Task 1: The Right Place at The Right Time
Task 1: The Right Place at The Right Time
Give answers in the following questionnaire. If you say "yes" to the first question give as much information
as you can dealing with the second half. Compare your answers with those of your classmates.
1. Have you seen a film in English this year? Which one?
2. Have you read a book, a magazine or a newspaper in English this year? Which one?
3. Have you seen a TV programmer in English this year? Which one?
4. Have you got a favorite song in English? Which one?
5. Do you have any English-speaking friends? Where from?
6. Do you know any good places for meeting English-speaking people?Where?
7. Have you ever written a letter to someone in English? Who to? Why?
8. Have you ever been to an English-speaking country? Which one? When?
9. How long have you been learning English?
10. Why are you learning English?
11. What do you like about learning English?
12, What do you dislike about learning English?
Task 2:
Read an extract from David Crystal's well-known book "English as a Global Language. Translate it into
Russian. Prepare to do the tasks that follow
Task 3:
Answer the questions based on the text.
1. How did English develop in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
2. How did Britain contribute to English becoming the world language?
3. How did America?
4. In which areas of life did English emerge as a first-rank language?
5. Which two events insured the global status of English?
6. How did the movement towards political independence contribute to the special status of English?
7. What impact did electronic revolution make on further promotion of English?
8. Why has the Internet been so influential to the future of English?
Task 4:
Discussion points:
1. David Crystal often uses the phrase "lingua franca. "Macmillan Dictionary defines "lingua franca" as a
language people use to communicate when they have different first languages. Show justification that
English is a lingua franca.
2. In his book "English Gates had grown up speaking Chinese the future of English would have been
different. "How do you understand this? Give your comments.
Task 5:
Read the text below about the English language and do the task that follow:
English is losing its political and cultural associations and becoming the property of all cultures. Over 70
countries in the world use English as the official or semi-official language, and in 20 more English occupies
an importer position. It is the main foreign language taught within most school systems Worldwide, many
newspapers are published in English and it is the language of much radio and television broadcasting.
English is the language of international business, the main language of airports, air traffic control and
international shipping. It is the language of science, technology and medicine, and i is estimated that two
thirds of all scientific papers today are first published in English. It is the language of diplomacy and sport;
it is one of the working languages of the United Nations and the language used by the International
Olympics Committee. International pop culture and advertising are also dominated by English.70 % of the
world's mail is written in English, and 80% of al information in electronic retrieval systems is stored in
English.
Task 6:
Choose the most appropriate title for the text
1. Learning English
2. Working with English
3. A World Language
4. Language Sandwich
Task 7:
Find the answers to the questions in the text
1. How many countries use English as the official or semi-official language?
2. In how many countries is English important?
3. How many of all scientific papers are first published in English?
4. How much of the world's mail is in English?
5. How much of all the information stored in electronic retrieval systems is in English?