task 1 individual work before class.
1. look at the title of the reading passage the road to modern english and predict what it is about.
the passage is mainly about _________________________________.
2. how to understand the title the road to modern english. here what does road refer to?
road here refers to ____________________.
3. read the passage and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
para1 a. why english has changed over time.
para2 b. many people all over the world speak english.
para3 c. english is now spoken in south asia.
para4 d. native english speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of english.
para5 e. finally the language was settled.
task 2 group work in class.
read the passage carefully and find out some details about the development of english:
1. the birthplace: __________________________________________________.
2. the cause: ______________________________________________________.
3. the development:
1) between ad 450 and 1150: ________________________________________.
2) between ad 800 to 1150: _________________________________________.
3) by the 1600s: ___________________________________________________.
4) in 1620: _______________________________________________________.
5) later in the 18th century:___________________________________________.
6) between 1765 and 1947: __________________________________________.
7) by the 19th century:_______________________________________________.
8) today: _________________________________________________________.
task 3 listening.
finish ex1 on page10.
