English-speaking Countries. Seminars = Англоговорящие страны. Семинары: Учебно-методическое пособие

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Учебно-методическое пособие предназначено для реализации дисциплины «Страноведение (на иностранном языке)» по направлению подготовки 50.03.01 Искусства и гуманитарные науки (очная и заочная формы обучения). Пособие состоит из практических занятий, в которых содержатся задания на проверку знаний обучающихся по географии, истории и культуре англоговорящих стран. ВВЕДЕНИЕ USEMINAR 1 UTHE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Plan 1. The beginning of English 2. Exploration 3. The end of an Empire 4. English as a global language 1. THE BEGINNING OF ENGLISH Read the text and open the brackets putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense. At first, English (to be only spoken) in the country that we now know as England, and it (to be) a very different language to the one that is used today. English (to begin) as a language spoken by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. These (to be) Germanic ... 2. EXPLORATION 3. THE END OF AN EMPIRE 4. ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE The language of a small northern island has spread to every corner of the world. How? Now let’s watch the video in which we can learn how English became a global language (1.2). On the bases of this video, be ready to answer the questions: 1. What are the reasons for a language being global? 2. How many scientists can read English? 3. In what spheres does English prevail? 4. What other languages can be defined as global languages? 5. While watching the following extract fill in the gaps: The first speakers that will become English were not the first … of the British Isles. Before them there were among others the Celts and the … . In a few years after the departure of the … in 410 after Christ the first Angles and Saxons landed on the ... Go on speaking about the origin of the English language. 6. What are the specific factors which helped English get a global status?