ET Skill/ Achievement Flashcards
(41 cards)
a window to a greater world
something that gives one a broader perspective of the world
a lingua franca
a language that people use to communicate when they have different first languages
a single international language
one language being spoken in all countries
to preserve the individuality of cultures
to keep different cultures unchanged
bilingual
someone who speaks two languages extremely well
monolingual
someone who uses only one language
to get a grasp of sth
to comprehend sth
the alphabet
a set of letters in a particular order that are used for writing a language
the Cyrillic alphabet
the alphabet used to write Russian and some Central European languages
a syllable
a word or apart of a word that has only one vowel sound
hard tones
tones that need to follow a certain intonation pattern
to step inside the context of a culture
to begin to understand a culture
paramount
more important than other things
to be competent in a language
to be good enough in a language but not especially good
to bridge the gap between cultures
to bring cultures closer together
to converse about sth
to talk about
to compose a plan
to make a plan
to make a plan
to force yourself
an interpreter
a spoken translator
a mother tongue
a native language
Language shapes the way we think and determines what we can think about
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a pictogram
a character representing a picture
an ideogram
a character representing an idea
rewarding
giving you satisfaction, pleasure or profit
