Workbook bls. 6 1 Listen and answer Hlustaðu og merktu við rétt svar. Section 1 Read the question for section one. Now listen and choose the right answer. • I moved to England with my family when I was younger. On my first day of school, I walked to the school with my mum. Outside, we had to stand on the pavement beside the school gate. This is where all the parents and children had to wait. And then we walked in. The classrooms were nice. I was in year four, so we were the oldest pupils at the school. We sat down and the classroom was really small and there were a lot of kids in the class. My mom stayed in the classroom. To me it was not a big deal that my mom was there. But it wasn’t normal for parents to go to the classroom. Normally parents waited outside the school gates. At lunchtime, my mom was asked to leave and then I was all alone. I remember I cried. I was devastated. And I knew nothing. And I couldn’t talk to anyone. But my teacher was really sweet. And then she took me to lunch. That’s pretty much what I remember. Section 2 Read the question for section two. Now listen and choose the right answer. • Practically everywhere you look, you’ll find examples of English. English is all around us, on posters and menus and even on the tiny labels that we find on the inside of our clothes. Take a quick look around your classroom. Which English words can you find? Section 3 Read the question for section three. Now listen and choose the right answer. • In some countries like New Zealand, most people have English as their first language. Other countries, like Singapore, have English as their official language. People use English at school or at work, but they often speak another language at home. Language experts say that about a quarter of all the people in the world speak or use English. Section 4 Read the question for section four. Now listen and choose the right answer. • Both the UK and the USA speak English. The main difference between British English and American English is in pronunciation. Some words are also different in each variety of English, and there are also a few differences in the way they use grammar. It can be tricky as some British words have different meanings in the States. In the UK, you order chips, and in the US, you order fries. If you order chips in the US, you get what the English call crisps. Don’t be confused, you’ll get the hang of it. 20 1 A World Language 6 Uppbygging kennsluleiðbeininga Yfirlit yfir hlutstunarefni sem tilheyrir kveikjumyndinni. Textarnir eru lesnir inn af enskumælandi börnum og fullorðnum.
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