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What has happened with global English at a second level?6.How can the global influence of English be measured??.What made English the first world language?8.How did the great German philologist Jakob Grimm summarize the richness and powerof English?EXERCISE 2Agree or disagree with the following statementsGive your reasoning. Use the phrases given belowI can't (couldn't) agree with the statement.Quite the contrary.In general the statement is right, but something should be added ( specified, clarified,emphasized; etc. )That's right.It's quite so.I can't agree more.The English language is now one of Britain's most reliable exports.2. The influence of the movies on the spread of English was- and still is- incalculable,an influence now intensified by the worldwide distribution of American televisionprograms and advertising.3.
Any I iterate educated person on the face of the globe is deprived if he does not knowEnglish.4. English is better, superior, more expressive, richer than other languages.I.EXERCISE 3Comment on the following statements using the necessary wordcombinations.a) English has become a world language because of its establishment as a mothertongue outside England. in all the continents of the world.obiBWHe 6pHTaHCKHe KOJlOHHH; npHHHMaTb KaK cpaKT ( 4aCTb ) KYJlbTYPbl; HeJlb3SIHe.uooueHHBaTh; B(l)f(Heiiwee cpe.ucTBO o6meHH~I: Hcnonh30BaTh so scex ccpepaxo6w.eCTBeHHOH .UeSITeJlhHOCTH; XOpOWO H3BeCTHO, 4TO; 6ecnpeue.ueHTHOepacnpocTpaHeHHe.b) English is the most widespread language on Earth, because it is the language ofbusiness, technology, the« media» industries and the culture of popularentertainment.lloTpe6HOCTb B J\.10.UepHH3aUHH; Me)I(.LJ.yHapO.UHOe 6aHKOBCKOe cpHHaHCHpOBaHHe;Be.LJ.yll(He rocy.uapCTBa; MHpOBaSI TOprOBJlSI; He06XO)lHMOCTb H3y4aTb aHfJlHikKiiH Sl3biK;6h1Tb B HeBblfO.UHOM OOJlO)f(eHHH; H3BJleKaTb BblfO.UY H3; pacnpOCTpaHSITb HHcpOpMaUHIO;npOBO.UHTh npecc-KOH<\JepeHUHIO Ha aHfJlHlkKOM Sl3h!Ke.c) The proposition that all other languages will die out is absurd.1806Il{enpH3HaHO, 'ITO ...
; conpOTHBJieHHe ( npOTHBO,ll;eHCTBHe ) COnepHHKOB; 6biTb Ol.feHb3aHHTepecosaHHbiM c.n;enaTb 1.fTO-JIH6o; BbicrynHTb ua 3all{Hry po.n;uoro $13biKa;OTMeHHTb 3aHMCTBOBaHHbie CJIOBa; npe.n;npHIDITb p$1,ll; HHHUHaTHB, no.n;.n;ep)I(HBaeMbiXnpaBHTeJibCTBOM; OCTaHOBHTb pacnpOCTPaHeHHe.EXERCISE 4Write 5 questions that you think a professor might include in the teston the subject.LISTENING.The World of English.Part 1.Geographical spread of the English language.A reasonably educated standard English.You are now going to hear a lecture divided into sections to help you understand it. Asyou listen, answer the questions below.Section 1.Are these statements correct or incorrect?a) Mandarin Chinese is numerically second to English.b) Everyone proposes learning Chinese as a practical world language.c) English speakers, thanks to the British Empire, are to be found on every continent andin every comer of the globe.Section 2.a) How many countries consider English their first or official or natural nativelanguage?b) For how many countries is English the practical or educated first language?Section 3.a) Why are most of African states English speaking?b) Note down the names of countries the lecturer mentions.Section 4.a) Complete the following statements correctly.cEnglish contains ...1.
few variations of accent and no dialect.2. no variations of accent and few dialects.3. two variations of accent and even dialect.4. many variations of accent and even dialect.b) What does a reasonably educated standard English allow?Section 5.Can you guess where these 5 native English speakers come from?1 --------I3 ----------5 -----------2I4I----------Part 2. Different fields where English isused as the international language.19~You are now going to hear a -lecture divided into sections to help you understand it. Asyou listen, answer the questions below.Section l.a) Can the geographical spread account for English being the« lingua franca» of themodem world?b) What has made English the international language of many different fields?Section 2.Note down all the fields where English is used as the international language.Part 3.
Advertising and the English language.You are now going to hear part of an interview divided into sections to help youunderstand it. As you listen, answer the questions below.Section 1.a)What is the subject of the interview? Who is the person being interviewed?b) Complete the following statement correctly.Advertising was a ( an ) ...
invention1. German2. American3. English4. Japanesec) What does the creative approach to advertising show?Section 2.The interviewee mentions a number of characteristic features of the language ofadvertising. Note down as many possible.Section 3.What is the link between advertising and varieties of English?Section 4.Note down the example the interviewee gives to you.Part 4. English as a language of education.Section 1.What are other fields where English is used as the international language?Section 2.Learn by heart one of the poetical passages and perform it in class.Part 5.
Esperanto, a world language.Pre-listening taskYou will hear a radio program about Esperanto. Work in pairs. Make two lists.20What I know about Esperanto ?It's an artificial languageWhat I would like to know ?Who invented it ?Listeningfor information1. Listen to the introduction to the program. Does it mention any of the subjects you ·discussed? Does it answer any of your questions?2. Listen to the interview with Professor Nesbit, and fill in the charts.Advantages of Esperanto as a worldlanguageDisadvantages of English as a worldlanguage'What do you think?1.
What do you think of Zamenhof's « interna idea».2. Would you rather be learning Esperanto than English? Why I why not?3. Work in groups. List the disadvantages of Esperanto as a world language, and theadvantages of English.4. Take a vote in the class. Which language would the majority prefer to learn?Part 6. Spoken and Broken English.EXERCISE 1 Make sure you know the following collocations:To desire to speak English well enough to be understood; to travel in the BritishCommonwealth; to impress smth. on smb.; British subjects; to be intelligible; to stampthe speaker as a cultivated person; to be distinguished from ignorant and illiteratespeaker; to speak presentably; to put up with smb.; to speak carelessly I carefully; to takeIittle pain with the speech; to mumble; company I home manners; to speak differently insmb.'s presence; to give smb.
a warning; to use elaborate grammatical phrases; tosuspect smb of being a beggar or a confidence trickster; to be an insult to the native.EXERCISE 2 Listen to the lecture and answer the questions below:I . What is the first thing Bernard Shaw wants to impress on the listeners?2. What models does B. Shaw offer the listeners to follow?3. How should a foreign student speak English in order to be understood in any Englishspeaking countries?4. Does B. Shaw himself always speak in the same way ?5.
How does B. Shaw's speech differ when he speaks to his wife and to a largeaudience?6. What does the lecturer mean by company manners and home manners?7. How does B. Shaw prove that our company manners and home manners are alwaysdifferent?8. What warning does B. Shaw give the listeners?9. Why does B.
Shaw advice the listeners not to try to speak English perfectly whentravelling in England?10. What does B. Shaw call ' good English'?2111. What does B. Shaw mean by' broken English'?12. Why does B. Shaw advice foreigners to speak broken English?~DISCUSSIONEXERCISE 1 How big a part does English play in your lives ?Find out by:a) filling in the questionnaire for yourself.b) comparing your answers with those of your classmatesEXERCISE 2 QuestionnaireEnglish and meIfyou tick a YES BOX, write a short answer to the question that follows.[ A. ENTERTAINMENT1.
Have you seen a film in English in the lastthreemonths?2. Have you seen a TV program in English in thelast three months?3. Have you read a book/magazine/newspaper inEnglish in the last three months?4. Have you got a favourite song in English?NO/YES_ _ _ _ ( Which one ? )_ _ ( Which one ? )_ _ ( Which one ? )_ _ (Which one ? )[B. FRIENDS5.
Do you have any English-speaking friends?6. Is there a good place near where you live formeeting English-speaking people?7. Have you ever written a letter to someone inEnglish?8. Have you ever been to an English-speakingcountry?_ _ (Who?)_ _ ( Where is it? )_ _ ( Who? Why ?)(Which one?When?)I C. STUDYWrite short answers to these questions.9 How long have you been learning English?10 Why are you learning English ?11 What do you like about learning English ?12 What do you dislike about learning English?EXERCISE 3 a) Quickly read the next two texts.
Choose the most appropriate title foreach one:a) Learning Englishb) Working with Englishc) A World Languaged) Language Sandwiche) Language Pollution22Text AENGLISH is losing its political and cultural associations and becoming the property of allcultures. Over 70 countries in the world use English as the official or semi-officiallanguage, and in 20 more English occupies an important position.
It is the main foreignlanguage, taught within most school systems. Worldwide, many newspapers are publishedin English and it is the ·language of mass radio and television broadcasting. English is thelanguage of international business, the main language of airports, air traffic control andinternational shipping. It is the language of science, technology and medicine, and it isestimated that two-thirds of all scientific papers today are first published in English. It isthe language of diplomacy and sport; it is one of the working languages of the UnitedNations and the language used by the International Olympic Committee. International popculture and advertising are also dominated by English. 70% of the world's mail is writtenin English, and 80% of all information in electronic retrieval systems is stored in English.TextBENGLISH infiltration to foreign languages is often regarded with horror.
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