This document discusses language and communication. It provides examples of common collocations in English and asks the reader to identify which word does not collocate. It also lists common frustrations language learners face such as not having enough time to study or finding pronunciation difficult. The document asks questions to help improve English skills such as ways to enhance vocabulary, reasons for English's prominence as a global language, and methods for advancing to a higher language level.

1. unit 1
LANGUAGE AND
COMMUNICATION

4. YOUR TURN
Learning a new language is like….

5. LEARNING ENGLISHLEARNING ENGLISH
Common collocations: Which word in each group doesn’t collocate?
Native spoken Mono
First speaking Multi - LINGUAL
Second LANGUAGE ENGLISH - speaker Bi
Foreign Un
Mother
Official
Fluent
Beginner SPEAKER
Native

6. Common learners’ frustrationsCommon learners’ frustrations
1. “There just aren’t enough hours in the day!”
2. “English pronunciaiton is so difficult.”
3. “I understand the grammar, but I still make lots of mistakes.”
4. “I don’t feel I’m making any progress and that’s so frustrating.”
 Do you identify with any of the commom frustrations above?
 What advice woul dyou give to anyone suffering from any of
them?

7. What’s the meaning of the expressions in bold?
Why do you think English has become a “lingua franca” to
communicate around the world? What factors contributed to its rise
as a global language?
Think of three ways to improve your level of English.
Have you ever experienced a language barrier? Do you think they
will exist in the future?
Can you name a dead language? Can you name a country where
the official language is different from the everyday language?

8. What do you think you can do in English?What do you think you can do in English?
ARGUE SWEAR COMPLAIN EXPRESS YOURSELF
FLIRT
PAY A COMPLIMENT SHOW AFFECTION
Have you ever used English for any of these purposes? Talk about your experience.

9. Go to page 13, 5 Speaking
What do you want to be able to do in English?
What level of English do you hope to reach?
How often do you review what you have learned?
How often do you watch or read things in English?
How often do you communicate with native speakers?
What are you doing at the momento to learn English?
Are you having any problems with English at the moment?

10. YOUR TURN

11. The one thing that would really improve the
level of English here would be if they stopped
dubbing all the American films and series,
and had them in English with subtitles.

12. You cannot learn to speak English properly
unless you spend some time living abroad.

13. It’s OK if you speak
fluently but you make a
lot of grammar mistakes.
If people can understand
you , why worry about goo
grammar?

14. In Spanish we use a lot of English words,
like “fashion”, “heavy”, “hobby”, “hacker”...
and words like that. I personally hate it. We
should use our own words.