1. ENGLISH -the WORLD LANGUAGE
is a language that came from nowhere to Conquer the World
an unknown author

3. English – a mother tongue
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United States of America
Canada
Australia
New Zealand

4. English - an official or semiofficial language
South America
Africa
South-eastern Asia
The former British colonies, nowadays
Members of the British Commonwealth

5. English - an international language
The UN (United Nations Organization, New York, USA)
International events (political, scientific,cultural,sport etc.)

6. English –a foreign language
Schools
colleges universities courses

7. Lingua franca
Ancient world
Latin
a dead language
In science
(biology, medicine)
XXIst century
English
A modern language

8. Approximate 2007 figures World population 6.5 billion people
People speaking English as a first language ,000,000
People who often use English as an extra language ,000,000
(some experts say 1,000,000,000)

9. official/semiofficial international foreign modern widespread
English in the world
a mother tongue
official/semiofficial
international
foreign
modern
widespread

10. Listen to the text and say what is the text about
sea-faring history- история мореплавания
contributors –внесшие вклад
loanwords –заимствованные слова
have been borrowed –были заимствованы
was invaded –была захвачена
were descended –произошли
Fall to disuse –выходить из употребления
Regained –вновь обрел
Persian
Arabic
Scandinavian
Danes
Norwegians
Danish King Canute
William the Conqueror
Normans
Vikings

11. English - an international language
German
French
Chinese
English Vocabulary
Danish
Italian
Norwegian
Persian
Arabic

12. Sofa,alcohol,admiral,tea, Prime Minister,Government, window,dirty ,
Match the words and the languages they come from
Sofa,alcohol,admiral,tea, Prime Minister,Government, window,dirty ,
Persian, Arabic,Chinese,French,Scandinavian
sofa, alcohol, coffee, Prime Minister,Government,tea, pyjamas,call, die, get, skill, sky, egg, happy, ugly, take, them, window
Persian
Arabic
Chinese
French
Scandinavian
pyjamas
Sofa,coffee,alcohol, admiral,
tea
Prime Minister,
Government,
Call,die,get,
skill, sky, egg,
happy, ugly, take, them
window

13. Why Learn English? It is a subject in the curriculum
To study at a university/college
To study/ work or live abroad
To get a better job in the future
To do business
To read books, magazines and newspapers in English
To understand films and songs in English
To travel abroad
To communicate with people of the world
It is a chance to meet new people and friends

14. Homework
P.152.ex 2. Read the text, write out all the new words and phrases, find other reasons of popularity of English in the world.

15. Learning English has a beginning but no end
H. Palmer English language methodologist