Optimise A2, Unit 7 - Language in Use (3-option multiple choice)

But what were language laboratories like before computers? Students sat in classrooms with headphones and listened to the tapes and answered questions. The teacher sat ​ (a)   the front of the classroom and could ​ (b)   to them.

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In the future, new software will ​ (a)   language learning even easier. Students will use virtual reality (VR) to 'travel'to other countries, ​ (b)   shopping and ​ (c)   conversations with the local people.

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Special school language classrooms, sometimes called 'language laboratories', are great places for students to learn a new language. Students use computers to ​ (a)   exercises, listen to or chat ​ (b)   a foreign language.

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It's going to ​ (a)   travelling easier, but there is one problem. Text translators aren't always very accurate. So don't use them to ​ (b)   your homework!

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In the future, though, we won't need to ​ (a)   languages at all. We can already translate texts on our computers or mobile phones. Soon, there will be apps that can change the words we speak and hear! We will ​ (b)   in our language and the person we are speaking to will ​ (c)   what we say in their language.

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They are useful ​ (a)   learning vocabulary, and some have grammar practice too. You decide how much practice you ​ (b)   every day.

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Then, suddenly, they heard the teacher's ​ (a)   through the headphones. 'No, that's wrong. ​ (b)   it again!' It wasn't fun at all and it was difficult ​ (c)   students to learn a language well.

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Are you trying to learn a new language? Why not ​ (a)   a learning app? There are lots to ​ (b)   from, and some don't ​ (c)   anything.

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