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5 Communication
Aims: 
Talking about languages, keeping in touch, globalisation
Making comparisons I Expressing attitude I Pronunciation: Consonants 
Exam technique: Giving yourself tim e to think
Vocabulary: Languages
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Listen to someone talking about the languages they speak. Listen again and w rite the 
30 
words and phrases that correspond to definitions 1 
- 6 .
You w ill hear the answers in order.
GDI
1 the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby_________
2 able to speak more than two languages very w e ll_________
3 able to speak the language easily and correctly_________
U speak a language well enough to communicate about basic things__________
5 not as good at something as you used to be because you have not done it for a long 
tim e _________
6 learn something without effort over a period of tim e _________
Listen again and find five collocations with the word language that correspond to 
definitions 7-11.
7 a language that is spoken internationally_________
8 a language that is spoken by only a small proportion of people in a country_________
9 a language that is not spoken as a native language in your country_________
10 a language that is used by many people_________
11 a language that you speak well but that is not your native language_________
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Speaking for IELTS


Unit 5
Complete sentences 1-4 with words a-e.
a accents 
c dubbed 
e subtitled
b dialects 
d loanwords

British and American English are different_________ of English - there are some
differences in vocabulary and grammar.
2 When they are shown in cinemas in my country, American film s tend to be__________
I wish they w ere_________ instead because then I could improve my English while I
watch.
3 French has a lot o f_________ from English, for example week-end, job, and jeans.
4 My friends and I speak with northern__________
Vocabulary: Keeping in touch
Look at the phrases with touch and their meanings. Then complete sentences 1 -3 with 
the correct form of the phrases.
keep in touch: write to, phone, or visit someone regularly
lose touch: gradually stop writing to, telephoning, or visiting someone
get back in touch: communicate with someone again after not communicating with them 
for a while

I ______________ with my old colleagues since leaving my last job, but then we were
never very close.
2 He s t ill______________ with Rose although they haven’t seen each other in-years.
3 I asked John for Mel’s new number because I wanted______________ with her.
You can keep in touch with people: by phone, by letter, by text message, by email, via social 
networking sites, like Facebook. Or you can meet face-to-face. For example, you can: meet 
up for coffee, go out together (e.g. to a club or the cinema or a restaurant), go round to 
each other’s houses.
How do you keep in touch with people you know? Do you keep in touch with different 
people in different ways? Practise giving your answers and your reasons.
Vocabulary: Globalisation
Read the text below and correct the words in italics by using another form of the word.
The (1) integrate_______ of the world’s economies and cultures is (2) common_______
known as globalisation. Although there is nothing new about countries 
(3) 
work_______
closely together, globalisation is now happening at a (4) remarked_______ pace. This is
(5) large_______ due to (6) technology_______ advances. Television channels such as the
BBC are available throughout the world, and many clothing and food brands are (7) recognised
_______ to people of almost any nationality. In addition, the Internet (8) create_______ a
common (9) globe_______ culture, one which is predominantly English (10) speaker________
Language and communication 
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CD1
IELTS Speaking Exam: Part 1
You are going to hear questions that are typical of Part 1 of the exam. Listen to each 
question and give your answers using some of the vocabulary you have learnt so far in 
this unit. Record your answers.
Now listen to the sample answers. [See also Track 31, page 108.)
Grammar: Making comparisons
Imagine the following situation:
Mark got a band score of 3.5 in his IELTS exam. Anna got a band score of 6.5. Anita got a 
band score of 7.0.
We can use the comparative and superlative forms to compare their scores:

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