WHY IS ENGLISH SO POPULAR?

LINGUISTIC RESEARCH

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“English is the Latin of the 21st century”

As easy as LatinAs popular as LatinThe language of the most powerful country

  (Byron, George Gordon) (1788–1824)

Why do you learn English?

the best

Friends

intelligentto travel

   to

understand

to study

  

ENGLISH IS THE

LANGUAGE OF

AMERICA.

1.

• One of the biggest and strongest country in the world

• To do business with America

•American jeans

•Dollar

•Hollywood

•6 out of 10 richest people

•American restaurants

Science and technology

2. 2. English English isis easy. easy.

TablesBooksTrees

СтолыКнигиДеревья

Plurals are easier.-(e)s

English English isis easy. easy.

SheHeIt

Tree (it)Table (he)Book (she)Room (she)

Genders are simpler.

English English isis easy. easy.

English words don’t change so much.

I read this book. – Я читаю эту книгу.We read this book. –Мы читаем эту книгу.You read this book. – Ты читаешь эту книгу.They read this book. –Они читают эту книгу.He read this book. – Он читает эту книгу.She read this book. –Она читает эту книгу.

3. English has words from other languages.

Several European languages contributed to the formation of

English

Wir gehen in die Schule. –We go to school.

Sie ist interessant.- She is interesting.

French words: Country, crime, prison, prince, letter, question, royal …

Scandinavian words: Anger, cake, call, give, kill, skirt, they, them, want, window, husband

Latin words: Street, kitchen, cup, chees, wall, paper

Celtic words:• Kent

• Avon

• Thames

4. The United Kingdom used to have a big

empire.

1583

“British Empire”

Doctor Dee,

the Queen’s magician and astrologer

“The sun never sets on the British Empire”

400-500 million people

about 30 million square kilometres

Colonies and territories are:The USA

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

India

Large parts of Africa

The Caribbean

WHY IS ENGLISH SO POPULAR?

English is the language of America.English is easy.It has words from other languages.The United Kingdom used to have a big empire.English is a crazy language.

To understand native speakers

To talk to native speakers

To read English

newspapers

and books3 main aims:

LEARNING ENGLISH

Work on your English

as often as you can.

ENGLISH

LEARNING ENGLISH

Buy a good dictionary

LEARNING ENGLISH

You shouldn’t start with English newspapers or books

LEARNING ENGLISH

Start a vocabulary notebook

LEARNING ENGLISH

Watch films in English

LEARNING ENGLISH

Listen to English cassettes

LEARNING ENGLISH

Learn a lot of grammar rules by heart

LEARNING ENGLISH

Learn texts and songs

Listen to the stories and fill in the file: Why does

he/she learn English?

What does he/she do to learn it better?

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