be understandable. Choose the best answers according to the text. 1. According to the writer, you can know who it is when someone phone you because______. A. this person’s voice is different from others’ B. this person uses different words from others’ C. either A or B D. both A and B √

2. We learn from Para 2 all the following except___________. A. 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 tall which part of the world a person comes from by their accent. D.British English and American English are similar 3. There are different English in the world. But it is impossible to tell which English is correct because______ A. most people don’t agree that there is a right or wrong way to speak English B. the development of English has produced many different English. C. English is widely spoken and it is impossible to provide a model to follow. D. people only pay attention to how they can communicate. √ √

4.It is not mentioned on Para 3 that Australia is a country __________. A. where British government once sent its prisoners to work. B. which is one of the youngest nations in the world. C. whose English is sometimes hard to understand for people from other English—speaking countries. D. where there are unusual plants and animals. 5.. In the last part of the text, the writer wants to tell us that__________. A. the English spoken in a certain country is influenced by the mother tongue of the speakers. B. Jamaica English has features of some African language. C. many people in Singapore bilingual. D. Jamaica English and Singapore English are quite different to British English D A

Finish activity 7. Match the words with their meaning. 1.d 2. i 3.n 4. e 5.m 6. f 7 g 8. k 9.c 10. l 11.j 12.h 13. a 14.b