Module 4 Languages of the World 模块精品课件（5课时 ）

课件69张PPT。外研版 高三年级(选修9) Module 4Module 4 Language of the WorldIntroductionI speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor(1515-1558)What do you think of this sentence? Do you know who was Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor?One legend about the beginning of different languages is as follows: Originally, the whole earth was of one language. Greedy people from all over the world met in Babylon and set out to build a great tower, which was intended to reach heaven. Determined to make a “name” for themselves, they worked very hard to build it. And it became higher and higher. God was displeased with the unholy action and said: “Come, let us go down, and confuse them. They will not be able to speak the same language and they will not understand one another.” Suddenly all the people began to speak different languages. It is said that that was how different languages began to be spoken. It is said that that was how different languages were born.1. What is your mother tongue? 2. Do you speak a dialect of your country’s official language? 3. Do you know any dialect words or expressions?Read the definitions and answer the questions. official language: the main language of a country mother tongue: the main language you learn as a child Notesdialect: a way of speaking a language by a particular group; some dialects simply use different words; other dialects also use different grammarWork 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?2. Approximately how many languages are spoken by fewer than a thousand people?Read the information on page 43 and answer the questions.1. What percentage of world languages are spoken in India?About 12%.1,750.3. How is it possible that there are more English speakers in China than in the USA?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. Why do you think only 100 words make up half of all the words we use in conversation? 5. Why is Somalia unique? Because they are the structure words which are used continuously in whatever we say (in English words like the, a, of, in, is, are).Because its entire population speaks the same language. Reading and Vocabulary Warming upOne legend about the beginning of different languages is as follows. Originally, the whole earth was of one language. Greedy people from all over the world met in Babylon and set out to build a great tower, which was intended to reach heaven. Determined to make a “name” for themselves, they worked very hard to build it.And it became higher and higher. God was displeased with the unholy action and said: “Come, let us go down, and confuse them. They will n ... ...