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International communication has also created specialized English such as Internet English or text message English for mobile phones. New words such as email and homepage are added to the language when they are needed. Instead of for you we write 4 you in the mobile phone message. We are very creative when we are limited by space or anything else.
1. Why is English a multicultural language?
2. How many languages have given words to English?
3. How has international communication influenced English?
3. John Curious was present at the conference in the Mission Control. He took notes of what was said there, but his notes are not complete, a) Help John restore his notes.
E. g. 1. Sounds were made by prehuman creatures.
1. Sounds (make) pre-human creatures.
2. Communication (make) more complex.
3. First words (write) millions of years ago.
4. Some changes (explain) by scientists.
5. Words (add) to a vocabulary.
6. Words (bring) from one language to another.
7. A standard form of a language (use) on radio and television.
8. A language (call) dead when nobody speaks it.
b) Listen to the recording and check your notes.
c) Discuss the statements and questions John Curious has restored:
1. We must save small languages now.
2. Seven languages a year are destroyed by earthquakes and volcanos.
3. Do you care what is happening to small languages?
4. Can languages with only ten speakers survive?
4. Work in pairs to answer four questions. Use the dictionary if necessary.
1. What countries are the closest neighbours to your country?
2. What nationalities are the people who live in these countries?
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