How many languages are there in the world?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. How many languages do you speak?
2. Why did you start learning English?
3. What do you do to practise English?
4. What is the hardest thing in English?
5. Which language would you like to learn next?
6. How will English help you in the future?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about languages.

Choose the word that fits.

1. English is a world .
2. There are many of Spanish.
3. She is : she speaks two languages.
4. The English has 26 letters.
5. We in English with our friends.
6. Many small languages are .
7. Some languages every year.
8. We should small languages.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a mother tongue is the
   new gadgetfirst languagelast word
2. bilingual = speaks
   one wordtwo languagesno languages
3. endangered = in
   very popularvery bigdanger of disappearing
4. to disappear = to
   go awayspreadprotect
5. to protect = to keep
   oldsmallsafe
6. the official language is the
   main language of a countrylocal form of a languageset of letters

Use these phrases to talk about languages.

• How many languages do you speak?Скількома мовами ти розмовляєш?How many languages do you speak?
• My mother tongue is...Моя рідна мова — ...My mother tongue is Ukrainian.
• I'm learning... at the moment.Я зараз вчу...I'm learning Spanish at the moment.
• I'm going to learn...Я збираюся вивчати...I'm going to learn Italian next year.
• Yesterday I practised...Учора я практикувався...Yesterday I practised English for an hour.
• I think it will be...Думаю, це буде...I think it will be easy.
• How do you pronounce it?Як це вимовляється?How do you pronounce this word?
• Practice makes perfect.Практика робить майстром.Don't stop! Practice makes perfect.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. There are about 700 languages in the world.
   TrueFalse
2. About 40 percent of languages are endangered.
   TrueFalse
3. Papua New Guinea has a very large number of languages.
   TrueFalse
4. Ukrainian uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
   TrueFalse
5. English has the most native speakers in the world.
   TrueFalse

1. Why do languages disappear?
2. Is it important to protect small languages?
3. How has English helped you so far?
4. What will you do with English in five years?

Common mistakes: choose the form by the time word. ✗ Yesterday I go → Yesterday I went. ✗ Tomorrow I am study → Tomorrow I'm going to study.

1. I
   speaksspeak
   two languages.
2. I
   learnam learning
   Spanish at the moment.
3. Yesterday I
   practisedpractise
   English.
4. I
   didn't understooddidn't understand
   the word.
5. Next year I
   going toam going to
   learn Italian.
6. I think it
   will bewill to be
   easy.
7. English is
   more usefulermore useful
   than many languages.
8. Phones are
   getgetting
   better every year.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. Yesterday I go to class. →
2. I am speak English. →
3. Tomorrow I study Italian. →
4. I didn't understood. →
5. English is more easy than Chinese. →
6. I have enough little time. →

Answer in detail. Use the present, the past and the future.

1. How many languages do you speak?
2. Why did you start learning English?
3. What are you doing to improve your English now?
4. What are you going to do next year with English?
5. Which language would you like to learn next, and why?
6. What advice can you give to a new student?

Three people are learning languages. Compare them. Who studies the most? Who started earliest? Who is going to learn another language? What is your plan?

This is the final speaking task of the A2 course. Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: your life now: languages and the Present Simple and Continuous.
3. Part 2: your past: how you started English and what you used to do.
4. Part 3: your plans and predictions: going to, will, might.

1. How many languages do you speak?
2. Why did you start learning English?
3. What do you do to practise English?
4. Do you like pronouncing new words?
5. What's the hardest thing in English?
6. Do you watch films in English?
7. What is your best way to learn?
8. What are you learning now?

1. Who in your family speaks another language?
2. Who is learning a language now?
3. Who is bilingual?
4. Who often asks you for help with English?
5. Who is going to travel soon?
6. Who wants to learn another language?

1. Will English be important in ten years?
2. Should schools teach more languages?
3. Is it important to protect small languages?
4. Could you live in another country?
5. Is it easy to learn a language online?