and Language Diversity Listening Reading and Vocabulary բարի լույս 早安 B onjour G uten Morgen καλημέρα おはようございます 좋은 아침 صبح به خیر D ID: 565190
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Languages and Language Diversity
Listening, Reading and VocabularySlide2
բարի լույս早安BonjourGuten Morgen
καλημέρα
おはようございます
좋은 아침
صبح به خیر
D
zień
D
obry
доброе утро
G
od
Morgon
chào buổi sáng
ดีตอนเช้า
Buenos Días
Good Morning
Magandang Umaga
Tagalo
Armenian
Chinese
Greek
French
Polish
Persian
Russian
Vietnamese
Spanish
Thai
Swedish
English
Sign Language
Korean
German
JapaneseSlide3
Warm UpHow many languages do you think there are in the world?Do you think languages change?Do you think English will replace other languages?What other language would you like to learn?What language do you think it would be difficult for you to learn? Why?Slide4
system (n)a technique, method, procedure practice Every person has a system for learning a foreign language. Slide5
characters (n)a single letter or mark used in writing Do you know how many characters are in the Chinese language?Slide6
form (v)to create, make, shape, construct The children formed a circle and played a game.Slide7
meaningful (adj.)significant, with meaning, with sense Kathy writes meaningful poems which deals with social issues.Slide8
Hearing-impairedSlide9
hearing-impaired (adj.)having a reduced or poor ability to hear Hearing aids are used by some hearing-impaired senior citizens.Slide10
Sign LanguageSlide11
sign language (n)a system of communicating with gestures Peter learned sign language in order to communicate with his deaf parents.Slide12
borrow (v)to copy or take words from another language English has borrowed words from French; for example, cinema, souvenir, and petite.Slide13
specialist (n)a person who is an expert on something Brian’s general doctor sent him to see a heart specialist.Slide14
refer to (v) stand for, suggest, signify, mean Poultry refers to the meat from animals that have feathers.Slide15
divide (v)split into parts, separate The Mississippi river divides the west of Louisiana from the east.Slide16
brain (n)the organ in the head used for thinking and feeling Humans have large brains. Slide17
bilingual (adj.)speaking two languages Steve is bilingual . He speaks Italian and English.Slide18
past (n)the time before the present, everything that happened previously Rosie has a mysterious past. Nobody knows about her background. Slide19
rate (n)speed or pace in which something moves, the cost of something Slaves were forced to work at a rapid rate in the cotton fields. The rate for the trip on that bus is $2.50.Slide20
estimate (v) (n)to calculate something The government estimates that it would take years before the economy recovers.Slide21
linguist (n)a person who knows several languages and their structure Molly wrote a book on the origin of the English language. She is a well-known linguist.Slide22
Pronunciationsystemcharacterformmeaningfulhearing-impairedsign languageborrowspecialistrefer todividebrainbilingualrateestimatelinguistsSlide23
VerbNoun
Adjective
Adverb
instruct
instruction
instructive
instructor
dishonesty
dishonest
dishonestly
imagine
imagination
unimaginative
unimaginatively
invent
invention
inventor
inventive
inventively
interview
interview
interviewer
characterize
characteristic
uncharacteristic
uncharacteristically
psychology
psychologist
psychological
psychologically
beg
beggar
depend on
dependability
undependable
dependably