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3. Anyone who understands how a language works can identify that language even if most of the words are nonsense. Try the experiment. Read the following group of words and answer the questions below.
The plomic basinkers pirked the lampix at the simter ciptically.
1. Is it a sentence? How do you know?
2. How many nouns are there in it? How do you know? Are they singular or plural?
3. How many adjectives are there here? How do you know?
4. Is there a verb in the sentence? How do you know? What tense is it?
5. Are there any adverbs in the sentence? What are they? How do you know?
4. Read the descriptions of different types of learners and match them with the names of these types. What type of learner are you?
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thinker, feeler, player, worker
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A. This type of learners likes organization and planning. The people who belong to this type enjoy doing exercises and drills. Such people have good study habits, are punctual and good at homework. They like doing tests and being corrected and prefer writing to discussion or drama. These people dislike doing project work, playing games or working in small groups.
B. This type of learners likes being with people and enjoys change. The people who belong to this type prefer listening and speaking to reading and writing, playing games and working in groups to writing exercises and homework. They like doing long projects and enjoy participating and performing. Such people hate doing the same things lesson after lesson.
C. This type of learners likes to know why and always looks for rules and principles. The people who belong to this type work independently and learn from individual study. They enjoy listening to lectures and doing project and long written work. They are very hard-working and always want to get things right. They prefer reading to participating in discussions. Sometimes they don't complete work and are often not satisfied with it.
D. This type of learners enjoys learning languages and is good at it. The people who belong to this type love interacting and group and pair work. They are interested in talking about emotions and personal topics, enjoy being with people and learn through cooperation. Such people prefer taking part in discussions to doing exercises and studying rules. They like reading, role-play and drama, are very sensitive to criticism and prefer speaking to writing.
4 1. a) Read the statements. Which of them do you think are true?
1. The year 2000 celebrated 1,000 years of spoken English.
2. English is the second most widely used language in the world.
3. There are about 370 mln native speakers of English.
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