The experts also believe that the two foreign languages children learn should be completely different from one another, for example English and Chinese, or French and Japanese.. In addi[r]
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_Week : 12 th
_Date of preparation: Nov 4th ,2007 _Date of teaching : _ _Unit 4: Learning a foreign language
TASK 1:Odd sound out:
1 a campus b.practice c language d favorite
2 a qualify b scenery c grocery d academy
3 a speak b need c read d heart
4 a practiced b learned c asked d watched
5 a school b scholarship c chemistry d children
TASK :Odd stress out :
1 a foreign b practice c examine d language 2 a dormitory b university c institute d college
3 a academic b reputation c experience d intermediate
4 a advertise b express c remember d improve
5 scenery b scholarship c dictionary d advertisement TASK 3: Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that is best fits each of the blank space:
English has more than a century and (1) _ half, been called a world (2) _ The number of people who speak it (3) _ their mother tongue has been estimated at between three hundred million and four hundred million It is recognized as an (4) _ language in countries (5) 1.5 billion people live In China, the importance attached to (6) _ English in such that a televised teaching course drew audiences of up to one million But this spread of English throughout the world is reletively recent In the (7) sixteen century English was spoken by just under five million people The (8) of English in North America was the (9) _ in its worldwide expansion The United State is a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many other nations About eighty per cent of the data stored on the world’s computers (10) believed to be in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem in business
1 a a b an c about d one
2 a people b language c English d country
3 a with b like c as d such as
4 a office b offices c officious d offical
5 a where b when c what d which
6 a learn b learning c be learn d being learn a late b later c latest d lately a arrive b arrived c arrival d arriving
9 a lock b chain c rope d key
10 a has b were c are d is
(2)TASK4: Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c or d) that are best answers:
Experts think that it is a good idea for children to learn not just one, but two foreign languages They say that learning two foreign languages develops children’s mind and increases their knowledge of other cultures The experts also believe that the two foreign languages children learn should be completely different from one another, for example English and Chinese, or French and Japanese In addition, they say that children should start to learn foreign languages as early as possible, from the age of about six
1 According to the experts, children _
a shouldn’t learn more than two foreign languages b shouldn’t learn foreign languages c should learn just one foreign language d should learn two foreign languages What does the word “they” in the line prefer to?
a experts b children c languages d cultures 3.Children should learn _ a English and Chinese b French and Japanese
c two foreign languages which are completely different from one another d all are correct We could replace the word “believe” in line with _
a think b say c know d describe Which of the following is not true?
a Children should start to learn foreign languages early
b Children should start to learn foreign languages from the age of about six c Learning foreign languages is good for children
d Experts think that children should learn only foreign languages TASK 5: Choose the letter of the correct answer:
1 If she finishes work early, she _ home
a will go b would go c could go d went If the weather _ , we will go for a walk
a clears b will clear c be clear d cleared Galileo said that the earth round
a be b is c being d were
4 I’ve known him _ I left school
a when b before c since d until
5 _ is a large building in the college or university where students live a Campus b Hall c Dormitory d Institute
6 I’m looking _ to hearing from you
a at b after c forward d over
7 Last week Nam said “I’ll it tomorrow” He said he would it a the following day b the next day c the day before d a and b are correct The police officer stopped us and asked us where
a were you going b are you going c we are going d we were going TASK 6: Writing: