Prepositions
Insert the missing prepositions:
to pick ___ the accent
to leave ___ articles
fluency ___ English
to pick UP the accent
to leave OUT articles
fluency IN English
Give the Russian equivalent:
a constructed language
искусственный язык
Define the following words:
an accent
a dialect
a crash course
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
a dialect - a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
a crash course - a course in which you learn a lot about a particular subject in a very short period of time
What did English look like 1500 years ago?
Some 1,500 years ago it was a rude language, originally spoken by obscure Germanic tribes who invaded England.
Old English had many inflections to show grammatical categories.
Pronounce the following words correctly (1 try):
BILINGUAL
MULTILINGUAL
BIAS
BILINGUAL - [baɪlɪŋgwəl]
MULTILINGUAL - [mʌltilɪŋgwəl]
BIAS- [baɪəs]
Insert the missing prepositions:
to be genealogically related ___ an ethnic language
to speak a language ___ a certain degree of competence / fluency
to result ___ smth
to be genealogically related TO an ethnic language
to speak a language WITH a certain degree of competence / fluency
to result IN smth
Give the Russian equivalent:
to bridge the gap between Britain and the USA
наладить связь между Великобританией и США
Define the following words:
inflection
derivative
compoud
Inflection - the changling or the ending of the word.
Derivative - a word derived from another word.
Compound - a word formed from two existing words or combining forms.
What are the 3 factors (at least) to contribute to the spread of English?
Three factors continue to contribute to this spread of English:
English usage in science, technology and commerce;
the ability to incorporate vocabulary from other languages;
and the acceptability of various English dialects.
Name and explain the basic characteristics of English which contributed to its spread.
SIMPLICITY OF FORM. In English verbs have very few inflections, and adjectives do not change according to the noun.
FLEXIBILITY. Without inflections, the same word can operate as many different parts of speech.
OPENNESS OF VOCABULARY. This involves the free admissions of words from other languages and the easy creation of compounds and derivatives.
Insert the missing prepositions:
an exception ___ the rule
to distinguish ___ people from different parts of Britain
to take ___ the Northern way of life
an exception TO the rule
to distinguish BETWEEN people from different parts of Britain
to take ON the Northern way of life
Give the Russian equivalent:
an eternal problem
вечная проблема
Define the following words:
a second language
a lingua franca
Received Pronunciation
a second language - a non-native language officially recognized and adopted in a multilingual country as a means of public communication
a lingua franca - a language or way of communicating which is used between people who do not speak one another's native language
Received Pronunciation - a way of pronouncing British English that is often used as a standard in the teaching of English as a foreign language
How many vowels and grammar rules does Esperanto have?
Esperanto has 23 consonants, 5 vowels, and 2 semivowels that combine with the vowels to form 6 diphthongs. The number of basic grammar rules is 16.
Give the American equivalents to the following British words:
holidays
autumn
cooker
angry
garden
rise (in salary)
term
holidays - vacation
autumn - fall
cooker - stove
angry - mad
garden - yard
rise (in salary) - raise
term - semester
Insert the missing prepositions:
to exert pressure ___ global uiformity
to date ___ to the language of the Pilgrim Fathers
to seek ___ native speakers
to exert pressure TOWARDS global uiformity
to date BACK to the language of the Pilgrim Fathers
to seek OUT native speakers
Give the Russian equivalent:
an incentive
стимул, мотивация
Define the following words:
to transcend nationality
to foster peace and international understanding
the medium of instruction
to transcend nationality - to exist beyond the division according to nations.
to foster peace and international understanding - to help develop the idea that peace and international understanding are important
the medium of instruction - a language used in teaching.
What makes a good language learner according to the text you were reading for today (4)?
Motivation
Personality (the confidence to make mistakes)
Intelligence, or learning skills (having a good ear, efficient revision, being able to monitor one's own speech, suitable organization of learning)
Independence and accpting responsibility.
Prove that English is better as a universal language than Esparento. Give at least 5 facts.
Esperanto has no native culture or Esperanto culture is Euro-centric. For Asians it is more difficult t learn.
Esperanto asymmetry in gender formation makes it sexist. Most terms and titles are masculine by default and only feminine when so specified.
Esperanto is, looks, and sounds artificial.
Esperanto has no culture behind.
There are more speakers of English. Approximately 20% of the world's population speaks English, with around 400 million people speaking it natively and an additional 1.5 billion who speak it as their second or foreign language. Estimates of Esperanto speakers range from 100,000 to 2,000,000 active or fluent speakers worldwide, including perhaps a thousand native speakers who learned Esperanto from birth as one of their native languages.
Insert the missing prepositions:
to divest oneself ___ political and cultural connotations
tips ___ learning process
to get bored ___ doing smth
to divest oneself OF political and cultural connotations
tips FOR learning process
to get bored DOWN doing smth
Give the Russian equivalent:
competitive edge
конкурентное преимущество
Define the following words:
linguistic allegiance
Variety is the spice of life.
to remain at a plateau
linguistic allegiance [əliːdʒəns] - loyalty or devotion to a particular language
Variety is the spice of life. - statement said to emphasize that doing many different things, or often changing what you do, makes life interesting.
to remain at a plateau - to stay at a stage where there is no further change or development
How much of the British population speak RP (%)?
3-5%
Solve the rebus.
1. Cockney
2. purist
3. mother tongue