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Unit 1language change

variation in Englishvocabulary change

language and dialectregional varieties of english

Activity one language change and use

Discovering what is meat by language change

Finding out how language changes in the life of an individual person

Analyzing the meaning of “living” and “dead” languages

Activity three observing vocabulary change in English

The change of words in a language causes the change of the language. One reason why does language.

Developing awareness of new vocabulary Finding out where new words come from

when we need them Understanding “borrowing” between

languages

Activity two variation in English different places

Understanding the term “regional variation”

Finding out what is meat by “standard English”

Discovering which is the best English to study--- and who decide

Activity 4 languages and dialects in the united kingdom

Comparing scale and distance in the British isles and china

Finding out what language and what dialects are in use in Britain

Distinguishing among languages, dialects and accents

Activity 5 experiencing some regional varieties of English

Introduction to a Rather different sort of activity

Studying the same text first in standard English and then in four regional varieties

Listening to regional varieties Investigating some practical applications of

this activity

Discovering what is meat by language change

Now listen to the dialogue

Your summary of the dialogue languages change with time; the number of languages spoken in the world is 4000-5000; no one can give more exact number because: the number

depends on what counts as a dialect and what counts as a language; some languages have disappeared, and we know nothing about them;

when we speak of languages as living or dead, we use a metaphor.

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Finding out how language changes in the life of an individual person

Listen to the dialogue We learn language first from our parents, then relatives and n

eighbors and other people in the world. That is to say the language we use is changing everyday.

Listen to the dialogue The changes of language in the dialogue do not know= dunno bilge=Biology stinks=chemistry How the think of each others’ language Mrs. Careless, slangy, slipshod, inaccurate, disrespectful, fo

olish Tim: formal, precise, careful, prim, old-fashioned, traditional,

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Analyzing the meaning of “living” and “dead” languages

Listen to the dialogue Living language means it is still used by

living people. Dead language means it was only used

before and now there is no living people using it.

Summary P14

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Understanding the term “regional variation”

English is spoken in different places differently. So English spoken in each place is called dialect/a variation of language. And also regional variation.

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Finding out what is meat by “standard English”

Listen to the dialogue standard English refers to written English. No variety is better than others Educated southern British English is called

received pronunciation/BBC. And educated American English is called network English, and VOA English.

Movie and film

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Discovering which is the best English to study--- and who decide

Read P 21 There is no single authority for the use of language-

English.

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Developing awareness of new vocabulary

P 24 examples of new vocabulary Words used in computer

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Finding out where new words come from when we need them

Understanding “borrowing” between languages

Listen to the dialogue What is borrowing, acronym, abbreviation,

translation (ways of making new words) Other ways: conversion, affixation (prefix and

suffix)/derivation, compound, shortening (exam), blending (smog),

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Comparing scale and distance in the British isles and china

Even in a small world like united kingdom, language changes greatly, not to mention a larger place like china, even the whole world.

Listen to the dialogue

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Finding out what language and what dialects are in use in Britain

Dialects: welsh, English, Gaelic, polish, Dialects and language in Britain is the same

with China. Listen to the dialogue: difficulty because of

accent. Speak to others according to their dialects

or language

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Distinguishing among languages, dialects and accents

A language is a major means of communication: there are usually reckoned to be 5000 languages in use in the world. Only some of them have a writing system.

A dialect is a variety of a language, but there is no sure way to tell a different language from a different dialect.

The term accent has something to do with the sounds of speech.

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