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Language There are two languages spoken in Ireland:

Irish English and Irish, or Gaeilge. Gaeilge is one of
the oldest languages in Western Europe. It is
the first official language and it is used by
• I can look for information on languages.
half a million people as their mother
tongue. It is also one of the official
languages of the European Union and
about two million people around the world
speak Gaeilge.

Gaeilge is a Celtic language and is similar to
Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton, which are
spoken in the north - west of France. Its
alphabet is similar to English, but without
letters j, k, q, w, y and z.
In Ireland, there are Gaelic - language
newspapers, radio stations and television
shows and school students have to study
the language, too. Traffic signs and notices in
shops are in both English and Gaeilge.

2.13 Read and listen. Answer the questions.
1 How many people speak Gaeilge?
2 How is the alphabet of Gaeilge different to that of English?
3 When can you see Gaeilge language?

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1 Fill the information in the table.

Sports Why you like Why you don’t like
Football
Basketball

Chess

Swimming
Cycling

2 Do a survey in your class to find out whether your friends like ( √ ) or don’t like ( X ) these kinds of
sports and why. Then go to the board and report your results to the whole class.

NAME FOOTBALL BASKETBALL SWIMMING CYCLING

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