WARM UP: T/F statements
1. English is the most widely used language.
2. 70% of the world’s communication are written in English.
3. English is spoken in 100 countries
Period 70: A CLOSER LOOK 1
Unit 9 - ENGLISH IN THE WORLD
If you don’t (1) ________ what a word means, try to (2) ________ the meaning, or (3) ________ the word in your dictionary. All foreign speakers (4) ________ an accent, but that doesn’t matter. To make your pronunciation better, listen to English speakers and try to (5) ________ them. Don’t worry if you (6) ________ mistakes or don’t try to (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.
know
guess
look up
have
imitate
make
correct
translate