For the love of languages

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

How many languages do you speak, and which ones? Write down as following: 2, Dutch + English (e.g.)

Why did you choose to study Cambridge English?

Is it important to learn foreign languages? Why (not)?

You're going to watch a video about a man who learns a foreign language:

1. What strategies does he use to learn the language?

2. Are they useful in your opinion?

Teacher: stop video at 2.29

Stop at 2.29

Where do you think the man is going?

Who is he going to meet? 

to work quickly and in an organized way

the language you learn from your parents

to feel you're similar to someone

all over the world

skillful, to be able to do something

amount of words you know

efficiency

mother tongue

identify with

global

proficiency

vocabulary

Let's listen   https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p093zvbf   

1. What’s a polyglot?

2. What does the prefix poly mean?

3. Why do polyglots learn languages?

4. Explain the Nelson Mandela quote: ‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart’

5. What’s the effect of learning multiple languages on your brain?

6. What does the word ‘glot’ mean in ‘polyglot’?

7. What does ‘’sheer enjoyment’ mean?

What job do you want to do later in life?

What do you like/dislike the most about your language classes?