Languages

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Emma Lara

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to do a course, have a chat, standard English, slang, take a message, widely spoken, mother tongue, make mistakes, pronunciation issues, to make an effort, to sign up for a course, to learn a language online, a complete beginner.

Discussion Questions

Are there any similarities between English and Spanish? Does Spanish have many loan words from English?

When you are speaking in English, do you try to be accurate or do you just talk and not worry about making mistakes? Which way do you think is better?

What are the advantages of learning a foreign language?

What motivated you to start learning English?

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to switch between two languages, to put into practice, to feel frustrated, a conversation partner, to memorize vocabulary, to improve your grammar, speaking skills, to have a good range of vocabulary.

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translator, interpreter, context, translation fails, to come in handy, accurate translation, basic conversation, translation app, a translation device.

Agree or disagree?

“There is no point in learning a foreign language when Google Translator can do it for you”

Agree or disagree?

“Translation technology is good but should not replace learning languages”

translation apps:

They cannot understand context or translate pronouns correctly Cultural references are lost They don’t produce high-quality translations Accuracy depends on your accent or on background noise You cannot use it for long and involved conversations. It is not good at recognising proper names and names of cities /Your data is not safe

thanks!