1. ubiquity of english activity 1

ACTIVITIES

1. UBIQUITY OF ENGLISH Activity 1.
Look through the following questions. Listen and according to the record choose the right answers.(More than one answer is possible).

1. 
   What makes communication easier?
   

a) language learningb) wordsc) knowledge of English

2. 
   What languages were offered as an alternative international language?
   

a) Chinese, Russianb) Mandarin, Frenchc) Esperanto

3. 
   In what areas of Tashkent city English signs are less popular?
   

a) Chorsu,Chopon otab) Kukchac) all areas

4. 
   According to the speaker’s opinion, what place can be good to enlarge one’s vocabulary?
   

a) city centerb) language centers c) Chopon ota street

Activity 2

Complete the sentences using the expressions from the box. Explain their meaning.
is inevitable; tonal nature; constructed rationally; in the foreseeable future; much less so the case; to say nothing of; inveterate homemakers;

1. 
   In order to make it neutral and easily absorbed Esperanto w as
   

2. 
   I t that English becomes a single international language.
   
3. 
   A specific of the Chinese language hampers its spreading.
   
4. 
   Popularity of French as a language of diplomacy and exchange is
   

5. 
   English is unlikely to be replaced by any other language
   

6. 
   Common words and expressions like ‘open’, ‘close’, ‘enter’, ‘shop’, ‘happy’ are popular even a m o n g
   
7. 
   English words are popular enough in all cities and towns tourist centers.