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Unit 2: Using a Foreign Language

2.6 review Questions notes

1. Describe the concept of a ‘foreign language’.

2. ‘To learn a foreign language, you should learn as a child does’. Explain.
3. State the basic principles to be kept in while if one wants to learn a foreign language.
4. Is knowledge of English and being able to speak English enough to deal with people
globally? Why, or why not?

5. Discuss the benefits of speaking a foreign language.
6. ‘Learning another language and culture gives you a better understanding of your own
culture’. Substantiate.
7. Discuss the career prospects in foreign language.

8. Who are interpreters and translators? What is the difference between the two?
9. Write short notes on: English and Mandarin as foreign languages.
10. What are the benefits of learning French, German and Spanish?

answers: self assessment

1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True

5. True 6. True 7. Teaching 8. Translators
9. Interpreting 10. Consecutive 11. (f) 12. (c)
13. (e) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (d)

2.7 further readings

Books Dinesh Chander Kapoor and Shikha Kapoor, Ajanta French in Two Months,
Ajanta.
Dinesh Chander Kapoor, Ajanta Chinese in Two Months, Ajanta .
Manuela Cook, Teach Yourself Portuguese, Hodder Publication.

Online links http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html

http://www.linguanaut.com/
http://www.learnalanguage.com/
http://www.omniglot.com/language/why.htm

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