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Of all the people in the world who speak English as their mother tongue, more than 200 million people live in North America. The majority of the population of North American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries spoke English.
Canadian English as a variety stands between British and American English. The features of American English dominate. American English reflects numerous non-English cultures which colonists met in their conquest of the continent. The American variety of English has borrowed many words from the vocabulary of the French, Dutch, Spanish and German-speaking settlers.
The French borrowings tend generally to fall into several groups. There are a number of words dealing with exploration and travel, or descriptive features of the landscape. The most productive one of the latter is “prairie”, which can be found in more than in more than eighty combinations in Webster’s Dictionary.
Speak on the topic “The English We Learn”.
KEMEROVO STATE UNIVERSITY
Practise the pronunciation of the following words from the text.
Source, scientific, knowledge, faculty, entrance, highly, qualify, equip, research, majority, competitive, tuition, graduate, psychology, sociology, accommodation, chemistry, successfully.
Guess the meaning of the following international words. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
Source, scientific, knowledge, faculty, entrance, highly, qualify, equip, research, majority, competitive, tuition, graduate, psychology, sociology, accommodation, chemistry, successfully.
Guess the meaning of the following international words. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
University (n), culture (n), faculty (n), to train (v), specialist (n), basis (n), academic (a), lecture (n), practical (a), experiment (n), debate (n), diploma (n).
