(THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH)

　　 1) Aims

　　 To talk about varieties of English

　　 To read about the history of English language

　　 Procedures

　　 I. Warming up

　　 1)Ask students to name the English-speaking countries according to the national flags.

　　 2). Ask the students to suggest the reasons why they want to learn English as many as they can think of, for example, for work, as a hobby, to learn about other people, to travel, to read literature in the original, to read research papers, to meet foreigners, to surf the Internet, to pass exams, etc.

　　 3). Provide the students with an opportunity to think about the reasons for the spread of English around the world.

　　 ★ English is one of the official languages of the Olympic Games and the United Nations.

　　 ★ English dominates international websites and provides nearly all of the new computer terminology.

　　 ★ Tourism and trade from Western Europe and North America has contributed to the spread of English.

　　 ★ Satellite TV, radio programs like Joy FM, CDs and, of course, Hollywood films all broadcast English into China. Also, a number of Chinese films include English subtitles.

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