Exercise 2 Answer the following questions

1. Why do people learn foreign language? 2. Is it difficult to learn foreign languages? 3. What is the official language of many international organizations? 4. What language is becoming more and more popular? 5. What language is considered to be the most spoken language? 6. What languages are believed to be the most difficult foreign languages? 7. What is the official language of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the United States of America, of Australia and New Zealand? 8. What does it mean to know a foreign language? 9. Is there a universal or ideal method of learning languages? 10. Should you work hard to learn a foreign language?

Exercise 3 Translate and memorize the following expressions from the text.

To be spread all over the world, extremely difficult, to travel abroad, international communication, official language of many international organizations, words and expressions, everyday speech, a spoken language, to improve, foreigners, foreign languages, the total knowledge of mankind, nursery schools, native speakers, a good command of the language, to speak fluently, universal or ideal method of learning languages, English-speaking people, especially urgent, an overflow of information.

Exercise 4 Find synonyms among the following words.

To tell, very, peace, to study, to need, a target, a journal, rightly, quietness, different, an aim, to print, various, not often, to say, possibility, main, a magazine, to type, dull, to make better, opportunity, correctly, to learn, to perfect, extremely, to require, seldom, major, boring.

Exercise 5 Write a summary of the text, presenting the content of each paragraph in 2-3 sentences. Use the expressions:

The main idea of the text is... The text deals with one of the most important (urgent) issues... Much attention (consideration) is given to (classification, description)... It focuses on the matters of... The text gives an overview of... The text is mainly concerned with... The aim of the survey is to show (demonstrate, find)... Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of… The text gives a detailed analysis of (reports on)... To sum up... In conclusion...

Индивидуальное задание для студентов заочного отделения к курсу

«Английский язык»

Вариант № 8/1c

Exercise 1 Read the text and translate it in written form.