This unit is about how important is English language.
"And according to the British Council, in ten years time 2 billion people will study English and about half the world´s population will speak it".
Nowadays our president, Zapatero, does not speak English...but Obama does not speak Spanish and there are 34 million Spanish speakers in USA. I agree with O. teachs English to Z. and Z. teachs Spanish to O. It will be a perfect exchange.
Vocabulary:
my first language is...
be bilingual in...
be fluent in...
be reasonably good at...
can get by in...
know a few words of...
can´t speak a word of...
can have a conversation in...
speak some..., but it´s a bit rusty
pick up a bit of... in holiday.
English village
mother tongue
to be scare stiff
don´t be afraid of making mistakes
quest to learn
have a good brain for language
be appaling at...
About listening,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqlRe1Vmfo
it is a funny interview.
About reading,
http://david-crystal.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-sounding-british-not.html
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