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                                                          3 a  Match the words/phrases in column A with
           Vocabulary                                          the  words/phrases  in  column  B  to  make
                                                               expressions about language learning.
           1 Match the words/phrases in column A with
              the de nitions in column B.                         A                     B

                                                           1.  know what a     a.     other speakers
                 A                     B
                         a.  not as good at a language as   2.   have          b.    the meaning of a word
                           you used to be because you      3.   make           c.    your  rst language
            1.  bilingual  have not used it for a long time
                         b. able to speak two languages    4.  guess           d.    mistake
            2.   uent     equally well because you
                           learned them as a child         5.  imitate         e.   word means
            3.  rusty    c. know just enough of            6.   translate from  f.   in a dictionary
                           a language for simple
            4.   pick up a   communication                 7.   correct a      g.   mistakes
              language
                         d. learn a language by practising   8.   look up a word  h.  an accent
            5.  reasonably  it, rather than by learning it in
                           a class
            6.   get by in a  e. able to speak, read or write a   b Fill the blanks with the verbs in the box.
              language     language easily, quickly, and
                           well
                                                             swimming pool
                                                                                           make
                                                                                         check-out
                                                             swimming pool
                                                                             touchdown
                                                                                 have
                         f. to a degree that is fairly good,   guess   know   touchdown   check-out
                                                                                         full board
                                                             translate
                                                                                         full board
                                                                                 imitate
                                                             pile-up       correct
                                                             pile-up
                                                                             mix-up
                                                                             mix-up
                                                                                           look up
                           but not very good
           2 a  Choose the correct words in the following
                phrases about language learning.
           1.  be bilingual in/at the language
           2.   be reasonably good on/at the language
           3.   can get to/by in the language                If  you  don’t  (1)  ______  what  a
           4.   be  uent at/in the language                 word  means,  try  to  (2)  ______  the
           5.   can’t speak a word of/with the language      meaning,  or  (3)  ______  the  word
           6.   can speak the language, but it’s a lot/bit rusty  in  your  dictionary.  All  foreign
           7.   pick up/o  a bit of the language on holiday  speakers  (4)  ______  an  accent,
                                                             but  that  doesn’t  matter. To  make
             b   Choose phrases from 2a to make sentences
                about yourself or people you know.           your  pronunciation  better,  listen
                                                             to  English  speakers  and  try  to
                                                             (5) ______ them. Don’t worry if you
                          I picked up a bit of Thai on holiday
                          in Phuket. I can say ‘sawadeeka’,   (6) ______  mistakes or don’t try to
                          which means ‘hello’.               (7) ______ a mistake – that’s normal!
                                                             It’s often useful to (8) ______ words
                                                             from  one  language  to  the  other,
                                                             but it’s best when you can start to
                                                             think in the new language.



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