1 6 Speaking English • The world speaks English Learning tips: Making suggestions, giving advice You have read a list of tips about how to learn a foreign language. Surely you have also found out which methods and which strategies work best for you. a) From the list below, choose ten possible strategies that could help a friend of yours who wants to improve his/ her English. • collect linking words • collect words in word fields • do exercises more than once • keep a learning diary/journal • listen to English radio programmes on the internet • listen to songs and look up the lyrics on the internet • make lists of synonyms • organise your materials in folders • plan your learning activities well ahead of your tests • read articles from English papers or magazines • read texts about topics you are interested in • revise new words and phrases regularly • rewrite texts and adapt them • set a goal for yourself • study simplified texts • study the grammar pages in your coursebook • use index cards to study new words/forms • use a dictionary (online or offline) if you don’t understand a word or phrase • watch as many films in English as you can • watch videos with subtitles if you get stuck • write down new words and phrases b) Now use the ten strategies you have chosen and the phrases below to give advice to your friend. Example: Couldn’t you collect linking words? Collecting linking words is worth a try. Phrases + 1st form (= infinitive) Phrases + -ing form (= gerund) Couldn’t you … ? Don’t you think it is a good idea to … ? If I were you, I would … . I think you should … . Why don’t you … ? You need to … . You ought to … . You should … . You’d better … . … is worth a try. Have you thought about … ? Have you tried … ? How about … ? What about … ? In my experience, … works really well. … will help you a lot. … is one way of improving your language skills. … helps you to stay motivated. Finding the right definitions Match the words on the left with the correct definitions on the right. 1. population H A soldiers protecting the peace in an area 2. mother tongue B systematic study of the natural world 3. migrant worker C first language 4. refugee D a simple working language used for communication 5. peacekeeping troops E sb. who has fled his or her home country 6. aid worker F people who go to another country or another area to work there 7. lingua franca G someone who works for an organisation that brings food and other supplies to people in danger from wars, floods, etc. 8. science H all the people living in a country 4 5 Tip T How to do matching tasks • You need not stick to the given order. • Start with the words you know. • Tick the words you have used but don’t cross them out. You should still be able to read everything. • When finished, check if all your choices make sense. ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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