Lesson 18

LANGUAGES
WE SPEAK
By Miss Carreño
Look at the sentences or phrases and choose the correct language
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LOOK AT THE PICTURE

What do you see?

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LOOK AT THE PICTURE

What’s your opinion about the picture?

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LOOK AT THE PICTURE

How important is to understand other

people’s languages?
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Look at the graphic What

are the 10 Most Spoken
Languages in the World?
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After Reading “What are the Ten Most Spoken

Languages in the World”, answer this question:

Why do you think is English the

Universal language and not
Chinese? What other languages
do you want to speak?
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OBJECT PRONOUNS

- My friends love me.

- Rodolfo loves Paula.
He loves her.
- Paula loves Franco.
She loves him.
- You love sweets.
You love them.
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OBJECT PRONOUNS
- I really like pizza.
I really like it.
- Miss Carreño teaches us.

- That present is for you.

 Object Pronouns
SUBJECT OBJECT

I Me
You You
He Him
She Her

It It

We Us

You You

They Them
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5. Now, let’s read the article “Places and Languages”
and answer the questions.
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5.1. What do these numbers refer to?

a) Over 190 countries in the world_____

b) About 7,000 _______________________

c) Over 1 billion _______________________

d) 380 million _______________________

e) 400 million ______________________

f) Over 300 _______________________
g) 80% _______________________
h) 65 _______________________
i) 109 _______________________
j) 1 _______________________
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5.2. To whom or to what do the underlined words

refer to? Answer using words as they appear in
the text?

Example: … but it is the oficial language for the government and in schools… (line 22)
…………………………...
………..English…………………………………………………….
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a) About eighty per cent of the world’s population speak them... (line 30)
…Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and English………………… 
b) It’s an ancient language… (line 46)
……Amurdang…………… 
c) they have one hundred and ninety different languages... (line 36)
………the Islands of Vanuatu……… 
d) he is the last speaker of this Aboriginal language... (line 47 )
…………Amurdang………… 
e) He speaks English because it is the first language of the country… (line 43)
…………Charlie Muldunga…………………… 
f) This is very true in Latin America… (line 10)
……There are over four hundred million Spanish speakers in different countries around the
world
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5.3. Choose the correct answer.

What is the text about?

a)The languages people speak in different places
b)Places with new languages
c) Why English is important in different places
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5.4. Discuss these questions with a partner.

a) What is your first language? Is English your second language?

My first language is________. Yes, it is.
b) Does your country have an official language?
­Yes, it does. The official language in my country is __Spanish_____.
c) What languages do people normally learn at school?
People normally learn ___Basic English________ at school.
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6. Solve this Survey

and interview one
person in your family
or friend.
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My answers:
  Question Options
How many languages do
1 1 2 3 4
you speak?
What language do you want
2 English French Italian Other
to learn?
Which language is the most
3 English French Italian Portuguese
difficult for you?
Understand
Meet movies,
The main reason to learn a
4 Travel Job foreign series,
language for you is…
people songs,
etc

In a
What is the best way to In a virtual Online
5 traditional Mobile App
learn a language? classroom platform
classroom
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My partner’s name: __Eduardo___. Answers:

1. Now, he speaks three languages, Spanish, English and French.

2. He wants to learn Japanese.

3. For him, the most difficult language is French
4. The main reason to learn a language for him is: understand
movies, series, songs, etc.
5. The best way to learn a language is in a traditional
classroom.
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How do you translate in
English the followin signs?