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Teachers: Lessly Silva and Eder González Study Guide: No 10

Subject: English Grade: 11th Date: 21st July - 24th

July

Students: 11th graders

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

DESEMPEÑOS

Al finalizar el desarrollo de la presente guía se espera que el (la) estudiante sea capaz de:
● Functional language 1: Understand an article about languages.
● Functional language 2: Relate jobs to the importance of speaking a foreign language.

EXPLORE
Look at the pictures. Match them with the fields of work.

a. Computer game design. 3

b. Hospitality. 4
c. Marketing. 1
d. Information technology. 5
e. Airline industry. 2

CONNECT: Read the vocabulary tip and pay attention to the glossary.

ENGAGE AND READING

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Read the text quickly and match a-e above with the correct paragraphs.

Read the text again. Answer the questions.

a. Why is it good to communicate with foreign visitors in their own language?

To make them feel at home

b. Where do a lot of IT companies have their headquarters?

United States

c. Why do computer games need to be translated into different languages?

because they sell their products to people around the world

d. What language do air traffic controllers have to speak?

English plus another language, depending on where in the world they operate

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e. Why do advertising campaigns have to be created in lots of different languages?
Because they work with companies that sell their product all over the world

Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. Use the text to help you.

▪ create ▪ understand ▪ prevent ▪ translate ▪ sell ▪ communicate

a. It’s nice to communicate with foreign visitors in their own language.

b. You need a good knowledge of English to understand the technical language.
c. You need to translate games into different languages.
d. Pilots need to speak English to prevent crashes.
e. Marketing companies sell their products all over the world.
f. They need to create advertising campaigns for different countries.

Match the words to make compound nouns. Look back at the text to check.

Choose the correct compound noun from exercise 16 to complete the sentences.

a. My brother works for a large advertising agency in Bogotá.

b. I work for a large computer company as a computer developer
c. The cabin crew all spoke Spanish on my flight to Buenos Aires.
d. I’ve just bought a new computer game I can’t wait to play it.

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e. Technology changes so quickly in the software industry

APPLY AND WRITE

Make a list of other jobs you know which require a foreign language.

Write a short paragraph about one of the jobs saying why foreign language skills are
useful. Use the text on this study guide to help you.

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