Reading distinct noticeably separate or different linguist a person who specializes in the study of languages preservation protection (for the future) vanish to disappear
A Read the title and subtitle and skim the rest of the article on page 7. On a separate piece of paper, write a short answer to the questions. Read the article to check your answers and make any necessary changes. 1. Why do you think so many languages are e dying out?
A student in India writes an essay about her school in Punjabi.
2. What happens when a language dies?
Reading Strategy
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Working with restatement questions You will see restatement questions like the ones in Exercise B on tests. When choosing the best answer, make sure the restatement . . . 1. does not leave out any essential information. 2. does not change the meaning of the original sentence in any significant way.
Study the Reading Strategy. Then read each sentence (, , ) in the article on page 7 and choose the best restatement (a, b, or c) for each sentence. Why are the other choices incorrect? Discuss your answers with a partner. (line 21)
a. It’s truly incredible how rich India’s linguistic tradition is. b. There are many languages in India that we know nothing about. c. You can study languages at a basic level and not be able to communicate well.
(line 33)
a. Our values and how we live are different from culture to culture. b. When a culture’s language disappears, we lose a view of life that we all share. c. The main thing that disappears with a language is that culture’s distinct view on the human experience.
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a. It costs more money to preserve India’s culture than it does to protect its languages. b. People are already preserving some parts of India’s culture and they should also protect its languages. c. In a culture that is as rich as India’s, we must continue to preserve buildings and animal life.
With a partner, find words that have the same or similar meanings. paragraph 1
in danger
paragraph 2
release
paragraph 5
complicated
paragraph 8
old
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What minority languages do you know of? Are there any minority languages in your country? What is their status?
Unit 1
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