The Development Of English Dig up the title Di The Road To Modern English ? ? The Development Of English Reading tips 1: from the title, we can predict / guess what the passage is about

Here are some tips for your reading. Number the paragraph 2) Understand the main idea ( topic sentence) 3) Circle the time. 4) Ignore some unknown words.

English changed over time Outline the passage Outline the passage Outline the passage 1) set down the main idea of each part More and more people speak English as time goes by. Para 1 :________________________________ Para 2: Native speakers can ______ each other. Para 3: _______________________________ Para 4: _______________________________ Para 5: _______________________________ _____________________________________ understand Reading tips 2: A topic sentence is the center/centre of the whole paragraph. It appears at the beginning , at the end or in the middle of the paragraph. English changed over time English was settled English is spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia.

2) Find out the identity of each time at the end of 16th century in the 17th century AD450-1150 AD800-1150 In 1620, the British settlers, or Pilgrims(清教徒）,sailed to America on the May flower, looking for a place where they could have freedom of religion(宗教）. After a hard two-month voyage they landed at Massachusetts in America.  gradually English spoken in many other countries Was based more on German Danish and French enriched English and especially its vocabulary 5-7 million people spoke English Shakespeare (make use of …) American English(1620)

2) Find out the identity of each time In the 18th century In the 19th century at present … gradually Australian English More people speak English than ever before Two big changes ? Fluent English speakers in South Asia such as… ? The latter gave a separate identity… English in China ? ?

Q&A 1) Why did English begin to be spoken in many other countries in the 17th century? ? Because of that… Reading tips 3: Pay special attention to logical conjunctions and phrases（表逻辑关系的连接词或者短语), such as because (of), however, but and so on. People from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world.

It is hard to know the result. Q&A 2) Why has English changed over time? as time goes Actually…cultures meet and communicate with each other. mix 3). Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell It is hard to know the result. The author has no idea whether or not …

Voice your opinion Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Give your reasons. I agree/think that...firstly…secondly…thirdly… I disagree/don’t think that… because of, at present than ever before, be based on make use of , such as gradually, actually fluent English speakers…