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Unit 01 Close to you - LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

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LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

Language Learning and Multilingualism - Complete Exercises Guide

Language Learning and Multilingual Education

💬 1. Speaking Practice - Language Learning

In pairs, ask and answer the questions:

🌍 Language Questions

1. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?

2. Which languages would you like to learn? Why?

3. At what age do children start learning foreign languages?

4. Is it good for parents to speak foreign languages with kids?

💡 Discussion Points

Students' own answers

👂 2. Listening Comprehension

Match questions with the type of information needed:
1 How old are Habib and Aisha? - a number
2 Where do they live? - a place
3 Which languages do they speak? - the name of a language
3. Listen to Part 1 and answer questions 1-3:
1 Habib 17, Aisha 15
2 in the south of Spain
3 English, Arabic and Spanish
ACTIVE LISTENING | Finding specific information
📖 Read each question carefully and decide what kind of information you need
🎯 Don't worry if you don't understand everything - focus on key details
4. Do you usually do these things? Be honest!

A. I don't always read the question before I listen.

B. When I don't understand something, I usually stop listening.

Students' own answers

5. Listen to Part 2 and choose the correct answers:
1 a. speak English, Arabic and Spanish.
2 b. with their dad.
3 b. make mistakes when speaking Arabic.
4 a. use words from another language.
6. Language Learning Discussion Questions:

🗣️ Discussion Topics

• Bilingual/trilingual people you know

• Desire to be multilingual

• Benefits of learning languages

• English pronunciation

• Understanding English in media

• Finding the right words

• Dealing with mistakes

💬 Your Answers

Students' own answers

📖 Workbook Exercises

1. Listen and choose the correct answers:

1. When does Malek go to France? in the summer

2. Where does the family live? near Lyon

3. What time does the family get up? half past five

4. Who doesn't speak any English? Muna's cousin

5. What other language does Muna speak? Spanish

2. Listen again and choose the correct answers:
1 b. year.
2 c. away from the city.
3 c. never speaks Arabic.
4 a. foreign.

🔊 Pronunciation Practice

3. How is 'u' pronounced in each word?

communicative

/ju:/

language

/w/

house

/aʊ/

pronunciation

/ʌ/

4. Match words with correct phonetic symbols:

opportunity

/ju:/

bilingual

/w/

sounds

/aʊ/

cousins

/ʌ/

6. Tick the word you hear first:

1. ✓ but

2. ✓ hat

3. ✓ sunk

4. ✓ rung

5. ✓ cat

6. ✓ sang

7. ✓ run

8. How is 'ou' pronounced in these words?

about

/aʊ/

count

/aʊ/

country

/ʌ/

double

/ʌ/

enough

/ʌ/

sounds

/aʊ/

trouble

/ʌ/

couple

/ʌ/

🔗 Additional Language Learning Resources

🌐 External Resources - Language Learning:

📚 British Council - English Learning:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/
🎓 Duolingo - Free Language Learning:
https://www.duolingo.com/
🏫 BBC Learning English:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
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