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课件网) Welcome to My Class Module 4 Book 9 Languages of the World Period one Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary Learning Goals(学习引导)： You are going to: 1. read some information, knowing some Facts about World Languages. 2. share your ideas which are the most important world languages and the languages you would like to learn, giving reasons. 3. talk about the world’ top ten languages. 4. find out the numbers, the areas of the speakers, characteristics of the world’s top ten languages. *Please read the learning goals out and try to remember your goals. Facts about World Languages: 1. Approximately 7,000 languages are currently spoken in the world. 2. About 5% of the world languages are spoken by 95% of the population of the world. 3. A quarter of the world’s languages are spoken by fewer than a thousand people.(There are about 500 languages which are spoken by fewer than 100 people, and about 175 which are spoken by fewer than 10 people.) 4. 850 languages are spoken in India. 5. There are more people who speak English in China than in the USA. 6. In most languages, 100 words make up half of all words used in conversation. 7. More than 2,400 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa. 8. Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali. Self-study 先学自研 Read the information on page 43 and answer the question. 1. What percentage of world languages are spoken in India 2. Approximately how many languages are spoken by fewer than a thousand people 3. How is it possible that there are more English speakers in China than in the USA 4. Why do you think only 100 words make up half of all the words we use in conversation 5. Why is Somalia unique Inter-study 互动探究1 1. About 12%. 2. 1,750. 3. Because the population of China is so much larger than that of the USA, and also because there are many immigrants in the USA who do not speak English. 4. Because they are the structure words which are used continuously in whatever we say (in English words like the, a, of, in, is, are). 5. Because its entire population speaks the same language. TEACHER’S ADVICE 点拨讲解 Your Task: to work in groups and discuss your answers to the questions. 1. In your opinion, which are the most important world languages Give reasons. 2. Apart from English, which languages would you like to learn or know more about Give your reasons. 3. What is the point of learning foreign languages What are the World’s Top Ten Languages Inter-study 互动探究2 Languages Distributing areas Population Characteristics Putonghua (Chinese mandarin) English Hindustani Spanish Russian Arabic Bengali Portuguese Malay-Indonesian French To read the passage and fill the following form. Estimated number of speakers in 2004. Inter-study 互动探究3 Languages Distributing areas Population Characteristics Putonghua (Chinese mandarin) China More than one billion The national common ... ...
