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Worksheets for speaking on the theme Disappearing Languages

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English is GREAT


Task 1 - Speaking

1.Take it in turns with your partner to speak for one minute about how you

use English.


Give yourself two minutes to prepare your answer. You should talk about:


  • what you use English for now.


  • what you like and dislike about the English language.

  • what you would like to be able to do better in English in the future.

  • other languages that you speak and what you use them for.


  1. Discuss this statement with your partner:


Half the world's 6000 plus languages will die out by the end of the century

and there's no valuable reason to do anything about it.


Endangered languages


  • Do you speak an endangered language?


  • Are there any endangered languages near where you live?

  • Is it important to keep all the world's languages alive? Why?/Why not?

  • What can be done to keep endangered languages alive?


Task 2 - Bingo


  • Play bingo with words from a video about the world's endangered languages, called 'Languages Matter!' Your teacher will give you a bingo grid.


  • Watch the video or listen to your teacher call out words from the video.


  • Cross off the names as you hear or see them. When you have crossed off a complete line of words, shout, 'BINGO!' Continue watching the video until someone crosses off all their words and shouts 'BINGO!' again.


  • You can watch the video here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-XozG0RSCo&feature=player_embedded#!


www .teachingenglish.org. uk © British Council 2012

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Extension activities


1. World Languages Reading Game


What interesting facts do you know about the languages of the world?


  • In your pair or team, use the internet to search for interesting facts about the languages of the world.


  • Write the facts you collect in the grid below. You should use complete sentences.


  • Useful websites


http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/languages.shtml


http://www.funtrivia.com/en/World/Languages-50.html


The team with the longest list of interesting facts is the winner. Get searching!


Fact

Fact

Number


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2. Prepare a talk


Prepare a five-minute talk for your next class about one of the world's endangered languages.


Talk about:

Name of the

language


Where it is

spoken

Statistics about

the language

Any more

information


Useful websites include: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/ (search under 'endangered languages')




 
 
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