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Friday, September 9, 2011

Video consultation by M.Verbitskaya

Видео-консультацию проводит Вербицкая М.В. председатель ФПК, доктор филологических наук, профессор, заведующая кафедрой лексикографии и теории перевода факультета иностранных языков МГУ им. Ломоносова.
http://www3.ege.edu.ru/content/view/791/318/

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Globish- Why Not?


Globish allows you to:


  • Communicate in English, using only 1500 words.
  • Employ simple, but standard grammatical structure.
  • Learn enough pronunciation and spelling for 1500 words only.
  • Provide a tool for leading a conversation in business or as a tourist, anywhere in the world.

Read more: Globish cuts English down to size
Язык «Глобиш»: полторы тысячи слов на все мысли

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Video for Unit 1 Section 1

Unit 1. What do young people face in society today?
Section 1. World languages: local and global?
- Где найти видео-информацию о том, где распространен английский язык в мире? Как развивается и в каких областях используется английский язык? Где взять видео с примерами различных акцентов английского языка?

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=OwQNFaID1Iw - a video and song about 30 countries with about a million (or more) speakers of English
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=03j4qL2Q6X8 — a short video with subtitles about English as a world language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtSUPAM-uA...feature=related – the Story of English video part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEsI2t-mvZk...feature=related – the Story of English video part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzt2p1jRiro...feature=related – the Story of English video part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qub-s7e55k...feature=related – the Story of English video part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCkcClUopjM...feature=related – the Story of English video part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M9wRLt19Qc...feature=related – the Story of English video part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdxh6cjgNZ8...feature=related- «An English speaking world» video episodes tell about development of modern English, and illustrate English as the language of choice for technology, diplomacy, business and popular culture
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=3UgpfSp2t6k – a short video tour of 21 accents of English from UK to Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=2JIsnD-50Og – a video sample of Standard British (RP) accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfAzECuDSA...feature=related – a video sample of Standard American accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr9lU2J2Wk...feature=related – a video sample of Cockney accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EYLMmRCXbs...feature=related – a video sample of Australian accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWVIObGHxzs...feature=related – a video sample of Indian accent


Useful links and resources for Unit 1 Section 1

Unit 1. What do young people face in society today?
Section 1. World languages: local and global?
- Где найти информацию о том, как распространялся английский язык в мире? Где взять интерактивные карты, показывающие, где используется английский язык? Какие самые популярные и наиболее распространенные в мире языки? Где взять видео с примерами различных акцентов английского языка? Какие заимствования из русского языка в английский и из английского в русский существуют? Какие заимствования пришли в английский из других языков?
Какой язык называется Globish English? Кто говорит на этом языке и где он используется?
Где найти список официальных языков разных стран? Какие языки международного общения существуют? Какие самые популярные и наиболее распространенные в мире языки? Какие диалекты есть в английском языке? Кто такой полиглот? Где найти истории о людях, которые владеют многими языками?Какие советы по изучению языков дают преподаватели и ученые-лингвисты?

http://en.wikipedia....ational_English - encyclopaedia entry about English as a global language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglis...x_noflash.shtml - a story about how English kept spreading in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...ficial_language - a list of countries where English is an official language
http://lazarus.elte..../gb/english.htm - an interactive map and detailed information about English-speaking countries
http://teacherslove....o.pt/16034.html - a worksheet with print-out flags of English-speaking countries
http://www.ling.gu.se/projekt/sprakfragela...-i-varlden.html — list of the top 10 languages that are the first languages for nearly half of the world's population, information about world's language families
http://learnalanguageortwo.blogspot.com/20...s-in-world.html — brief information on the most widespread languages in the world
http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-mos...s-in-the-world/ - top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world
http://sonletay.vox.com/library/post/world...-languages.html — a brief article about the world's most popular foreign languages
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=3UgpfSp2t6k – a short video tour of 21 accents of English from UK to Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=2JIsnD-50Og – a video sample of Standard British (RP) accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfAzECuDSA...feature=related – a video sample of Standard American accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr9lU2J2Wk...feature=related – a video sample of Cockney accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EYLMmRCXbs...feature=related – a video sample of Australian accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWVIObGHxzs...feature=related – a video sample of Indian accent
http://www.evaeaston.com/rel/rel1.html – an article about connections between the Russian and English vocabulary
http://www.lingref.c...5/paper1353.pdf – an article about Russian borrowings in English
http://www.askoxford...owings/?view=uk — brief information with examples from Oxford dictionaries on borrowings into English
http://www.ruf.rice..../loanwords.html - major periods of borrowing in the history of English
http://www.krysstal.com/borrow.html - the list of words in the English language that have been borrowed (loaned) from other languages
http://als-alexander.org/globish.htm– what is the “globish” language?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globish - encyclopaedia entry about Globish English
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/arts/21i...ume22.html?_r=1 – an interesting article from New York Times on Globish English
http://en.wikipedia....icial_languages – a list of official languages of sovereign countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International...iliary_language - encyclopaedia entry about International auxiliary languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diale...nglish_language – list of dialects of the English language
http://webspace.ship...sofenglish.html – full information illustrated by examples on dialects of English
http://www.ling.gu.se/projekt/sprakfragela...-i-varlden.html — list of the top 10 languages that are the first languages for nearly half of the world's population, information about world's language families
http://learnalanguageortwo.blogspot.com/20...s-in-world.html — brief information on the most widespread languages in the world
http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-mos...s-in-the-world/ - top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world
http://sonletay.vox.com/library/post/world...-languages.html — a brief article about the world's most popular foreign languages
http://en.wikipedia....alism#Polyglots - encyclopaedia entry about what multilingualism is, who polyglots are, the most famous polyglots
http://www.iqscope.c...t-polyglot.html - brief information on the world's greatest polyglot linguist
http://www.omniglot....guage/index.htm — a collection of advice, suggestions, tips and techniques for learning languages
http://www.moving-overseas-guide.com/learn...n-language.html — different ways and general tips to help learn foreign languages
http://www.staff.cit...a939/advice.php — how can you improve your linguistic skills — advice for learning languages

Irregular Plurals

My dear students of class 11,
 here are some more irregular plurals in addition to  pages 9, ex.3 and 10, ex.6 of our course book