English in the world

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Unit 6
English in the world
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Phonetic training

• To communicate, language, speaker, fluently,
  dictionary, to explain, to revise, carefully,
  correspondence, grammatically, to understand,
  effectively, business, attentively, to
  concentrate.

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Key
VERB NOUN ADVERB
TO COMMUNICATE CORRESPONDENCE CAREFULLY
TO UNDERSTAND SPEAKER ATTENTIVELY
TO REVISE DICTIONNARY EFFECTIVELY
TO CONCENTRATE BUSINESS FLUENTLY
TO EXPLAINE LANGUAGE GRAMMATICALLY
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Do you know?

• English
• American English British
  English
• USA Canada British Isles
• West Indies Africa India-
  Far Australia
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  Pakistan East

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The difference between American and British
English

• Pronunciation
• Ex. Cant, class, example
• Spelling
• Ex. GB colour US color GB theatre US theater
  
• GB dialogue US dialog GB programme US
  program
• Grammar
• Collective nouns GB
  US
• Ex. the audience is\ are waiting
  the audience is waiting
• Questions with have GB
  US
• Ex. has he got?..\ does he have?
  Does he have?
• Tenses GB
  US
• Present Perfect, esp. with just, yet
  Pres.Perf.\Past Simple
• Ex. Ive just seen him here
  I just saw him
• Future I \ we shall
  I \ we will

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• Question Tags GB
  US
• Youre with us, arent you?
  Youre with us, right?\ OK?
• Modals GB
  US
• They neednt \ dont need
  They dont need
• Prepositions GB
  US
• write to smb.
  write smb.
• meet smb.
  meet with smb.
• at the weekend
  on the weekend
• Numerals GB
  US
• 115 a\one hundred and fifteen
  a\one hundred fifteen
• Vocabulary GB
  US
• angry
  mad
• autumn
  fall
• biscuit
  cookie
• film
  movie
• flat
  appartment
• ill
  sick
• shop
  store
• sweets
  candy

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Some people say English is not a world language
but American is.

• Listen to 2 people talking about it. Give your
  reasons
• Which side are you on?
• Is British English the only correct version of
  English?
• Is American English really widely popular at the
  moment?

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What will the role of the English language in the
future?

• I strongly agree that
• I agree that
• I disagree that
• I strongly disagree that

• English will be the dominant language in world
  media and communications.
• Before the 22nd century another language besides
  English will become the worlds main language
• English will remain the world language for
  international communication.
• The role of English in personal development will
  be very important.
• American English will be the worlds standard
  variety of English.
• British English will be the dominant variety of
  English in the world.
• Many languages will die out during the next
  century.
• The most popular foreign language in the future
  will be Chinese.

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Learning English

• Why?
• To study at a University
• To communicate with people of the world
• To do business
• To understand films and songs in English
• Useful when you travel

• The best way to learn is
• To work hard
• To do exercises carefully
• To listen attentively
• To use a dictionary
• To concentrate
• Not to be lazy
• Not to miss classes

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Your homework

• GS p. 251 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
  and Adverbs
• AB ex. 4 , 5