Sunday 17 April 2011

Are People Who Speak More Than One Language Smarter?

You are going to 
  • watch a video and do a true / false comprehension exercise
  • write about learning a foreign language



Discuss
  • Are people who speak more than one language smarter? 
  • What do you think? Is it true?
  • Why would people who speak more than one language be smarter?

Watch the clip and find out.






Now do this true or false exercise



Writing
Choose 1

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of learning a foreign language?
  • Learning a foreign language offers an insight into how people from other cultures think and see the world. The teaching of a foreign language should be compulsory at all primary schools. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view? (IELTS)



2 comments:

  1. This worked really well in my IELTS class tonight. Thanks a million.

    Mike

    http://canyouwalkonthericepaper.blogspot.com/

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