ACTIVITY BOOK 1. IN YOUR FREE TIME

 19. Read the questions. 

Write Harry or Vanessa 

(See Pupil's Book page 12.)

First , let's see Pupil's Book, page 12. 

Harry: 

I'm learning Japanese because my brother lives in Japan. 

Some aspects of Japanese are easy. 

For example, there aren't any verb conjugations, and nouns don't have a gender.

 But reading and writing in Japanese is very difficult for me. 

There are thousands of different characters to learn.

 And when you read a sentence, you don't read it from left to right. You read it from top to bottom. 

Vanessa. 

I'm English, but I live in Wales.

 I'm learning Welsh because I want to speak to my Welsh friends in Welsh. 

In English, nouns don't have a gender, so it's difficult for me to remember the gender of nouns in Welsh. 

And spelling Welsh words isn't easy. but I love speaking the Welsh language, and I'm very happy with my progress. 

Read the questions. Write Harry or Vanessa. 

1. Who thinks some aspects of the foreign language are easy?

2. Who wants to learn the language before visiting family?

3. Who thinks spelling words is difficult?

4. Who thinks reading and writing is difficult?

5. Who loves speaking in the foreign language?

6. Who thinks it is difficult to remember the gender of nouns?

7. Who wants to talk to friends in the foreign language?

20. Read and tick or cross. 

(See Pupil's Book page 12.) Say. 

Differences and similarities in languages

There are more than 6,000 different languages in the world . Some of these languages have similar vocabulary and grammar , but many are completely different. 

For example:

-Some languages give nouns a gender.

 The nouns can be masculine, feminine or neutral. Other languages don't give nouns a gender. 

-Some languages use the letters of an alphabet to write words . Other languages use characters instead of words. 

-Some languages don't conjugate verbs. Other languages have many different conjugations. 

English   Japanese   Welsh

.........conjugates verbs.

.........gives nouns a gender.

.........uses characters to write.

........ uses the letters of an alphabet to write. 

21. Listen and circle. 

Ed is asking Becky about learning a foreign language. 

1. Becky is learning........

2. She thinks the language is very.....

3. kShe thinks the speaking and writing are....

4. She thinks it is difficult to remember.....

5. She is making.......