Listening: languages

Opinions Listen and complete 1) Fill in the gaps. You've got the image above.accents / common / cultural / dialects / dominant / language / literary / local / mass / mother / native / non-native / second / skills / writing1. common language2. non-native speakers3. dominant language4. cultural identity5. literary works6. writing system7. mass media8. native speakers9. language skills10. local dialects11. strange accents12. local languages13. second language14. global language15. mother tongues2) Complete the sentences with collocations from exercise 1 and comment your own ideas.1. Learning a language with a different writing system would be...2. If I could choose to have any mother tongue, it would be...3. Learning a second language is...4. Living abroad and being a non-native speaker of the local language can be difficult because...EXAM STRATEGY*Identify the key words in the question, but make sure you read the whole sentence carefully: one word can change its meaning.*Pay attention to determiners (a, several, more, both, all) and to adverbs of time (soon, tomorrow, recently), frequency (always, often, rarely) and degree (almost, quite, entirely).3) Read the Exam Strategy. Then listen and decide if the sentences are T or F.1. A university in Italy has decided to teach all its classes in English. F2. Languages are disappearing more quickly today than in the past. T3. In 2100, there may be fewer than 3500 languages left in the world. T4. Bilingual people often use completely different body language depending on which language they're speaking. T5. The language experiment with Spanish and German speakers was done in English. T6. The German word for "key" is a feminine noun. F7. The Kuuk Thayorre people aren't good at describing the position of people or things. F8. Professor Roberts suggests that the Kuuk Thayorre people don't get lost as frequently as English speakers. T4) Correct the sentences if it is necessary. If it is not, write "No corrections needed".1. A university in Italy has decided to teach most of its classes in English2. No corrections needed3. No corrections needed4. No corrections needed5. No corrections needed6. The German word for "key" is a masculine noun7. The Kuuk Thayorre people are very good at describing the position of people or things8. No corrections needed