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Take Test: M8: Skill 8 Language Chunks

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This assignment gives you practice with Identifying Language Chunks. Click on the link to open the TED Talk "Don't Insist on English" by Patricia Ryan in a new tab. 

You will have to �ll in some of the two-word phrases (language chunks) she uses and answer questions about her main idea and supporting examples. This assignment is worth 30 points.

This assignment is due by Thursday, April 1st.

Right click on this link to open the TED Talk in a new tab.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_don_t_insist_on_english

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QUESTION 1

Looking at the website, what do you think this talk will be about? Make a guess before listening. Write a sentence in your own words.

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A. Listen to the talk from the beginning and �ll in the missing two-word phrases below starting at minute 1:40. Check spelling carefully! 

(1:40) But sadly, today, languages are dying at an

. A language dies every 14 days. Now, at the same time, English

is the undisputed . Could there

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be a connection? Well I don't know. But I do know that I've seen a lot of changes. When I first came out to the Gulf, I came to Kuwait in the days when it was still a hardship post. Actually, not

that long ago. That is a little bit too early. But nevertheless, I was recruited by the British Council, along with about 25 other teachers. And we were the first non-Muslims to teach in the state schools there in Kuwait. We were brought to teach English because the government wanted to the and to

the through education. And of course, the U.K. benefited from some of that lovely oil wealth.

(2:37) Okay. Now this is the major change that I've seen -- how

has morphed from being a mutually beneficial practice to

becoming a massive that it is

today. No longer just a on the school curriculum, and no longer the sole domain of mother England, it has become a bandwagon for every English-speaking nation on earth. And why not? After all, the best education according to the latest World University Rankings -- is to be found in the universities of the U.K. and the U.S. So everybody wants to have an English education, naturally. But if you're not a , you have to pass a test.

(3:28) Now can it be right to reject a student on

alone? Perhaps you have a computer scientist who's a genius. Would he need the same language as a lawyer, for example? Well, I don't think so. We English teachers reject them all the time. We put a stop sign, and we stop them in their tracks. They can't pursue their dream any longer, 'til they get English. Now let me put it this way: if I met a

Dutch who had the cure for cancer, would I stop him from entering my British University? I don't think so. But indeed, that is exactly what we do. We English teachers are the gatekeepers. And you have to satisfy us first that your English is good enough. Now it can be dangerous to give too much power to a

of society. Maybe the barrier would be too universal.

(4:35) Okay. "But," I hear you say, "what about the research? It's all in English." So the books are in English, the journals are done in English, but that is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It feeds the

. And so it goes on. I ask you, what happened to translation? If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation then. They Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance languages. And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe. Now don't get me wrong; I am not against teaching English, all you English teachers out there. I love it that we have a . We need one today more than ever. But I am against using it as a barrier. Do we really want to end up with 600 languages and the main one being English, or Chinese? We need more than that. Where do we draw the line? This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English, which is quite arbitrary.

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Write �ive new words from her talk and guess their meaning. Example: 1. resilience: strength, perseverance

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What is her main idea? Restate it in your own words using one complete sentence. Do not repeat her words. Begin your sentence like this: In this talk, Ryan claims that ...

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Use your own words to finish this sentence: We can infer that Ryan believes that using only English in academic settings ...

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Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Support your opinion with an example from your experience. Answer this question in 2-3 sentences using your own words.

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