English – an International Language

 

Task 1       

Try to find as many English words as possible. Compare your findings with another student:

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Task 2        

Write down one or more situations where you found it useful to know some English. Tell about it to the other students in your class.

 

Task 3       

English is often called the language of pop-culture. Discuss in pairs if you think this statement is right. One of you is for and the other against the statement. Find arguments to support your view.

 

Task 4       

Here are some sentences from the text. Make a question to each of them!

1                    “ There are three kinds of English speakers.

2.                 “Today about 400 million speak English as their mother tongue.

3.                 “ In Australia and in New Zealand English is spoken by a great majority of the people.”

4.                 “Trade gave Britain possessions all over the world.”