Do we become a different person in another language?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Which languages do you speak, and when do you use each one?
2. Do you ever feel different when you speak English?
3. Can you remember the first time you spoke English with a stranger?
4. Is it easier to say some things in one language than in another?
5. Do you have a favourite word in English? Why?
6. Did you ever feel embarrassed because of your accent?

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

Choose the word that fits.

1. Language is an important part of my .
2. After a year in Madrid, she became in Spanish.
3. He has a strong French when he speaks English.
4. I often to Ukrainian when I phone my mother.
5. She has a warm, cheerful .
6. It is hard to translate every of a poem.
7. It is easier to anger in my first language.
8. Newcomers must to a new culture quickly.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. fluent = able to speak
   very slowlyeasily and wellonly a little
2. an accent is the way you
   write letterschoose clothespronounce words
3. to hesitate = to
   pause before you actrun very fastspeak loudly
4. a nuance is a small
   difference in meaningkind of foodpart of a book
5. to adapt = to
   translate a wordchange to fit a situationforget a language
6. a native speaker learned the language
   as a childlast yearat university

Use these phrases to tell personal stories.

• When I speak English, I feel more...Коли я говорю англійською, я почуваюся більш...When I speak English, I feel more confident.
• It's hard to express...Важко виразити...It's hard to express humour in a foreign language.
• As soon as I started speaking,...Щойно я почав говорити,...As soon as I started speaking, I forgot the word.
• While I was talking, I realised...Поки я говорив, я зрозумів...While I was talking, I realised I had made a mistake.
• By the time I arrived,...Коли я приїхав,...By the time I arrived, I had forgotten the word.
• It seems to me that...Мені здається, що...It seems to me that language changes how we act.
• Some people say that...Дехто каже, що...Some people say we become different people in another language.
• That's partly true, but...Це частково правда, але...That's partly true, but I think it depends on the person.

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

1. Researchers completely agree about this idea.
   TrueFalse
2. In some studies, bilingual people described themselves differently in each language.
   TrueFalse
3. A language learned at school may feel more formal.
   TrueFalse
4. Everyone feels more confident in their first language.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says the answer depends on the person and the situation.
   TrueFalse

1. Which part of yourself do you show in English?
2. Is there a word in English that has no good translation?
3. Do you think the language we speak changes how we behave?
4. Why might a second language feel freer?

Common mistakes: Past Perfect for the earlier event, and while + Past Continuous. ✗ When I arrived, she already left → had already left. ✗ While I walked home → While I was walking home.

1. When I arrived at the party, everyone
   already lefthad already left
   .
2. While I
   was talkingtalked
   to her, my phone rang.
3. By the time I got there, she
   had gonewent
   home.
4. As soon as I
   satwas sitting
   down, the lesson started.
5. AfterWhile
   I had finished my coffee, I left.
6. I
   have never spokenhad never spoken
   English before I came here, so I was nervous.
7. He was nervous because he
   hadn't practisedhasn't practised
   .
8. She was crying
   by the timewhile
   I was telling her the news.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. While I walked home, I met a friend. →
2. When I got to the station, the train already left. →
3. By the time we arrived, they have eaten. →
4. I was having breakfast when the phone was ringing. →
5. After I had finished, I was leaving. →
6. He told me he never visited Spain before. →

Answer in detail. Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect.

1. Tell me about the first time you spoke English with a stranger.
2. What were you doing when you realised your English was getting better?
3. What had you studied before you started this course?
4. How did you feel before an important exam or interview in English?
5. Do you feel different when you speak English? Why?
6. What would you say to someone who is afraid of speaking?

Three people speak more than one language. Compare how each one feels in different languages. Who changes the most? Who might feel most confident? Which person is most like you?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: how you started learning English (use narrative tenses).
3. Part 2: how you felt when you first spoke it, and how you feel now.
4. Part 3: what you think language does to our identity.

1. Which language do you dream in?
2. What were you doing when you first used English for real?
3. Do you feel more confident in your own language?
4. Have you ever made a funny mistake in English?
5. What did you do before you started studying English?
6. Which English word is hard for you to pronounce?
7. Do you switch between languages during the day?
8. How do you feel when you cannot find the right word?

1. Who in your family speaks another language?
2. Who helped you with English when you started?
3. Who do you know with an interesting accent?
4. Who laughs at your mistakes in English?
5. Who had lived abroad before you met them?
6. Who do you speak to in English most often?

1. Should children learn two languages from birth?
2. Is it possible to have two personalities?
3. Does humour work in every language?
4. Should we try to lose our accent?
5. Is a second language a second identity?