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[00:05.20]Unit two english around the world
[00:10.65]Reading the road
[00:14.47]English at the end of the sixteenth century
[00:19.44]About five to seven million
[00:21.03]People spoke english nearly all of them lived in england
[00:25.03]Later in the next century
[00:28.07]People from england made voyages to conquer other parts of the world
[00:33.27]And because of that english began to be spoken in many other countries
[00:38.90]Today more people speak english as their first
[00:42.35]Second or a foreign language
[00:44.57]Than ever before native english speakers can understand each other
[00:49.86]Even if they don't speak the same kind of english
[00:53.50]Look at this example
[00:56.67]Would you like to see my flat
[00:59.20]Yes
[01:00.00]I'd like to come up to your apartment
[01:04.28]So why has english changed over time
[01:07.71]Actually all language is change and develop
[01:10.95]When cultures meet and communicate with each other at first the english spoken and england between about eighty
[01:18.65]Four fifty and eleven fifty was very different from the english spoken today it was based more on german than the english we speak at present
[01:30.01]Then gradually between about aty eight hundred and eleven fifty english became less like german
[01:37.15]Because those who ruled england spoke first danish and later french
[01:43.50]These new settlers enrich the english language
[01:46.61]And especially its vocabulary so by the sixteen hundreds shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary
[01:56.06]Than ever before in sixteen
[02:00.18]Twenty some british settlers move to america
[02:04.15]Later in the eighteen century
[02:06.15]Some british people were taken to australia
[02:08.63]Too english began to be spoken in both countries
[02:12.69]Finally by the nineeighth century
[02:16.62]The language was settled at that time
[02:19.86]Two big changes in english spelling happened first samuel johnson wrote his dictionary and later noa webster wrote the american dictionary of the english language
[02:32.71]The latter gave a separate identity to american english spelling english now was also spoken as a foreign or second language in south asia
[02:44.21]For example
[02:45.52]India has a very large number of fluent english speakers
[02:49.06]Because britain ruled india from seventeen
[02:52.13]Sixty five to ninenineteen
[02:54.13]Forty seven
[02:56.43]During that time english became a language for government and education english is also spoken in singapore
[03:04.21]Malaysia and countries in africa
[03:06.75]Such as south africa
[03:08.61]Today the number of people learning english in china is increasing rapidly in fact
[03:16.77]China may have the largest number of english learners will chinese english develop its own identity
[03:23.99]Only time will tell