Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan State World Languages University Republican Scientific – Practical Centre of Developing Innovational Methods of Foregn Languages Authors

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1.  dangerous ________________________________ 

2.  decide ___________________________________

3.  run _____________________________________

4.  communicate _____________________________

5.  happiness ________________________________

6.  make clear _______________________________

7.  walk ____________________________________

8.  understand _______________________________

9.  speed ____________________________________ 

10. improve __________________________________

1. What are widely used languages in Manitoba?

- English, German, French, Tagalog (1) 

_____________ and Cree. 

2. Which languages are spoken faster than others? 

Spanish, (2) _____________

3.How many languages were tested by the scientists? 

(3) ______________

4. Find two languages which show the similar 

results in telling the same story in a minute. (4) 

____________, (5) _________________

5. What is the main effect of the fast speech? (6) 

___________________________

6. What is the percentage of information which 

comes from listening ?(7) _________

1.  While you are listening to  any other language 

than your native one, it seems that   it is spoken   

faster   than your own language. __________

2.  Scientists researched speakers  of  native  languages 

of   eight   common  languages. ________

3.  Research shows that the  language speed depends 

on syllables which contain meanings of the words. 

________

4.  Researchers listened  to a minute of speech  in 

all of  the  languages studied and    found that 

each language doesn’t express the same amount of 

information in a minute.  _________

5.  It is important to learn strategies for listening and 

analyzing information. _______

example,  the  single  syllable  word  “bliss”  is  full  

of meaning.  On the other hand, the word “to” is 

not.  A single syllable in the midst of a longer word, 

such as the short “i” in merrily , has no independent 

meaning at all.  When scientists listened  to a minute 

of speech  in all of  the  languages studied  they  found 

that each language conveyed about the same amount 

of information in that minute.  They concluded 

that while Spaniards “sprint” and Chinese “stroll” 

when they speak, both tell the same story in the 

same amount of time. In English,  there’s growing 

concern  that many people are speaking  too quickly. 

Our  fast-paced  lives mean we  try  to say more  in  

less  time.   But  is  it working? Experts fear that fast 

speech means listeners comprehend less and less of 

what is said. As  language  learners,  we  need  to  

remember  that  speaking  fast  is  less  important  

than speaking well and that one key to speaking well 

is listening well.  In fact, eighty percent of what we  

learn comes  from  listening. That’s why we need  

to  learn strategies  to help us listen.  We need to 

be prepared to politely ask speakers to slow down, 

repeat what they’ve said or clarify. Above all, we 

need lots and lots of practice!

(Source: www.gov.mb.ca/ctt/invest/busfacts/

overviews/d_language.html)

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Scale up

Answer the following questions:

Work in pairs. Pay attention to the use of the 

highlighted words in the given sentences and 

discuss the differences.