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Complete the questions using the words in the box. empezar lección
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Can you explain the meaning of the phrases in bold?
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Why do you think English has become a "lingua franca", used by people around the world to communicate? What factors contributed to its rise as a (?) language? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Why do you think English has become a "lingua franca", used by people around the world to communicate? What factors contributed to its rise as a global language? global language: a language used all around the world
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Think of three ways to improve your (?) of a language command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Think of three ways to improve your command of a language command of a language: ability to use;
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and one situation where you need to (?) your language. command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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and one situation where you need to mind your language. mind your language: pay attention to the words that you use, e.g. in order not to appear rude
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What happens when you experience a language (?)? Do you think these will still exist in the future? Why? Why not? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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What happens when you experience a language barrier? Do you think these will still exist in the future? Why? Why not? language barrier: a breakdown in communication as a result of people not having a common language in which to communicate
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Can you name an ancient or (?) language? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Can you name an ancient or dead language? dead language: a language which is no longer in use, for example Latin or ancient Greek;
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Can you name a country where the (?) language used for legal purposes is different from the language spoken on the street? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Can you name a country where the official language used for legal purposes is different from the language spoken on the street? official language: the language which is used for official (e.g. legal) purposes in a country
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Can you name a country where the official language used for legal purposes is different from the (?) language spoken on the street? Do you think this is a problem? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Can you name a country where the official language used for legal purposes is different from the everyday language spoken on the street? Do you think this is a problem? everyday language: the language used to communicate on a day-to-day basis
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Would you ever use (?) language? In what kinds of situations? command, mind, dead, offensive, everyday, global, barrier, official empezar lección
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Would you ever use offensive language? In what kinds of situations? offensive language: language which can be used to offend someone, e.g. swearing
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Complete the idioms in bold empezar lección
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with the words in the box.
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Marise was talking so fast I just couldn't get a (?) in edgeways. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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Marise was talking so fast I just couldn't get a word in edgeways. couldn't get a word in edgeways
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Come on! Try to (?) to the point. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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Come on! Try to get to the point.
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After ten minutes we realised that we were talking at (?) purposes. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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After ten minutes we realised that we were talking at cross purposes. talking at cross purposes
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I'm sorry, I didn't (?) what you said. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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I'm sorry, I didn't catch what you said. I didn't catch what you said
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That kind of behaviour is not acceptable. It sounds to me like she needs a (?) talking to. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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That kind of behaviour is not acceptable. It sounds to me like she needs a good talking to.
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I'm sorry. We've been talking (?) all evening. Let's stop talking about work now. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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I'm sorry. We've been talking shop all evening. Let's stop talking about work now.
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Could you (?) that by me one more time? good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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Could you run that by me one more time?
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I couldn't make head or (?) of what she was saying. good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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I couldn't make head or tail of what she was saying. I couldn't make head or tail of
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That's an understatement to say the (?). good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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That's an understatement to say the least.
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Unfortunately, I think he got the wrong end of the (?). good, get, least, catch, cross, tail, run, stick, word, shop empezar lección
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Unfortunately, I think he got the wrong end of the stick. the wrong end of the stick
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Which idioms in Exercise 1A empezar lección
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would you use in situations a)-j)?
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Someone has completely misunderstood what you have said (so they do something different). empezar lección
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he got the wrong end of the stick
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You can't understand anything that someone is trying to say. empezar lección
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I couldn't make head or tail of what he was saying.
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You can't hear what the other person is saying. empezar lección
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I didn't catch what you said.
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Someone is talking so much it's hard for you to say anything. empezar lección
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I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
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Somebody needs to be reprimanded for something. empezar lección
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He needs a good talking to.
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You need someone to repeat what they said. empezar lección
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Could you run that by me one more time?
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There has been a misunderstanding on both sides. empezar lección
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We realised that we were talking at cross purposes.
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Someone should say what they want to say (instead of talking around the subject). empezar lección
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You think a situation is more serious than someone else suggested. empezar lección
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That's an understatement to say the least.
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Someone talks about their work. empezar lección
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Read about the radio programme empezar lección
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and answer the questions.
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What do Stephen Fry and David Crystal discuss in the programme? empezar lección
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They discuss the evolution of English, and how it might change in the future.
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What are the two main reasons given for why English is changing? empezar lección
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the fact that far more people speak English as a second language than a first; the influence of computers and automatic translators.
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What kinds of changes are mentioned? empezar lección
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changes in pronunciation and vocabulary
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What do they say about each point? empezar lección
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new Englishes; culture and identity; local languages/brands of English; English as a mother tongue; English as a foreign language
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there are now many different types of English, for example Nigerian English, Ghanaian English, Singaporian English, etc.
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different countries have adapted English to express their own culture and identity
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local languages/brands of English empezar lección
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when English is adopted by people, it changes according to how they use it, for example to describe local places and things that are important to them (it becomes their own local brand of English)
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English as a mother tongue empezar lección
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there are about 400 million people for whom English is their mother tongue
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English as a foreign language empezar lección
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there are two billion people who speak English as a second or foreign language (five times more than the number of people who speak it as their mother tongue).
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Correct the sentence: English has been adopted by more than sixty countries around the world. empezar lección
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English has been adopted by more than seventy countries around the world.
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Correct the sentence: Around the world, one fifth of the population speaks English as a second or foreign language. empezar lección
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Around the world, one third of the population speaks English as a second or foreign language.
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