It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.75% of the world’s mail is in English, 60% of the world’s radio station broadcast[r]
(1)(2)GUESSING WORD
1 You can use it when you go abroad It is one of your subjects.
It is an international language
What is it?
(3)Lesson 4: Reading Practice
I New words + Living language : ( it is still in use)
+ rank (v):
Ex: This week our class ranks the second + Approximately (adv): = about
+ Periodical (n): newspapers and magazines + Official (adj):
+ Commerce (n): + Phonetic (adj):
+ Distinctive (adj) = differrent
+ Mother tongue = the 1st language
Ex: Vietnamese is the 1st language
(4)Revision -Matching
english
1- living language 2- rank
3- periodical 4- official
5- mother tongue 6- approximately 7- commerce
8- aspect
9- distinctive 10- phonetic
vietnamese
a Tạp chí xb định kỳ b thức
c Kho¶ng, xÊp xØ d XÕp h¹ng
e khÝa c¹nh
f Tiếng mẹ đẻ g Th ơng mại h Thuộc ng âm i Sinh ngữ
(5)Lesson 4: Reading Practice
Revision -Matching
1- living language
i Sinh ngữ
2- rank
d.xếp hàng
3- periodical
a tạp chí xb định kỳ
4- official
b Chính thức
5- mother tongue
f Tiêng mẹ đẻ
6- approximately
c khoảng, xấp xỉ
7- commerce g Thương mại
8- aspect
e Khía cạnh
9- distinctive
h.thuộc ngữ âm
1-i 2-d 3-a 4-b 5-f 6-c 7-g 8-e 9- j
(6)Lesson 4: Reading Practice
In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of
which English is by far the most widely used As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language About the same number use it as a second language It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.75% of the world’s mail is in English, 60% of the world’s radio station broadcast in English and more than half of the world’s periodicals are printed in English.
It is the English language that is used as an official language in 44 countries, and as the language of
bussiness,commerce and technology in many others English is now an effective medium of international communication.However,it is the written English, which is not systematically phonetic,that
causes difficulties to foreigners.
A number of world varieties of English exist: British, American, Caribbean, West African, East African, Indian, South-East Asian, Australasian among others, having distinctive aspects of
pronunciation and usage, by which they are recognized
(7)Lesson 4: Reading Practice
1 Match the following ideas with each paragraph
A E, an effective medium of international communication B The rank of E as the mother tongue
C The varieties of English D The role of English
2 How many living language are there in the world ? 3 How many people speak E as their 1st language?
4 Is Chinese an international language? Why or Why not?5 Which language is used as an official language in 44
countries ?
6 What causes difficulties to foreigners ?
7 How many people speak E as their 2nd language ?
8 In what field is English used ?
I New words
(8)1 Match the following ideas with each paragraph
A E, an effective medium of international communication B The rank of E as the mother tongue
C The varieties of English D The role of English
2 How many living languages are there in the world ?
3 How many people speak E as their 1st language?
4 Is Chinese an international language? Why or Why not?
5 Which language is used as an official language in 44 countries ?
6 What causes difficulties to foreigners ?
7 How many people speak E as their 2nd language ?
8 In what fields is English used ?
Para : 3 Para:
1 Para : 4
Para: 2
5,000 to 6,000 Approximately 350 No, it isn’t Because it is little used outside China.
English Written English
(9)Lesson 4: Reading Practice
II Reading I NEW WORDS
Iii homework Learn by heart the new words
Read the reading fluently and translate into Vietnamese
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