Review 1
1 Match the words in columns to form phrases.
1. slow
a. scale
2. geographic
b. relations
3. massive
c. globally
4. cultural
d. sense
5. to extend
e. words
6. to coin
f.
process
2 (R1) Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks
with the correct forms of phrases.
1.
2
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3.
4.
5.
British council works hard to build ..................
between Britain and the rest of the world.
Within England itself, within the UK, there are
many variations in English pronunciation and that
............ , so you see English in America and used
in Australia, which is different in accent and also
in usage as well.
Cantonese, for example,
a variant of Chinese, is
spoken in many different places so it’s global in a
........................ and it can be global in the numbers.
In the past, n e w ................... by people, it might
have been in a speech or a newspaper article or in
a newspaper article or in a book, they were written
down and then other people adapted them and used
them and that could be quite a ...............................
and new words might come into a languages to
evolve much more quickly.
What the internet allows them is to read and often
to read and translate
languages like English on a
3 Read the text. Choose the best title.
1. English is great
2. International cooperation
3. Importance of English
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Scale Up
People learn English
for different reasons and
knowledge of the language is often important
in fields like medicine, business and computing.
English is becoming more and more important in
order to communicate in the international world.
English opens doors to employment,
education
and mobility. It helps teachers and learners engage
across the globe. One of the best ways to learn
English is to study in Britain. But what is it actually
like to learn English here?
Clare: My name is Clare, I am 26 and I come
from Italy. My course
at the North West Academy
was very good. I studied grammar, conversation and
also words linked with my work place. The teacher
was very good. She has always been available for
problems during the lessons and outside the lessons.
Over 600,000 learners a year come to Britain to
help
achieve their ambition, to experience modern
UK life.
Maximiliano: My name is Maximiliano. I’m 23
years old and I’m from Venezuela. Everyone here
is very friendly. When you tell them that you’re a
foreigner, everyone is very welcoming, as everyone
tries to speak with you, everyone,
tries to just stay
close to you and ask you about your experience, how
your life is in your own country. That actually helps
you a lot, like, when you’re not a native speaker.
Alexander: My name is Alexander. My surname
is Yegurov. I’m 24 years old. I came to the UK from
Russia, from Moscow. I’m studying here business
English. Sometimes we have general lessons about
social English. I’m an engineer in the building
company. I will use English in my job. I think it
will help me to improve my career.
Anthony: My name’s Anthony, and I just turned
24 last February and I’m from Malaysia. The
people here are very nice. The place is amazing and
learning here is a really different experience, so just
come over and check it out. Well, they seem to be
enjoying learning English. What I’ve learned is, that
the English language is more exciting than I’d first
realized. Maybe, just maybe,
in the future, I won’t
have to worry quite as much about my grammar
and spelling.
(Source:www.gov.m b.ca/ctt/invest/busfacts/
overviews/djanguage.htnil)
