M3U2EnglishanditshistoryTeachingaims:1.GettoknowmoreaboutthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.2.GetfurtherunderstandingofthetextandbeabletoretellsomeimportantelementsinthedevelopmentofEnglish.3.Practicemoreskillsinreadingahistoryarticle.Somethingaboutthetext:1whataretheold,middleandmodernEnglish?Whataretheirdifferences?Teachingprocedures:Step1ReadingstrategyWhyisahistoryarticledifferentfromanormalarticle?___________________________________________________________________Step2SkimmingStudentsareallowedseveralminutestoskimthetext.Theirskimmingisbasedonthetaskofquestionsonpage22concerningthegeneralideaofthetext.1.Whatisthearticleabout?________________________________________________________________________2.WhatarethethreekindsofEnglishdiscussedinthearticle?________________________________________________________________________3.InwhatwayisEnglishstillchanging?________________________________________________________________________Step3Skanning1.WheredidthewordEnglishcomefrom?________________________________________________________________________2.WhycanwordswithsimilarmeaningsbefoundintheEnglishlanguage?________________________________________________________________________3.WhydoestheEnglishlanguagehavesomanyrulesthatconfusepeople?________________________________________________________________________4.whomadethegreatestcontributiontothedevelopmentfromOldEnglishtoMiddleEnglish?________________________________________________________________________5.WhyaremanyofthewordsforanimalsdifferentfromthoseformeatinEnglish?________________________________________________________________________Step4CarefulreadingHowistheEnglishlanguagedeveloped?OldEnglish1.Beforethemiddleofthe____________,peopleinBritaindidnotspeakEnglish.theirlanguagecalled_______2.TheoriginallanguagespokeninBritainwas_________.1/23.The_________,theSaxonsandtheCelticspokelanguagesthatmadeupAnglo-Saxons.MiddleEnglish1.ThreegroupsofpeoplecametoBritainfromthe__________mainland.2.Bythe_____________,OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEnglandAnswerthequestions:WhatarethefactorsthatcontributedtothedevelopmentofmiddleEnglish?________________________________________________________________________1.AlmosteveryoneinEnglandbegantospeakMiddleEnglishinthe________2.TheNormansenteredEnglandin_______.3Normansspoke__________.ModernEnglishWhendidModernEnglishappear?________________________________________________________________________WhatnewfactorsareincludedinModernEnglish?________________________________________________________________________Step5TextanalysisTimeEventsBeforethemid-5thcenturyAfterthemid-5thcenturyAttheendofthe9thcenturyBythe10thcenturyTimeEventsIn1066Thelatterhalfof14thcenturyIn1399DuringtheRenaissanceStep6RetellingThekeywordsarepresentedonthescreen.Studentsareallowed5minutestoprepareretellingthetextinpairs.Step7HomeworkWriteashortsummaryofEnglishanditshistoryaccordingtowhatwehavelearnedtoday.2/2
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