Презентация, доклад Global English as a unique international language (11 класс, Rainbow English)

Global English as a unique International language

content:

1. History of the origin of the English language.
2. Linguistic features of the British and American variants of English and the differences between them. 3. Especially English . Language-specific concept “Understatement”.

History of the origin of the English language.

Start of development – V century – the invasion of Germanic tribes in Britain.
German influence on Celtic and Latin.
The preservation of local languages: Welsh and Gaelic. The Vikings introduced the ancient Icelandic language. French is the language of the English aristocracy (since 1066).

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On the Internet, English has a special role. Today, about 82% of all Internet texts are presented in English. Global English is a simplified version of traditional English. A feature of the global English language is a rather limited vocabulary and simplified grammar, reminiscent of the Basic English language system, developed by Charles Ogden.

Linguistic features of the British and American variants of English and the differences between them.

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Correct English.

In the UK, there are several regional dialects: Northern, Central, South – Western, South – Eastern, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. One of these dialects-the language of the educated population of London and South – East England – eventually acquired the status of a national standard (RP). It is based on "correct English" - the language of the best private schools (Eton, Winchester, Harrow, Rugby) and universities (Oxford and Cambridge). This is the classic, literary English.

Differences between American and British English.

spelling:

написание -er вместо -re (center ’центр’, meter ’метр’, theater ’театр’),
-or вместо -our (favor ’услуга’, honor ’честь’, labor ’труд’),
check вместо cheque ’чек’, connection вместо connexion ’связь’,
jail вместо gaol ’тюрьма’,
story вместо storey ’этаж’ и т.д.

grammar:

Американцы менее охотно, чем англичане, употребляют множественное число глагола при собирательных существительных
(the audience were - букв.: ’публика были’,
the government have - букв.:’правительство имеют’).
Чаще образуют существительные от глаголов путем конверсии (to author ’создать’ от author ’автор’, to research ’исследовать’ от research ’исследование’).
Заменяют shall на will (показатель будущего времени) и употребляют have got взамен простого have ’иметь’, а have gotten — взамен became ’стал/а/о’.

Phonetics:

Vowel in English words like class 'class’, half’ half’, pass’ pass’, dance’ dance ’most Americans pronounce more like [a:] in father’
Vowel in words like God 'God’, got' got / a’, rob’ loot ’Americans pronounce more like [a:] in father than like in cloth’. U-shaped sound in words like dew 'dew', duke ’Duke', new’ new 'many Americans rhyme with too 'too; too', not with you’ you ' (i.e. pronounce it as [u:], not as [ju:]).
The mediantt, as in butter 'oil', they pronounce very similar to [d]. Postojannoer, as in car ’the machine’ and the card ’the card’ they are mostly not lowered as the English, and utter in its place a r-shaped sound.

Lexical differences:

Peculiarities of the English language language-specific concept “UNDERSTATEMENT”

Every “Understatement” is a little private joke about
Englishness (Каждый «андерстейтмент» - это маленькая,
приватная шутка об англичанине).
Kate Fox

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“Understatement “– it language-specific
concept for Anglo-Saxon mentality's.
This concept is often translated as
language restraint,
*reticence,
*the reserved statement.

If a diplomat says “Yes”, he means “Perhaps”.
If he says “Perhaps”, he means “No”.
If he says “No”, he is no diplomat.

If a lady says “No”, she means “Perhaps”.
If she says “Perhaps”, she means “Yes”.
If she says “Yes”, she is no lady.

UNDERSTATEMENT

What option to learn English?

American
simplified;
- many dialects . ;
- simple grammar;
- nonstandard pronunciation;
- further conversational.

British
- right;
scrupulous;
Intonational
- expressive;
polite;
complete and rich;
- classic.

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