1. Languages Mgr. Jana Bálková 15. 10. 2013

2. What is a (foreign) language? What languages are mainly taught in Czech schools? What languages do you study? Is it important to study foreign languages? Why? Where/how can you study a foreign language?

3. Quiz about English 1.How many people speak English as their first language? A) 360 millionB) 375 millionC) 400 million 2. What language group does English belong to? A) CelticB) GermanicC) Romance 3. How many countries is English an official language in? A) 43B) 54C) 62 4. How many words are there in English according to the Oxford English Dictionary (= the definitive record of the English language) ? A) 250,000B) 450,000C) 550,000 5. How many words does an educated English speaker use? A) 15,000B) 25,000C) 30,000 6. What’s the most common letter in English? A)aB) eC) o

4. Think up as long sentence without the letter ‘e’ as possible. e Ernest Wright was very interested in this fact and wanted to see if it was possible to communicate without using this letter at all. He wasn’t able to write very much! In the end, he wrote a 200-page novel (50 000 words), Gatsby, without using any words containing the letter ‘e’.

5. What is the difference between Czech and English? What do we learn when we learn English? What is your maturita exam in English going to be like? Learning English

6. How long have you been learning English? Talk about your studies (how did you start, what textbooks have you used, talk about your English classes, teachers,…) What do you find most difficult when you learn English? What’s the best way to remember new vocabulary? (What’s your method?)

7. Explain these words: Native speaker Pronunciation Mother tongue Accuracy/fluency Bilingual Plural Strong accent Gerund Grammar Proverb Spelling

8. Which languages has enriched English? What languages do these words come from? pyjamas, bungalow robot house, summer, man coffee, sugar get bank temperature language, example guitar helicopter German Indian languages Norwegian Czech Italian Greek Spanish Arabic Latin French In It No Ar Ge Cz Gr Sp Fr La

9. Spelling Grammar Pronunciation Vocabulary What are the differences between British and American English?

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