Losers in the Language Gap

Losers in the Language Gap

Unit 3 Lesson 2

Multiple Choice

1. Yigitoglu was sixteen when her parents emigrated from Turkey.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2. Most of the kindergarten children of Turkish descent speak German with little difficulty.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3. In general, native Germans falsely attribute the Turkish immigrants' poor skills in using German to laziness, disinterest, and unwillingness to learn the language of their host nation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

4. Many male Turks prefer to get married to Turkish girls living in Germany.

• True

• False

A.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words.

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1. The left of the party is pressing for a more ___________ social policy toward new arrivals.

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2. Students were forbidden to speak their native language in school; they were to learn English in order to __________ more quickly.

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3. When I first arrived in the US, I would travel a thousand miles to meet a relative in order to __________ my loneliness.

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4. Most of the immigrants' problems stem from ________ and possibly religious traits that need to be examined in careful detail.

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5. At the new center, training blends formal learning with ___________ qualifications.

B.

Identify the referents to the words in blue.

1. here (paragraph 2)

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1. here (paragraph 2)

2. nation (paragraph 3)

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2. nation (paragraph 3)

3. home (paragraph 4)

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3. home (paragraph 4)

4. This (paragraph 7)

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4. This (paragraph 7)

5. it (paragraph 7)

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5. it (paragraph 7)

C.

Paraphrase the sentences, reproduced from the text.

DON'T for get the citation (title - writer - paragraph)

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1.

DON'T for get the citation (title - writer - paragraph)

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2.

D.

Tick off items you would include in a summary of paragraph 6. Then generate a one-sentence summary using the ticked-off items. Remember to include the citation.

Read paragraph 6.

Multiple Select

Tick off the items you would include in a summary of paragraph 6.

• 45% of the Turkish youths having no vocational qualifications

• Unskilled jobs getting scarcer

• Unemployment among untrained Turkish youths exceeding twice the national average 9.6%

• Growing frustration among the youngsters

• Many of them being susceptible to political and religious extremism

Open Ended

Your one-sentence summary:

1. Identify the group of people involved in the survey, stating its purpose.

2. In the light of what you have read in the text, what is the role language acquisition plays in speeding up integration?

3. One third of those questioned believe immigrants should adapt fashion-wise.

Considering the currently discussed proposition to ban veils in the West, do you think the way an individual dresses has anything to do with integration?