Crossing Barriers
7
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Lead-in
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Look at the map. What do you think the
highlighted regions have in common: culture –
religion – language – other?
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a. Which of the following do you consider to be
the most useful while studying English? Rank
them, then compare your list to your partner’s.
dictionaries songs travel pen friends
reading magazines/books radio programmes
watching films watching the news
attending lessons
b. Match the sentences in Ex. 2a to the topics
below. Can you think of other factors which have
encouraged the use of English around the world?
the media
tourism
the Internet
international trade
world politics
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b. Make a list of five things you have had difficulty
with in learning or communicating in English.
Discuss them with your partner and comment
on each other’s problems. Use the useful
language below.
A: I’ve got a problemwith phrasal verbs.
B: Why don’t you use a dictionary?
A: I don’t know what good it would do.
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a. Listen and fill in the missing words/phrases.
A lot of
are in English.
and government
negotiations are usually conducted in English.
Many countries make a lot of money from British
.
Most of the world’s best known
come from the
USA or the UK.
The USA exports
to the whole world.
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Paraphrase the quotations below. Which
one do you agree with? Why?
‘If we all spoke the same language, there
would be fewer conflicts and wars.’
‘Every time a language dies, the world
loses a piece of its ability to survive.’
Think!
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In your opinion, will English be
more widely spoken in the future? Why (not)?
Can you think of any aspects of life where
English is or will be the only language used?
Think!
Responding Positively
That’s a good idea.
OK. Why not?
I think you’re right.
I never thought of that.
Responding Negatively
It’s no good.
I don’t know ...
I’m not really into ...
I don’t know what good it
would do ...
Making Suggestions
Why don’t you ...?
If I were you, I
would ...
What about ...?
You should/ought
to/might want to
think about ...
Have you thought
about ...?
