Prime Time 5, Transition, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

Writing: Foreign languages – what for? Write a text for a website and explain why young people should learn foreign languages. Think of the following points: • Start like this: “It all happened to me last month/ year/… when … .” • Write about a situation where you needed to speak a foreign language. • Explain how speaking a foreign language helped you in that situation. • What kind of difficulties (if any) did you have when you wanted to talk to foreigners? • Use this experience in your final paragraph to motivate other young people to learn and/or to practise their languages. 3 Can write accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in simple connected text. (B1) Language in use: English as a global language Read the text about English as a global language. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–8). Put a cross ( ✘ ) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. English has become an extremely important language with about 380 million … 0 speakers overall. If you count all … 1 who speak English it is the most … 2 used language worldwide. Over the centuries English has … 3 in numerous words and … 4 from other languages like Latin, Italian, French and even African and Asian languages. … 5 to other languages English is the biggest by far. Today hardly anybody needs others to … 6 for them as most people speak English quite well – … 7 in Europe. English has become a … 8 world language. 0 A national native ✘ C mother D first 1 population populations C people D peoples 2 wide frequent C highly D widely 3 A taken B put C closed D enclosed 4 A expression B expressional C phrasal D phrases 5 A Comparing B Compared C Compare D Comparison 6 A becomes B translate C has become D had become 7 A least B at last C lastly D at least 8 A real B really C truly D realistic 4 17 Nur A A zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum B B B des Verlags öbv