Unit 6 Crossing borders

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Unit 6 - English as a world language

World Language:

- 80% of information found on the internet is in English 

- Over 400 million people in the world speak English

- Over a billion people worldwide speak it as a second language

Which four languages have together formed the English language?

1. Celtic, Latin, German, French
2. Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Latin, French
3. Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Latin, French
4. Latin, Old Norse, Celtic, French

From which century does the English language originate?

1. 14th Century
2. 6th Century
3. 7th Century
4. 8th Century

How many languages are there in the world?:

1. 5000
2. 7000
3. 15000

How many words do you need to know to speak a language fluently?:

1. Between 250-500
2. Between 1500-2000
3. Between 5000-10.000

Spanglish

Chinglish

Dunglish

Dunglish

Literal translations + Dutch expressions

"There's no ball on the tv" 

Stonecoal / Dunglish

Welke uitdrukkingen hoorde je? 

Dat is andere koek 

De dood of de gladiolen  

Het is weer hetzelfde liedje 

Achter de feiten aanlopen 

Twee vliegen in 1 klap

To kill two birds with 1 stone 

When going on holiday...

1. My compliments to your cock for the lovely diner
2. Where can I buy an uploader for my telephone?
3. We would like to go on step
4. Where can I strike my shirts?
5. Is this fish or flesh?
6. We would like to rent a topless car
7. At what time can we go on table?
8. Where can we put our mail on the bus?
9. Can you give me a tip?
10. The wine is up