1 Speaking English • The world speaks English 5 Countries and languages Which are the main languages spoken in the following countries? 1. Belgium: 10. Italy: 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11. the Netherlands: 12. Poland: 3. Croatia: 13. Romania: 4. the Czech Republic: 14. Russia: 5. Denmark: 15. Serbia: 6. Finland: 16. Slovakia: 7. Greece: 17. Slovenia: 8. Hungary: 18. Switzerland: 9. Ireland: 19. Turkey: Finding synonyms: English study tips a) Go through the text on English study tips and find alternatives for the words and phrases below. Study tips by other learners help to improve your English. Some students set a goal for themselves every week and ask themselves what they want to learn. That way they decide what is most important to them at that point. Some have even started a learning diary where they record all their plans and ideas. They also use it to check if they have achieved what they had planned. Organising your materials is certainly one of the priorities. This makes it easier to go through your materials before you start working on a project, e.g. preparing a presentation. Listening to a lot of English in your free time is also very important. If you can watch films in their original version, you can improve your pronunciation as well. Subtitles may help to understand the sections that are too difficult for you. When you buy books or magazines, you should pick books that are appropriate for your level of English. If you are not sure of your level, go for books that have been made a bit simpler. 1. get better: 2. aim/objective: 3. try to find out: 4. at that moment: 5. record of your learning efforts: 6. most important aspects: 7. a talk about a topic (e.g. with visual elements): 8. caption displayed at the bottom of the screen: 9. suitable: 10. simplified: b) Rewrite the text from task 3a in your learning journal (see more about learning journals on page 3) and use the words/phrases 1–10 instead of the original expressions. 2 3 5 10 ruppenarbeit 2 bewegen Arbeitsheft Arbeitheftv. Buch Buchverweis Blatt Blattverweis Checkliste Mappe 1 Mappe 2 Blatt 2 schriften 2 Verschriften 3 Verschriften 4 Schreiben 2 Malen 1 Schreiben 1 Schreiben 2 Schwingen Silbenbögen Ausmalen nummerieren* markieren König Schneiden Kleben Dreieck Lineal Spiel Modell Experiment Mikroskop interaktiv ben Smilies Lesen 1 Lesen 2 Hören Riechen Sprechen Achte auf Achtung! Frage Dokument Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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