The document summarizes information from a text about declining languages worldwide. It states that according to the source Ethnologue, there were 7,102 languages spoken globally in 2017, but that number has declined to 7,099 as of 2018. Some key reasons provided for the decline are the lack of language education for children, the death of existing native speakers, and the overwhelming impact of European settlement over centuries. The document estimates that at least 3,000 languages, almost half of currently known ones, could be lost within the next 100 years based on current circumstances.

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ЦАХИМ ХИЧЭЭЛ №1
12 ДУГААР АНГИЙН АНГЛИ ХЭЛНИЙ ХИЧЭЭЛД ХАМРАГДАХ СУРАГЧИД, ЭЦЭГ ЭХЧҮҮДЭД
ЗОРИУЛАВ.
“UNIT-6. LANGUAGE
IN MIND”
ХӨВСГӨЛ АЙМГИЙН МӨРӨН
СУМЫН ЕРӨНХИЙ БОЛОВСРОЛЫН
“ ДМЦ ” СУРГУУЛИЙН АНГЛИ
ХЭЛНИЙ БАГШ Л. МЯГМАРСҮРЭН
/ЗААХ АРГАЧ/
ХӨВСГӨЛ АЙМГИЙН БСУГ-ЫН
ГАДААД ХЭЛНИЙ СУДЛАГДАХУУН
ХАРИУЦСАН МЭРГЭЖИЛТЭН
А.ГЭРЭЛТУЯА
/ХЭЛ ШИНЖЛЭЛИЙН МАГИСТР/

2. Цахим хичээл № 1.
WORLD LANGUAGES
2020.02.03
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3. Aim:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to talk about world
languages and express their own ideas.
Objectives:
• Develop reading skill by reading a small text about the world languages.
- Determining own soft skills.
- Using clauses of reason.
- Making sentences using the conjunctions.
- Expressing own ideas and agreeing or disagreeing
• Develop writing skill by writing some sentences using conjunctions.
• Enrich vocabulary helping them to write about languages.
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4. International Mother Language Day is
celebrated every year on the 21st of February.
What language do the
Mongolian people speak?
What language do the Russian
people speak?
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5. They speak . . .
Mongolian Russian
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6. What language do the American
people speak?
What language do the French
people speak?
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7. They speak . . .
Russian French
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8. 1. Look at the map below and answer the questions.
A. What do you think the text is
about?
B. Where is our country,
Mongolia?
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9. 2a. Copy the words in bold from the text in exercise
3a and identify parts of speech.
Example: extensive – adjective (adj)
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10. 2a. Check your answers.
1. extensive – adjective (adj)
2. uncertainty – noun (n)
3. indigenous – adjective (adj)
4. handful – noun (n)
5. overwhelming – adjective (adj)
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11. 2b. Complete the sentences. Use the words from
exercise 2a.
1. A language is related to its . . . culture, tradition and people.
2. A . . . of aboriginal people speak in their indigenous language in
Australia.
3. The . . . majority of people tend to use abbreviations on social
network.
4. The new publication titled “Regulatory Dictionary of Spelling Rules
in the Mongolian Language” has made a great contribution on some . . .
about lingual use.
5. . . . discussion on native language extinction should be made.
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12. 2b. Check your answers.
1. A language is related to its indigenous culture, tradition and people.
2. A handful of aboriginal people speak in their indigenous language in
Australia.
3. The overwhelming majority of people tend to use abbreviations on
social network.
4. The new publication titled “Regulatory Dictionary of Spelling Rules
in the Mongolian Language” has made a great contribution on some
uncertainty about lingual use.
5. Extensive discussion on native language extinction should be made.
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13. 3a. Read the text and summarise what it is about?
What does the publication Ethnologue: Languages of the
World tell us about? As one of the most extensive catalogues of
the languages in the world, it gives updated information each year
on how many languages there are, and how many people speak
each language. According to Ethnologue, there were 7,102 known
languages spoken by people around the world in 2017. Sadly, this
number declines every year.
As of 2018, Ethnologue reports that there are now only
7,099 languages in the world. That’s three fewer languages than
last year. In Asia alone, there are 2,296 languages spoken; in
Africa 2,139; the Americas 1,062; the Pacific 1,313; and in
Europe 287 languages.
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14. The exact number of languages spoken has always been
surrounded by uncertainty. This is partly due to the fact that there are
still many parts of the world that have not yet been fully explored,
including the Amazon and the highlands of New Guinea.
As mentioned, the number of known languages is constantly
declining. But why? A key factor is education. When a language stops
being taught to young children, its rate of survival drops rapidly.
Another reason languages fail to survive is due to the death of the
current native speakers.
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15. An example of this can be seen in North America, where 165
indigenous languages exist. Only eight of these languages are spoken
by 10,000 people and approximately 75 languages are spoken by only a
handful of mature aged people . What else can be concluded but that
they will soon become extinct? This rapid decline in indigenous
languages is due to the overwhelming effect of European settlement
over the past 500 years. In Australia, more than 100 aboriginal
languages have become extinct since European settlers arrived. Based
on current circumstances, linguists are now able to estimate that at least
3,000 languages will be lost within the next century. That’s almost half
of today’s known languages!
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16. 3b. Read the text again carefully. Answer the
following questions.
1. What is the main purpose of the text?
2. According to the text, what is ethnology?
3. What are the reasons for the decline in the number of known
languages?
4. What does the phrase an example of this in paragraph 5 refer to?
5. What will happen to the number of languages within the next
century?
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17. 3b. Check your answers.
1. To give us information about language decline.
2. Ethnology is a catalogue of the languages in the world.
3. There are three reasons: education, death of native speakers and
European settlement.
4. It refers a reason of language decline.
5. Almost half of known languages will disappear within the next
century.
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18. Clauses of reason
• Clauses of reason are used to express the reason for something. They are
introduced with:
• 1. due to the fact that + clause
• Mother Language Day is celebrated due to the fact that
Object Verb
we aim to preserve native languages.
Clause(subject + verb + object)
Note: The meaning is the same as ‘because + clause’
• 2. due to + noun
• Mother Language Day has been celebrated due to the aim of preserving
Object Verb Noun
native language.
Note: The meaning is similar to ‘because of + noun’.
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19. 4b. Sentence analysis: Look back at the text and
work on the followings.
1. Find two suitable sentences for each grammar point.
2. Identify the use of each sentence.
3. Read it again and compare your answers with those of other students.
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20. 4b. Check your answers.
1. This is party due to the fact that there are still many parts of the world
clause
that have not yet been fully explored, including the Amazon and the
highlands of New Guinea.
2. Another reason languages fail to survive is due to
the death of the current native speakers.
noun phrase
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21. 4c. Underline the correct choice to complete each
sentence.
Example: English is taught in schools because / because of it is the
official language in Britain.
1. My grandfather speaks in local dialect because / because of he loves it.
2. Because / Due to language extinction, all knowledge of the language will
disappear.
3. Linguists work with communities around the world because of / because
languages are in danger.
4. We celebrate Mother Language Day at school because / because of a
language is a part of culture.
5. Language policies are adopted due to / because the aim protecting and
promoting multilingualism.
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22. 4c. Check your answers.
1. My grandfather speaks in local dialect because he loves it.
2. Due to language extinction, all knowledge of the language will
disappear.
3. Linguists work with communities around the world because
languages are in danger.
4. We celebrate Mother Language Day at school because a language is a
part of culture.
5. Language policies are adopted due to the aim protecting and
promoting multilingualism.
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23. Homework: 4d. Complete the sentences.
Example: They built a language school because of the fact that . . . .
They built a language school because of the fact that their native
language is about to die.
1. Researchers make audiotapes and written records of language use due to the fact
that . . . .
2. Linguists are trying to learn about languages because of the fact that . . . .
3. A number of known languages are constantly declining due to the fact that . . .
4. English has been spreading through the internet because of the fact that . . . .
5. Many foreign languages have been taught at school due to the fact that . . .
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24. Thank you for your attention!
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