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UNIT 9. WORLD ENGLISHES A. PHONETICS I. Mark the stress on the correct syllable for the following words. 1. relation 2. identity 3. charity 4. ability 5. revision 6. function 7. decision 8. activity 9. clarity 10. education 11. intention 12. operation 13. community 14. quality 15. nation 16. nationality 17. discussion 18. obesity 19. possibility 20. position II. Put the words into the correct columns according to their stress pattern. oOo ooOo Ooo oOoo B. VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR I. Match the verb or phrasal verb with its definition. 1. exchange student a. the language that someone learns to speak first 2. bilingual b. (of circles) having the same centre 3. immigrant c. (of spelling, pronunciation, grammar, etc.) believed to be correct and used by most people 4. first language d. able to speak, read or write a language, especially a foreign majority, population, quality, recognition, reality, community, construction, relation, creation, education, ability, diversity, activity, decision, operation, purity, security, exhibition, identity, charity
language, easily and well 5. official language e. a different type of something 6. fluent f. a student who goes to a foreign country to study, usually as a part of a programme 7. concentric g. all the words in a particular language 8. variety h. able to speak two languages equally well; using two languages 9. standard i. the language that is accepted by a country’s government, is taught in schools, used in the courts of law, etc. 10. vocabulary j. a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___ II. Complete the sentences with the phrases in part I. Use the plural form if necessary. 1. Although we are taught ____________ English at school, we often use slang at home. 2. There are several regional ____________ of English such as General Australian or General American. 3. He speaks perfect English, but his ____________ which he has known since birth is French. 4. I find studying English ____________ very difficult as I can’t remember all the words. 5. Being good at English will help the ____________ get adapted well to the US. 6. As a(n) ____________ for a semester in Canada, you may get the opportunity to learn both English and French. 7. To become ____________ in English, you have to be exposed to an English-speaking environment. 8. The United Nations and the European Union use English as a(n) ____________. 9. Since Maria is ____________, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently. 10. Kachru’s 3 ____________ circles model provides a way of looking at the expansion and use of the English language. III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs or phrasal verbs in the box. copy go over mean propose establish
translate look up pick up consist of follow 1. When marking students’ exercises, teachers have to ____________ standard English. 2. This English center has ____________ a reputation for academic excellence. 3. She ____________ a few words of Spanish when she was in Mexico last year. 4. I think it’s very difficult for an Englishman to ____________ a real American accent. 5. Ms. Mollya ____________ plan to form an English speaking club last year. 6. You should ____________ your essay for spelling mistakes before you hand it in. 7. The word “kucing” ____________ “cat” in the Malay language. 8. It’s hard to ____________ Arabic into English because of the number of dialects. 9. “If you ____________ every new word you see or hear, you will spend your whole day with the dictionary in your hand.” 10. The United Kingdom ____________ England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. IV. Match the words in British English with those in American English so that they mean the same. British English American English 1. trousers _____ a. French fries 2. football _____ b. sweater 3. lorry _____ c. store 4. flat _____ d. pants 5. chips _____ e. elevator 6. chemist _____ f. drugstore 7. holiday _____ g. soccer 8. jumper _____ h. truck 9. lift _____ i. vacation 10. shop _____ j. apartment V. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence. 1. Learning the English parts of speech is a must if you want to learn _____________. a. grammar b. vocabulary c. pronunciation d. speaking 2. One example of _____________words is the word “ballet”, which comes from French. a. lent b. borrowed c. compound d. foreign 3. Chinese and English are both _____________languages of Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Basic Law.
a. original b. foreign c. official d. first 4. Australian English is spoken as the _____________language by most people in Australia. a. foreign b. first c. second d. international 5. In China, Japan and Vietnam, English is spoken as a(n) _____________ language. a. second b. foreign c. official d. primary 6. Another way of conceptualizing learning in English is to view it through the lens of the various _____________ of the subject. a. rules b. varieties c. standards d. models 7. They invited some famous _____________ to be the judges for an English debating contest. a. coaches b. doctors c. linguists d. accountants 8. _____________ to the United States have to pass a test of competence in English. a. Migrants b. Migration c. Immigration d. Immigrants 9. A _____________ dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. a. monolingual b. bilingual c. trilingual d. multilingual 10. Besides Spanish, her _____________ tongue, she can also speak Portuguese and English. a. accent b. foreign c. first d. mother VI. Underline the relative clause in each sentence. Decide if the relative pronoun is the subject (S) or object (O) of the relative clause. 1. English as we know it has its origin in Germanic tribes who migrated to the UK. 2. This is a five-week French literacy program which the students choose the most. 3. I have narrowed it down to two English books that need to be read this month. 4. I will have a two-week summer holiday with my sister who is living in London. 5. Our accent is a symbol which reflects our social and cultural background. 6. The professor who we respect can communicate fluently in three languages. 7. We love the beautiful accent that the French have when they speak English. 8. The new friend who we are studying English with comes from Quebec in Canada. 9. In Asia, India leads as the country with a high number of people who can speak English. 10. The information which we received from our English tour guide was so confusing. VII. Fill in the blank with a suitable relative pronoun. Write  where the relative pronoun can be omitted.