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IN THIS UNIT
GRAMMAR
• future forms
• first conditional
VOCABULARY
• language learning
• phrasal verbs (2)
• British and American money
idioms
• language style
SCENARIO
• accepting and rejecting
ideas, considering
consequences
• selecting an English
language programme
STUDY SKILLS
• describing tables and charts
WRITING SKILLS
• a report
Language
4.1
LEARNING LANGUAGES
4
A different language is a different vision of life.
Federico Fellini, 1920–1992, Italian film-maker
VOCABULARY
LANGUAGE LEARNING
1
Work with a partner. Discuss how
similar you think these activities are to
learning a language.
driving a car
playing a musical instrument
playing/doing a dangerous sport
painting/drawing
dancing the tango, waltz, etc.
playing a board game (e.g. backgammon,
chess, Monopoly)
Learning to drive is similar because you need
to practise a lot.
2
What sort of people do you think make
the best language learners?
3
Complete the statements with the words in the box. Which
ideas do you agree with?
bilingual native slang accent second grammar
dialects false friends pronunciation
1
Organised and logical people find it easy to learn
rules.
2
Musical people find it easy to develop accurate
and a
good
.
3
Extroverts find it easy to communicate in their
language and so
often find it easy to learn to speak a
language fluently.
4
Flexible people can adapt to different
. (The way a
language is spoken in different areas.)
5
People who are
already know two languages so learning
one more is very easy.
6
Learners of languages should make an effort to learn informal
phrases, everyday expressions and even
.
7
Words that look the same or familiar in different languages but
have different meanings are called
. This makes learning to
use them properly very difficult.
READING
4
a
Look at the text. Where does it come from? What is its purpose?
4
b
Read the text quickly. Who is it aimed at?
a
foreign language speakers
b
native English speakers
c
people who want to speak English as a foreign language
d
business people
