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III. Comprehension check

3.1. Answer the questions:

1. What is language?

2. What language is an international one?

3. What was the first international language?

4. Did the Greek language replace the first international language?

5.What language was the next international one?

6. Had all the languages equal importance in different centuries in the world?Why?

7. What language was popular in the 15-th and 16-th centuries?

8. When did French become the dominant language of the Western world?

9. When did the transition from French to English start?

10. What is the dominance of English in the contemporary world explained by?

11. What are the three groups of people speaking Englsh?

12. Why do people learn the English language?

13. What are the basic characteristics of English?

14. How many people do speak English as a native tongue?

15.Why does English play the role of world language?

3.2. Decide whether these statements are true, false or information is not available:

1.Language enables people to understand each other.

2. A language that is used as a means of communication by people of

different nations is called national.

3. The first international language appeared on Earth while construction the Babylon Tower.

4. The first international language that we know about was the language of the Phoenicians.

5. The Latin language replaced Phoenician as a means of international communication.

6. Latin was the universal language of Medieval Europe for five centuries.

7. Not all the languages had equal importance in different centuries in the world.

8. German was also very popular in Medieval Europe.

9. French became the dominant language of the Western world in the 20th century.

10. Since childhood Russian aristocrats and common people were learning French.

11. In the first half of the 20-th century English started gradually to replace French as the international language because of two World Wars.

13. In a number of speakers English is second only to Mandarin Chinese.

14. The basic characteristics of English were developed by the linguists in the 19th century.

15. Geographically, English is the most widespread language on Earth.

3.3. Choose the right variant (use the information taken from the texts 1 and 2):

1. A language that is used as a means of communication by people of different nations is called … .

a) national

b) international

c) local

2. The first international language that we know about was the language of the … .

a) Chinese

b) Japanese

c) Phoenicians

3. The … language replaced Phoenician as a means of international communication.

a) Greek

b) Latin

c) French

4. In the 19-th century… was the official language of our country.

a) French

b) English

c) Russian

5. … is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, and the South African Republic.

a) French

b) Spanish

c) English

6. In a number of speakers English is second only to ... .

a) German

b) Spanish

c) Mandarin Chinese

7. Verbs now have very few … .

a) forms

b) tenses

c) inflections

8. … also can be used as verbs.

a) Nouns

b) Pronouns

c) Prepositions

9. … of the French, Russian, and Japanese languages are resisting the arrival of English in their vocabulary.

a) Purists

b) Writers

c) Teachers

10. The opinion that all other languages will die out is … .

a) true

b) absurd

c) controversial