Activit Listening task What makes communication easier? a

Activity1. Listening task

1. 
   What makes communication easier?
   

a) language learning b) words c) knowledge of English

2. 
   What languages were offered as an alternative international language?
   

a) Chinese, Russian b) Mandarin, French c) Esperanto

3. 
   In what areas of Tashkent city English signs are less popular?
   

a) Chorsu, Chopon ota, b) Kukcha c) all areas

4. 
   According to the speaker’s opinion, what place can be good to enlarge one’s vocabulary?
   

a) City center b) Chopon ota street c) language centers
Activity2. Complete the sentences using the expressions from the box. Explain their meaning.

is inevitable; tonal nature; constructed rationally; in the foreseeable future; much less so the case; to say nothing of; inveterate ;homemakers;

1. 
   In order to make it neutral and easily absorbed Esperanto was constructed rationally.
   
2. 
   It is inevitable that English becomes a single international language.
   
3. 
   A specific tonal nature of the Chinese language hampers its spreading.
   
4. 
   Popularity of French as a language of diplomacy and exchange is much less so the case.
   
5. 
   English is unlikely to be replaced by any other language in the foreseeable future.
   
6. 
   Common words and expressions like ‘open’ ‘close’, ‘enter’, ‘shop’, ‘happy’ are popular even among inveterate homemakers.
   
7. 
   English words are popular enough in all cities and towns to say nothing of tourist centers.