kick off PTS, Workbook

A world language Read the text about English as a world language.   Coursebook p. 120, ex. 1 1 Unit 11 English in your everyday life. Write down the words. You’ll find the answers for sentences 3 and 7 in the text above. 1 I use the following English words when I talk to my friends: 2 The last English video, which I watched on YouTube: 3 This is where English is used: 4 My favourite English word is: 5 This is an English word which my parents don’t understand: 6 This is an English word which I use, but I don’t know the translation: 7  billion people are in contact with English every day. 8 I never thought, that this is an English word: 2 English everywhere! English is a world language. Of the seven billion people who live in the world, around a quarter speak (or can understand and use) English every day. In a few years, experts say that half of all the people in the world will know English. There are three sorts of people who speak English: native speakers (who speak English as their first language); people who speak English as a second or “official” language; and then millions more like YOU who see and use English every day at school, in their jobs, on the internet and in lots of other places. Because English is THE world language it is used in many different ways. It is used at airports, for political meetings, for business meetings an so on. And, of course, English has become the language of social media. This is the reason why more and more English words are now part of the language we use every day, for example “selfie”, “fake”, “hoody”, “news”, “emoji” and “eBooks”. . . . . 5 . . . . 10 . . . . . 15 54 Starting out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv