3 A). Language intuition. Where do you need language intuition? Do you think you have it?

Look at the following ‘buzz words’ that are making their way into English dictionaries. Can you guess what they mean? What helps you to understand the meaning?

miswanting lappy tweetheart sofalising Facebook narcissist framily defriend

Complete the following sentences with these words.

a. 'Would a 20 percent raise or winning the lottery result in a contented life? You may predict it will, but almost surely it won't turn out that way. Psychologists have noted that these mistakes of expectation can lead directly to mistakes in choosing what we think will give us pleasure. They call this "___________".

b. ‘I pack tons of clothes (so I could have my mix/match options) and gadgets (2 cell phones, __________, a tablet, videocam and external hard drive).'

c. Day 10 was one of distractions off the court, with Australia Day festivities taking centre stage across the country … TWEET OF THE DAY: "Happy Australia day to all my Aussie __________!" Kim knows how to get on the right side of her hosts. '

d.'Millions of us have given up socialising for "_________" – talking to pals via phones and the net instead of going out.'

e. 'Do you regularly update your Facebook status, write wall posts, or publish overtly sexy profile photos? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be a ____'

f. 4th February 2008 'Friends are increasingly becoming our _______ as we search for another support network ... A study has found that we are increasingly making ______ for ourselves by surrounding ourselves with friends.'

4 a). Language quiz. While learning a language one needs to know some language terms. Do you know what the following terms mean?

Metaphor collocation idiom quotation synonym antonym/opposite proverb

Match the terms with their definitions:

1. a word or expression that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the same language.

2. a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.

3. the way in which some words are often used together, or a particular combination of words used in this way.

4. a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful.

5. a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says smth that is generally true.

6. a word or phrase used to describe smb/smth else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful.

7. (technical) a word that means the opposite of another word.

b) From the words and expressions below find examples of these language phenomena:

1. You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather is.

2. ‘Old’ has two possible _________s: ‘young’ and ‘new’

3. ‘Information is not knowledge,’ – Albert Einstein

4. In medicine a lack of progress and backwardness are _________.

5. Life is a journey.

6. ‘Full of beans’ is a/an ________ meaning lively and energetic.

7. To enrich one’s vocabulary;, body language.

c) Read the beginning of the proverbs below (1-12). Do you know their endings? Match the two parts of the proverbs. Which of them can describe the process of learning a language? Explain your opinion.

1. Practice	a) easy go.
2. Nothing ventured	b) a dangerous thing.
3. Better late	c) the soul of wit
4. Brevity is	d) stand out of the kitchen.
5. Out of sight	e) than never.
6. If there is a will	f) makes perfect.
7. Silence is	g) there is a way.
8. A little knowledge is	h) nothing gained.
9. One swallow	i) golden.
10. The proof of the pudding	j) doesn’t make a summer.
11.If you can’t stand the heat	k) out of mind.
12. Easy come	l) is in its eating.

The following sentence is a pangram. Can you guess what it means? The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.