LANGUAGE

Match the following

• Task given to students

• SELF-ASSESSMENT

• parts or qualities that are not good

• PEER EVALUATION

• particular parts of a book, poem...

• ASSIGNMENT

• Evaluation of one's own work

• WEAKNESSES

• Assessment by a colleague/ classmate

• EXTRACT

Match the following

• genuine, real or true

• authentic

• discovery

• finding

• sequential

• chronological

• framework

• structure

• characteristic

• feature

what is the synonym of "fluency"?

• proficiency

• accuracy

• policy

• privacy

But with modern communication technology now widely available, researchers say whistled languages like Silbo are threatened with ​ (a)   With dwindling numbers of Gomera islanders still ​ (b)   in the language, Canaries’ authorities are taking steps to try to ensure its​ (c)   .

• survival
• extinction.
• fluent

There are thought to be as many as 70 whistled languages still in use, though only 12 have been described and ​ (a)   scientifically.This form of communication is an ​ (b)   found among cultures where people are often ​ (c)   from each other, according to Julien Meyer, a researcher at the Institute of Human Sciences in Lyon, France. ‘They are mostly used in ​ (d)   or dense forests,’ he says. ‘Whistled languages are quite clearly defined and represent an ​ (e)   adaptation of the spoken language for the needs of isolated human groups.

• studied
• adaptation
• isolated
• mountains
• original

In fact, the research is very clear. When children continue to develop their abilities in two or more languages throughout primary school, they gain a deeper ​ ................. of language and how to use it effectively. (UNDERSTAND)

What does "suspicious" mean?

• doubted

• affirmative

• tedious

• contented

Many people marvel at how quickly ​ (a)   children seem to 'pick up' conversational skills in the majority language at school (although it takes much longer for them to catch ​ (b)   with native speakers in academic language skills). However, educators are often much less ​ (c)   of how quickly children can lose their ability to use their mother tongue, even in the home context. The extent and rapidity of language loss will ​ (d)   according to the concentration of families from a particular linguistic group in the neighborhood. Where the ​ (e)   is used extensively in the community, then language loss among young children will be less.

• bilingual
• up
• aware
• vary
• mother tongue

the ability to use two languages equally well is called____________

that state in which some languages may become extinct is called "__________"