Reading, A2 & B1, Diataal, World Englishes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Reading

Choose your level 

A2 (easier)

B1 (more difficult)

After you've read the text, go to the purple labeled slides to answer the questions

After you've read the text, go to the yellow labeled slides to answer the questions

foreigners 

important

International

complicated

artificial

Buitenlanders

Belangrijk

Internationaal

Ingewikkeld

Kunstmatige

100 years ago French was the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . language.

It is very . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to have a common language for communication.   

Creating an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . language can be very . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . are people who come from other countries. 

International

Important

Artificial

Complicated

Foreigners

Welke taal werd er met buitenlanders gesproken 100 jaar geleden?

1. English
2. Dutch
3. French
4. Spanish

Waarom is Engels zo populair geworden? Wat is een andere reden?

1. English movies
2. Music
3. Slang language
4. Because it's a beautiful language.

Chinees zou de nieuwe internationale taal kunnen worden omdat . . . . . . . . . . .

I. Chinees de meest gesproken taal in de wereld is
II. Engels niet meer zo populair is

1. allebei juist
2. I is juist II is onjuist
3. I is onjuist II is juist
4. allebei onjuist

Wat is Esperanto volgens de tekst?

Vind jij het belangrijk om goed Engels te kunnen en waarom? Waarom wel/niet?
Schrijf 25-50 woorden in het Engels.

 happening often (line 16) 

more important, powerful or noticeable than other things (line 31)

important or well-known (line 8) 

existed in earlier times (line 26)

the way in which a language or a particular word or sound is said/produced (line 55) 

Common

Dominant

Prominent

Former

Pronunciation

always behaving in the same way, or having the same opinions, standards, etc. (line 56) 

something that affects something/somebody in a negative way (line 51) 

things that don’t follow rules (line 55)

things that don’t follow a pattern/habit/method (line 57) 

a range of many people or things that are very different from each other (line 40)

 

Consistent

Disadvantage

Exceptions

Irregularities

Diversity 

Read the first paragraph (lines 1-10). What kind of text do you think this text is?

1. a. argumentative: the text gives different arguments about whether English should be the world language.
2. b. informative: the text gives information about English as a world language.
3. c. persuasive: the text tries to convince the reader that English should become the world language.

Which sentence explains why English is used so much? Give the first and last two words. You can find the sentence in the first paragraph (lines 1-10).

Why is Lucas in favour of English as a world language?

1. English is very easy to learn.
2. English is very easy to learn.
3. English is already widely spread over the world.

According to Thomas we do not need English as a world language, but we need …

1. more diversity
2. a neutral language
3. a neutral language

Gezamenlijk einde

We are going to watch a short video, what goes wrong in this video?

What goes wrong in this clip?

The End! Well done!